# @thespacegal on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJkjU3PhB5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19515245-thespacegal-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-05-04T20:28:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emily Calandrelli (@thespacegal) — https://gondola.cc/thespacegal

## Caption

This weekend’s episode of Xploration Outer Space is about BIG IMPACT moments in the space industry. 🚀🙌🏼

This is my FAV episode this season because we break down the events that have been in the headlines, on your social feeds and viral on TikTok. (Yup, I use TikTok to inspire the content for my TV show. I’m an executive producer! You can’t stop me! 😉☺️)

Of course one of the biggest moments in the past few years was the kick-off of the Space Tourism industry. 

I was able to visit blueorigin and get a behind the scenes look at their Texas Launch Site. 

Picture 1 is me ringing the bell on the bridge that the astronauts walk across to get to the New Shepard rocket. 

Picture 2 is where the booster touches down after bringing the astronauts to space. 

Pictures 3/4 is me being gifted the coin that is given to astronauts who fly with Blue (!!!) 🪙

Picture 5 is the commemorative coin. Crew Member 7 is the Blue Origin employee who trains the astronauts and is on CapCom with them throughout the flight. 

Picture 6 is me sitting in the New Shepard training capsule that the astronauts use for launch simulation😱(look at that bump! 🥰)

Picture 7 is me interviewing Laura Shepard who flew into space the week I was there 🥹. 

Picture 8 is right outside their launch facility (This was early in the morning before the sun rose! 🥱)

Picture 9 is the flight profile of a New Shepard launch (very similar flight profile to Alan Shepard’s historic first flight - hence the name of the rocket 😉)

Catch the episode on your local FOX channel this weekend! xplorationstation #XplorationOuterSpace 🚀🚀🚀

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