Space, Rockets, and a Senatorial Encounter in Huntsville, Alabama

Published: Aug. 29, 2018, 3 p.m.

b'Host Mat Kaplan begins a two-episode visit to Huntsville and the Marshall Space Flight Center, recorded this week at the US Space and Rocket Center with astronaut Don Thomas, 94-year-old Apollo engineer Alex McCool, and Alabama Senator Doug Jones.\\xa0 Bruce Betts sets us on a search for the nearest black hole in this week\\u2019s What\\u2019s Up space trivia contest. Learn and hear more at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/0829-2018-huntsville-doug-jones.html'