# Karen Nyberg

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100th Episode – Celebrating 100 and Featuring Bisa Butler in Episode #1

Over the years, we've been honored to host iconic figures like Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably, who revealed how color can be a life-changing force, and Tula Pink, who welcomed us into her imaginative, boundary-pushing world. We heard from Alex Anderson, who reminded us of the importance of claimin…

This Photo From Space Will Stay in Your Mind Forever

In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless made history by floating 100 meters away from the space shuttle, completely untethered. Can you imagine that? Credit: STS-116 spacewalk 1: By STS-116 Shuttle Crew, NASA - https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061225.html, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Bruce Mc…

Journey to the Stars: Karen Nyberg's Path to Becoming the 50th Woman in Space | Jenn Drummond

In this episode of Seek Your Summit, Jenn Drummond chats with Dr. Karen Nyberg, the 50th woman to journey into space. Karen shares her path to becoming an astronaut, from childhood dreams ignited by NASA's female astronauts in 1978 to the rigorous selection and training process. She opens up about …

Stitching the Stars: Dreams of Space and the Art of Zero Gravity

In this episode, we journey into the dreams that begin in childhood — those vast, shining hopes of becoming an astronaut — and how they intertwine with the quiet, grounded rhythm of handcraft. What happens when these two worlds meet? We explore the inspiring story of those who carried their love fo…

QOF Episode 239 - Dr. Karen Nyberg

My guest today is Dr. Karen Nyberg!  She is an Astronaut, Earth Ambassador, and Artist. Have you ever spoken to a person who has literally left this earth and been to outer space? I haven’t…until now! My guest on the podcast today stitched a 9” square star-themed quilt block in space and encouraged…

Karen Nyberg

On June 2, 2008, astronaut Karen L. Nyberg arrived at the International Space Station for the first time, while it was still under construction. Image: Wikimedia. Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nineho…

Dr. Alessondra Springmann on quilting

Timed Transcript Static Transcript Nic Hi, I'm Nic Steenhout, and this is The Work Between. This podcast is recorded on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Stó:lō Coast Salish people, the people of the river, whose presence in the Fraser Valley…

Astronaut artists: Painting, quilting, and playing Bowie aboard the ISS

The International Space Station was designed for science, research, and survival. But astronauts turned it into a music studio, an art studio, and a sewing room.  Former ISS commander and musician, Chris Hadfield, astronaut-painter Nicole Stott, and astronaut-quilter Karen Nyberg take us inside th…

A Quilt of Stars & Godzilla Dreams: Stitching Space, Grief, and Hope

In this inspiring episode of Reading With Your Kids, we blast off from a tiny Minnesota town all the way to the International Space Station—and then settle into the balcony of a creaky old movie theater. First, Jed chats with astronaut Dr. Karen Nyberg and her co-author Anne McCallum about their b…

Astronaut Karen Nyberg and children's author Ann McCallum Staats talk about their new book A Quilt of Stars: Astronaut Karen Nyberg Stitches a Dream

Send us Fan Mail What happens when an astronaut takes a needle and thread to space?In this episode, I talk with astronaut, engineer, and textile artist Karen Nyberg and author Ann McCallum Staats about their gorgeous new picture book, A Quilt of Stars: Karen Nyberg Stitches a Dream.Buy the book: ht…