We’re pleased to announce that Blue Dot returns to KSPB on December 20th and will air on Saturdays at 3PM. Blue Dot takes you to curiosities across our universe. Featuring interviews with leading scientists, authors, filmmakers and journalists from around the world, Blue Dot examines our home from a planetary perspective. Whether it’s a discussion about our life-giving oceans, the imperiled climate systems, the depths of space, or how a rock guitar works, Blue Dot is an adventure of discovery.

This week, host Dave Schlom is joined by some very special guests to celebrate the life of one of NASA’s greatest astronauts, James A. Lovell Jr. Jim Lovell flew into space on Gemini 7 and Gemini 12 in the mid 1960s, was one of the first to see the Moon from lunar orbit and the Earth from deep space on Apollo 8 at Christmas in 1968, and of course, commanded the famous Apollo 13 mission of survival in 1970. Dave is joined by Andrew Chaikin, author of the seminal book, A Man on The Moon, to look back at Lovell’s spectacular career. Then we get a more intimate look at the man’s life with his eldest daughter, Barbara Lovell Harrison. Finally, retired NASA Flight Director Gerry Griffin joins us to discuss what it was like to work closely with Lovell during the heady times of the space race of the 1960s and early 1970s. It’s a very special tribute to the man that was Dave’s ultimate childhood hero as we mark the first time since that magical Christmas evening in 1968 when the crew members of Apollo 8, Frank Borman, Lovell and William Anders are no longer with us.

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