Tim Dodd

Tim Dodd (born February 27, 1985), also known as Everyday Astronaut, is an American science communicator, YouTube content creator, 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.

For the sport shooter, see Tim Dodds.
Tim Dodd
Dodd at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in 2018
Personal information
Born (1985-02-27) February 27, 1985
NationalityAmerican
OccupationScience communicator
Websiteeverydayastronaut.com
YouTube information
Also known asThe Everyday Astronaut
Channel
Years active2016–Present
Subscribers1.16 million[1]
Total views142 million[1]
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
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers 2021
Updated: 9 December 2021

Career

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.[9]

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 to the International Space Station and photographed floating in the cupola.[10] In early October 2019, he released exclusive video interviews with Elon Musk of SpaceX[11] and NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine[12] that trended on YouTube, and in August 2021 a three-part tour of SpaceX "Starbase" with Elon Musk.[13]

He has stated that his slogan and goal is "bringing space down to Earth for everyday people."[14]

References
  1. "About Everyday Astronaut". YouTube.
  2. 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. 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. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. "A conversation with Elon Musk about Starship". YouTube. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  12. "A conversation with NASA admin Jim Bridenstine inside SpaceX HQ". YouTube. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  13. "Starbase Tour with Elon Musk". YouTube. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  14. "Everyday Astronaut". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-08-05.


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