About - Everyday Astronaut

Science communication through humor and imagination

Everyday Astronaut is committed to providing educational and informational content and space news for all ages, on all platforms, utiilzing all forms for media. Whether it be a YouTube video, an Instagram image, a feature article or even space themed music, we here at Everyday Astronaut want to help you learn, whereever you are, whatever you're doing, whatever your age or education.

Tim Dodd

The Everyday Astronaut / Owner / Editor in Chief

What started as a viral photo series for photographer Tim Dodd has now become a trusted source for spaceflight information and education. As of 2017, Everyday Astronaut pivoted to producing medium to long form education videos on YouTube. The channel grew very quickly, reaching 100,000 subscribers within one year of the first produced education video and soon after hit 1 million hours of watch time. In 2018, Tim Dodd became the host of a syndicated Facebook Watch series, "Spacing Out" by space.com.

Meet the team

Michael D Clark

Space Mike / TMRO Host / Rocket Historian / Contributor

Emily Calandrelli

Host of Fox's Xploration Outer Space / Corespondent on Bill Nye Saves The World / Author / Contributor

Josh Dinner

Journalist / Contributor

Audrey Dodd

Journalist / Marketing Director / Editor

Ben Stineman

Drone operator / network engineer / admin

Ole Mathias Aa. Heggem

Web admin / web manager

In 2018, the team grew beyond the team of one into a team of full time professionals, part time contributors and over 900 financial supporters. This brought on the introduction of feature articles, public speaking opportunities, as well as new forms of media.

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How it all began...

In 2013, professional photographer Tim Dodd, bought a Russian Space Suit as a joke. Finding himself the lone-bidder of a Russian High Altitude flight suit on a website called RRAuction.com, a very large box arrived at his doorstep. After a few moments of “What on earth did I just do?!” naturally the first thing he did was put the suit on.

Since most second hand Soviet era flight suits don’t come with instruction manuals, he forced the neck ring on, and eventually the helmet until he got it to lock. Little did he know, once the helmet was locked, it would be completely air tight…. which means of course, he almost became the Darwin Award recipient for the year. The headlines would have read “Idiot dies in space suit, in living room, alone.” Due to the quick thinking nature of a plucky photographer (Tim), he followed the air hose to the plug that was inserted in the end of it. A quick removal of the plug returned air to his face, which in turn, let him live another day.

Thereby making the “Everyday Astronaut” more than a quip at the end of a premature obituary.

Series 1 "A Day In The Life Of Everyday Astronaut"

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Post near death experience, Tim found himself coming up with ever-sillier concepts while wearing the suit. He decided to create a series where an astronaut finds himself stuck in the monotony of everyday life. He cleverly hid several “easter eggs” in his photos, giving nods to real astronauts and historical space references. The first series titled, “A day in the life of Everyday Astronaut” immediately went viral on Reddit and quickly saw views in the millions. This led to features on Buzzfeed, CNET, Tech Insider and several others. The series was chosen as Flickr’s feature of the week, published in The Guardian UK’s Art & Design, was the cover of “Courrier International,” and graced several other international publications.

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Everyday Astronaut’s mission is to bring space down to earth for everyday people. To communicate science through humor and imagination. To help adults reminisce about their childhood awe of the cosmos. To spark curiosity in future generations to dream about exploration, thirst for knowledge and desire to find their place in the universe.

Help support Everyday Astronaut’s mission by donating through Patreon, visiting the Everyday Astronaut print and shirt shop or by hiring Everyday Astronaut to come speak at your school, company or event!