Learnings from Six Months in Space: A Conversation with NASA Astronaut, Cady Coleman.

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Cady Coleman, a former NASA Astronaut & Retired US Air Force Colonel with more than 180 days in space including two shuttle missions and a six-month expedition to the International Space Station. In our conversation, we discuss the learnings we can take for our…

 

A Conversation with Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist, on the Edge of Knowledge

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Lawrence Krauss is a renowned theoretical physicist, bestselling author, and celebrated lecturer who has greatly contributed to various areas of physics and cosmology. Krauss's significant scientific contribution includes the 1995 proposal that most of the Universe's energy resides in empty space, confirmed in 1999 and awarded a Nobel Prize in…

 

A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Examining Civilisation Through the Prism of the Scientific Mind.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the most famous astrophysicist of our time. He is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, where he has served since 1996. He is the two-time host of the beloved TV series Cosmos — rebooting the original 1980 series…

 

A Conversation with Harvard Physicist, Avi Loeb, on Finding Intelligent Life Beyond Earth and The Importance of Space Archaeology.

September 19th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed a strange object soaring through our inner solar system. Astrophysicist Avi Loeb conclusively showed it was not an asteroid; it was moving too fast along a strange orbit and leaving no trail of gas or debris in its wake. There was…

 

A Conversation with Col. Terry Virts (ret), NASA Astronaut & Former Commander of the International Space Station (ISS)

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Colonel Terry Virts (ret) served in the United States Air Force as a fighter pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Harvard Business School. On Feb. 8, 2010, he made his first spaceflight as the pilot of…

 

A Conversation With Tim Peake – The First British ESA Astronaut To Visit The ISS, Former Test Pilot & Bestselling Author.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Tim Peake is a former Apache pilot, flight instructor, test pilot and current European Space Agency astronaut. A veteran of eighteen years military service, Tim has flown over 3000 hours on operations worldwide. In December 2015, Tim became the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station and conduct…

 

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Referred to as “the most famous astronaut since Neil Armstrong,” Colonel Hadfield was selected as a NASA Mission Specialist, and three years later he was aboard the Shuttle Atlantis, where he helped build the Mir space station. In 2001, on Shuttle Endeavour, Colonel Hadfield performed two spacewalks and in 2013,…

 

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Nicole Stott is an artist, and an astronaut.  She is a veteran of 2 spaceflights and 104 days living and working in space on both the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS).  Nicole is also the first astronaut to paint in space, and I spoke with her to learn…

 

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In these exclusive interviews we speak to Sir Antony Gormley (One of the world’s most influential sculptors), Bear Grylls (Adventurer, TV Host & Author), Marina Abramović (internationally acclaimed performance artist), Sir Ken Robinson (widely considered to be the world’s foremost expert on creativity, innovation and human resources in education and…

 

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In these exclusive interviews, we talk to Professor Neil Turok (Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and member of Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Council), Professor Gerry Gilmore (Professor of Experimental Philosophy, in the Institute of Astronomy, at the University of Cambridge) and Professor Adam Riess (Nobel Prize Winning…

 

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this exclusive interview series, we talk to Jaan Tallinn (Co-Founder of Skype and Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk), Professor Sir John Beddington (Senior Advisor, Oxford Martin School & the UK Government’s former Chief Scientific Adviser) and Sir Crispin Tickell (former diplomat and advisor to successive UK…