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Filum - Fiber Arts PodcastStitching the Stars: Dreams of Space and the Art of Zero GravityIn 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 for making into the cosmos, including astronaut Karen Nyberg, who stitched a starry quilt block aboard the International Space Station, and artists like Ebru Kurbak, who reimagine textile traditions in microgravity.This talk reflects on how creativity survives and adapts beyond Earth, how the dream of spac...2025-04-2413 min

Sew & So...100th Episode – Celebrating 100 and Featuring Bisa Butler in Episode #1Over 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 claiming space for our creativity, and Amanda Murphy, who inspired us to stretch the boundaries of traditional quilting. This journey has introduced us to countless other inspiring voices: astronaut Dr. Karen Nyberg, who shared her love for quilting in space; Michael Thorpe, whose bold textile art challenges c...2024-12-0539 min

Empower SoundsBreaking Gender Norms, One Outfit at a Time - with Jaya Halepete-Iyer (EP 29)In this episode of the Empower Sounds Podcast, I sit down with Jaya the inspiring CEO and founder of Svaha USA, a groundbreaking clothing brand that’s redefining gender stereotypes and celebrating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math). Jaya’s journey from fashion studies in India to launching a successful, inclusive clothing line in the U.S. is nothing short of empowering.Driven by her daughter’s love for space and a desire to challenge societal norms, Jaya’s story offers valuable lessons in entrepreneurship, resilience, and shattering stereotypes.What You’ll Learn in This...2024-11-2039 min

Introductions NecessaryKaren NybergOn 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/ninehourfilms 2024-06-0202 min

Women in STEMKaren NybergOn 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/ninehourfilms 2024-06-0202 min

Sew & So...AQS Quilt Week 2024 Live from Paducah, KY- Celebrating 40 years of AQS(:44) This show opens with the amazing sounds of the Paducah Tilghman Marching Band who annually opens Quilt Week with their exciting showmanship and award-winning music! (2:07) Bill Schroeder III President and CEO of AQS opens the awards ceremony and Susan Cleveland www.piecesbewithyou.com announced the Best of Show Winning Quilt. Hear personal experiences direct from those attending the ceremony from Alaska, Wisconsin and Nebraska (6:16) Catherine Gross District Manager for BERNINA talks about the importance of being at quilt week and how special those in the community are. 7:41) Bon...2024-05-0944 min

Created Creative PodcastEp 20 - Karen Nyberg - Creativity in Orbit: From NASA to the National Quilt MuseumThis episode of 'Created Creative' features a fascinating conversation with Karen Nyberg, an astronaut turned artist, who shares her unique journey from space exploration to pursuing her passion in the world of art and fabric design. Karen discusses her experience living on the International Space Station, capturing the beauty of Earth through photography, and using those images as inspiration for her successful fabric line. The hosts, Dawn and Ruth, dive into Karen's creative process, her shift from astronaut to artist, and how she tackles imposter syndrome. Highlights include Karen's collaborative projects, the global quilt challenge inspired by her space...2024-04-0833 min

Sew & So...Karen Nyberg - "I Did It - I'm Here"(2:04) Karen brings us back up to speed on how she learned to sew. Her mom was the influencer on her – one of six children who learned to sew at the age of 6! Hear how this all began for Karen. (4:03) Were any of her sewing skills applicable for her training and life as an astronaut? Yes, they were…she explains here. (4:55) How did Karen get into the space program? As a kid she started to proclaim that she wanted to be an astronaut! She put it out there and made it happen! ...2024-03-1437 min

Casual SpaceEngineer, Astronaut and Artist Karen NybergDr. Karen Nyberg is an engineer, astronaut, and artist who, through nearly thirty years of experience in human spaceflight, has gained an appreciation for the value of working within and across diverse political ideologies, cultural values, and world views to advance critical missions. In this episode of Casual Space, Beth and Karen delve into Karen's journey from learning how to sew by her mother, to creating art inspired by her space missions. Karen discusses her love for quilting, which she began during graduate school, and how the breathtaking views from the space station influenced her artwork. She...2024-02-2947 min

Casual Space200: NASA’s Sew Sister Jean WrightDid you know that the white material on the outside of space shuttles was not metal or glass but actually fabric? Specialized quilts, two inches thick, covered the space shuttles and protected the astronauts from deadly heat and radiation. Jean Wright was one of the eighteen “Sew Sisters” who crafted these thermal blankets, mostly by hand, with incredible precision and skill. From sending letters to Johnson Space Center as a child with crayon-drawn patch ideas, Jean had always aimed to work for NASA, patiently applying and eagerly awaiting for the job she was meant to have, one that...2023-09-011h 10

The STEM SpaceHow to Teach Kids to Think Like a ScientistShow Summary:Claire and Natasha discuss simple lessons to help your students develop scientific thinking and better understand how science works. From trying to guess a mystery object to using creativity to design their own investigations, Natasha shares some activities from her own classroom that build confidence in her students and create a classroom environment driven by inquiry.Links from the Show:Related The STEM Space Podcast Episodes 93. How Does Engineering Relate to Science?76. Career Chat with an Astronaut64. Inspire Kids with Space: Chat with NASA Ground...2023-02-1720 min

