Tim Dodd

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Tim Dodd
Tim Dodd head and shoulder shot
Dodd at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in 2018
Personal information
Born (1985-02-27) February 27, 1985 (age 36)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationScience communicator
Websiteeverydayastronaut.com
YouTube information
Also known asThe Everyday Astronaut
Channel
Years active2016–Present
Subscribers1,110,000[1]
(August 2021)
Total views132,933,200[1]
(August 2021)
Catchphrase(s)
  • Hi it's me, Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut
  • Bringing space down to Earth for everyday people
  • Everything norminal
  • Pointy end up, flamey end down
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Tim Dodd (born February 27, 1985), also known as The Everyday Astronaut, is a science communicator, photographer, and musician.[2][3][4][5] After becoming popular with his space-themed photo series, Dodd was hired by the website Spaceflight Now[6] to photograph SpaceX's CRS-3 cargo mission to the International Space Station on April 18, 2014, NASA's Orion Test Flight EFT-1 on December 5, 2014,[7] the United States Air Force's GPS 2F-9 launch,[8] and NASA's OA-6 Mission on March 23, 2016.[9] He currently runs his own channel on YouTube where he covers space related activities including the live streaming of launches, explanations of space launch technology and several interviews with professionals in the launch industry. He has had two interviews with Elon Musk. He was also part of the podcast Our Ludicrous Future with Joe Scott, from the Answers with Joe YouTube channel, and Ben Sullins, from the YouTube channel of the same name.

The Everyday Astronaut[]

Dodd worked as a motorcycle mechanic and a photographer, where his main source of income was in wedding photography. His photography schedule allowed much free time, and he began using this free time to become involved in rocket photography.[10]

In 2013, he purchased an orange Russian high-altitude flight suit in an online auction and later took photos of himself in the suit at a 2014 rocket launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as a joke; the suit was for a time a kind of trademark of his YouTube channel.[2][3] In late 2016, he grew dissatisfied with photography as his main means of employment, and continued to pursue his "Everyday Astronaut" internet persona on Instagram and Twitter.[3] In 2017, he created a YouTube channel covering spaceflight education, and that became his primary occupation.[3] In May 2021, the channel surpassed one million subscribers.

In 2019, Everyday Astronaut stickers were taken up to the International Space Station and photographed floating in the cupola.[11] In early October 2019, he released exclusive video interviews with Elon Musk of SpaceX[12] and NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine[13] that trended on YouTube, and in August 2021 a three-part tour of SpaceX "Starbase" with Elon Musk.[14]

He has stated that his slogan and goal is "bringing space down to Earth for everyday people."[15]

Personal life[]

Dodd is from the state of Iowa. He currently lives and has a studio there, and has a second studio in Boca Chica, Texas, (appropriately named "M.A.R.S. Studio B [Martian Aerospace Reconnaissance Studio]) to stream SpaceX Starship launches and test flights. This second studio is only five miles away from SpaceX's Boca Chica site. His website, everydayastronaut.com, features articles and information about upcoming spaceflight related events, which are written by Dodd as well as some of his channel staff. The site also features a merchandise store featuring spaceflight and Mars-inspired clothing and accessories, as well as prints of his photographs. Dodd is also a music composer, and has released one album, titled Maximum Aerodynamic Pressure, and an EP, titled 27 Merlins (titled as a reference to the Falcon Heavy's 27 Merlin engines), whose music was written to the sequence of events in the test launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Everyday Astronaut". YouTube.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Emre, Kelly. "For Everyday Astronaut, what was once a joke is now a job". Florida Today. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Tasoff, Harrison (June 15, 2018). "Tim Dodd Is the Everyday Astronaut: An Origin Story". Space.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  4. ^ Byrne, Brendan (31 March 2017). "Meet The "Everyday Astronaut"". 90.7 WMFE. WMFE. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ^ Christina Zdanowicz. "This man in a space suit has a message". CNN. CNN. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ^ Clark, Stephen. "Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into space, lands back at Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now". Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  7. ^ Ray, Justin (December 5, 2014). "Photos: Orion launches at dawn". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  8. ^ Ray, Justin (March 25, 2015). "Photos: Delta 4's foggy launch". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  9. ^ Ray, Justin (March 23, 2016). "Photos: Cygnus soars aboard Atlas 5". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  10. ^ Tasoff, Harrison (15 June 2018). "Tim Dodd Is the Everyday Astronaut: An Origin Story". Space.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  11. ^ Tim Dodd [@erdayastronaut] (16 September 2019). "I just found out there's some of my stickers that are traveling 10 times faster than a bullet," (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "A conversation with Elon Musk about Starship". YouTube. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  13. ^ "A conversation with NASA admin Jim Bridenstine inside SpaceX HQ". YouTube. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Starbase Tour with Elon Musk". YouTube. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Everyday Astronaut". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-08-05.

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