Tim Dodd | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Science communicator |
Years active | 2014-present |
Website |
everydayastronaut |
Tim Dodd (born February 27, 1985), also known as Everyday Astronaut, is an American science communicator, YouTube content creator, photographer, and musician. [1] [2] [3] [4] After becoming popular with his space-themed photo series, Dodd was hired by the website Spaceflight Now [5] 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, [6] the United States Air Force's GPS 2F-9 launch, [7] and NASA's OA-6 Mission on March 23, 2016.
Dodd originally worked as 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. [8]
In 2013, he purchased an orange Russian high altitude survivor suit (crucial for water landings) 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. [1] [2] 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. [2] In 2017, he created a YouTube channel covering spaceflight education, and that became his primary occupation. [2]
After applying for the mission, in 2022, Dodd was selected to participate in a lunar spaceflight as part of the dearMoon project crew. [9] The mission will happen aboard the SpaceX Starship. This will be the first civilian flight around the moon, and Dodd will be the first YouTuber to go around the moon.