The Quilter on Fire PodcastQOF Episode 92 - QuiltCon Award Winner Sarah RuizSarah Ruiz is a quilter and aerospace engineer from Houston, Texas. Her creative and technical sides have always been intertwined from drawing Disney characters and memorizing constellations as a kid to taking humans back to the moon and dreaming up new quilts. Today, quilting perfectly combines her engineering and artistic mindsets, and she loves the puzzle solving required to turn an idea into reality. You can check our her website to see everything we talked about on the podcast. RIGHT HEREEnter the podcast giveaway RIGHT HERECheck out Karen Nyberg's pattern RIGHT HERE 2022-11-1650 min

The LoveCrafts showDr. Karen Nyberg | Space, Sewing and Saving the Earth [S03E05]Jamie and Merion meet supersonic astronaut and fabric artist Dr Karen Nyberg, the 50th woman in space, whose creative childhood and experiences on the International Space Station have informed her wonderful quilting and sewing passions and patterns. If you listen to just one episode of this fun show, make it this one, and be inspired by an incredible woman! Follow Karen on instagram here, and buy her AMAZING patterns and prints on her website!As part of our series of book reviews, this episode contains a review of the new CICO book from Kate Eastwood, C...2022-11-0851 min

The Outlook Podcast ArchiveThe astronaut who made a quilt in SpaceDr Karen Nyberg has many talents. She's an engineer and astronaut, but she's also an avid quilter, so when she joined the International Space Station in 2013, she took her sewing kit with her. She created a nine-inch, star-themed quilt square in orbit which inspired over two thousand other quilters to do the same. Karen tells Jo Fidgen about the challenges of quilting in zero gravity and of leaving her three-year-old son and husband - also an astronaut - behind on earth. She's now designed a collection of fabrics called Earth Views based on photographs she took from Space.2022-04-1223 min

American RhapsodyEpisode 9: Astronomical Quilts!: Quilting among the StarsIt might surprise you that the Briscoe Center’s collections are not only global in their reach—they are, literally, astronomical. In this episode, we will explore outer space through the art of quilts. While living on the International Space Station in 2013, astronaut (and UT alum) Karen Nyberg stitched a nine-inch, star-themed quilt block. She and […]2021-10-2900 min

Sew & So...Dr. Karen Nyberg - Space, Time, Sewing ContinuumIn this enlightening and aspirational conversation with Dr. Karen Nyberg, we learn how she combines her experience in space with her passion for textile art and design—especially as it relates to conservation and sustainability. Karen’s mom taught her to sew at the age of six, and she made her first shirt complete with interfacing before she was 10. When she wasn’t making her own clothes, Karen was drawing with pencil and charcoal. Eventually, she started mixing her art with fabric. When she got into college, she stopped sewing clothes and started using her artistic talent to make g...2021-07-0829 min

Live Like a LeaderSpace Life Q&A with Karen Nyberg | Retired NASA Astronaut, EngineerKaren Nyberg was selected as a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps in 2000. She made her first trip to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 2008, during the height of International Space Station (ISS) construction, delivering and installing the Japanese Laboratory. On her second spaceflight in 2013, Karen launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and lived and worked at ISS for 166 days.Prior to astronaut selection, Karen worked as an Environmental Control Systems Engineer at the Johnson Space Center where she led several designs and analysis initiatives in the areas of space vehicle and space suit thermal and environmental...2021-05-261h 00

על-חלל24 - A match from spaceWhat happens when 2 astronauts fall in love and get married?How is the work / life balance when your spouse goes up to space and you watch the launch with your young son?On Jan 25th 2021 I had the honor to moderate the closing panel of the Ramon 2021 SpaceTech Conference. In the panel we had the privilege to host Astronaut Dr. Karen Nyberg and her husband Colonel Astronaut Doug Hurley for an open conversation about their life as a couple and as parents during their trainings and their departures to space. ראיון והפקה: איל בן-זאב - www.eyalbenzeev.comעריכת קול: אביעד...2021-02-081h 05

ELONGood luck, MacheteRepasamos el lanzamiento perfecto de la Crew Dragon Endeavour a la EEI y la gigante explosión de la SN4. Patrocinador: Huawei te invita a participar otro año en su gran concurso de fotografía internacional. Tienes hasta el 31 de julio para entrar en sus seis categorías. Los premios son muy, muy golosos. Uno de las semanas más importantes de la historia de SpaceX. Repasamos el lanzamiento perfecto de la Crew Dragon Endeavour a la EEI, mientras repasamos qué falló en la explosión del SN4. Enlaces - SpaceX hace...2020-06-0433 min

I Need My SpaceI Grew an Inch in SpaceRetired NASA astronaut, former NFL wide receiver, and avid dog lover, Leland Melvin joins Rae to talk about food, fitness, and fetch in space.Questions include: What would it be like to play with your dog in space? Can you play sports in microgravity? How does the body physically change in the absence of gravity? Why do people grow in space? What mental changes occur in space? What is the best space food? What kind of physical exercises do astronauts do? Who ran a marathon in space? What is it like to spend a...2018-04-1700 min