Look up
The characters and exploits of man's great adventure to conquer space.
An Italian Space Agency's podcast edited by Unità Multimedia.
Script and voice Daniela Amenta. Post-production Paola Pagone. Visual design Paola Gaviraghi.
Editorial coordination Giuseppina Pulcrano and Manuela Proietti.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
Rocco Anthony Petrone, the tiger of Cape Canaveral
What an extraordinary man Rocco Anthony Petrone was! He served as the launch director of the Apollo 11 mission, which landed the first man on the moon. He was the one to give the "Go" whispering God …
00:12:40 |
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Giuseppe Bepi Colombo, the celestial mechanic
Name: Giuseppe. Nickname: Bepi. Last Name: Colombo. What’s in a name, we would be tempted to ask! Colombo resonates with great adventures. Like Christopher Columbus before him, Bepi Colombo also set …
00:12:11 |
Wed 05 Jul 2023
Samantha Cristoforetti - Codename: @AstroSamantha
Distinctive features: engineer, retired Air Force pilot officer with the rank of Captain, ESA astronaut, first Italian woman to fly into space.
Look up is the podcast of the Italian Space Agency that…
Look up is the podcast of the Italian Space Agency that…
00:11:43 |
Wed 21 Jun 2023
Amalia Ercoli Finzi, lady of comets
Amalia Ercoli Finizi's great passion is looking at the sky at night. Sirius is her favorite star she says it's very easy to identify: just follow Orion's Belt, "go beyond it, to the left, and there i…
00:08:07 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
Valentina Tereshkova - The woman who reached for the stars
Valentina Tereshkova, callsign ‘Chaika’ (‘Seagull’), used to work as a dressmaker and a textile factory assembly worker. She walked away from the factory at 21 years of age to fulfill her dream of be…
00:08:43 |
Wed 24 May 2023
Michael Collins - The loneliest man in history
Michael Collins was the most famous American in Rome, or rather he was a Roman by birth. His father, a United States Army Major General, was stationed in Rome where Michael was born in 1930.
After gra…
After gra…
00:11:00 |
Wed 10 May 2023
Buzz Aldrin - An icon of the 20th century
In November 1966 on the Gemini XII orbital mission, Buzz took the first ‘selfie’ ever in space. He snapped himself while making the first successful five-and-a-half hour spacewalk.
Look up is the podc…
Look up is the podc…
00:11:57 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Jurji Gagarin - The Adventure of the first man in space
As the rocket blasted off to orbit the Earth, the first human to travel into space reportedly said "Poyekhali", or "Here we go!”. It was April 12, 1961, and Yuri Alexievich Gagarin, 27, made history …
00:09:22 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Neil Armstrong - That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind
In the last years of his life he became a gliding enthusiast. He used to say that such a very quiet plane with no engine was the closest you can to come to being a bird. Aviation was his true passion…
00:09:23 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.