Tim Dodd
Tim Dodd, better known as Everyday Astronaut, makes spaceflight videos, rocket explainers, launch livestreams, and interviews that help fans understand how we get to space.
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Everyday Astronaut
Everyday Astronaut
YouTubeOverview
- Also known as
- Everyday Astronaut
- From
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Started
- 2014, as an Instagram photography project
- Full-time YouTube
- 2017
- Work
- Science communicator, photographer, videographer, and musician
Mini bio
How it started.
Before Everyday Astronaut, Tim worked as a photographer in Cedar Falls, Iowa, with weddings paying most of the bills. In 2013, he bought a Russian high-altitude flight suit at auction for $330. His playful astronaut photographs became a viral Instagram project in 2014.
Finding his format.
He moved into full-time YouTube work in 2017 to explain the spaceflight topics he was learning about. Rocket explainers and interviews became central to Everyday Astronaut, including his Raptor engine deep dive and Starbase tour with Elon Musk.
A lunar invitation.
Tim was selected for the dearMoon crew in 2022. The proposed Starship flight around the Moon never flew: the project announced its cancellation on June 1, 2024, citing uncertainty about its launch schedule.
Celebrating the people behind the missions.
His Astro Awards grew into a live event in Austin, bringing fans together to recognize space missions and the teams behind them.
Creditschronological, newest first
Videos and interviews
- 2026Inside Starlab, a MASSIVE commercial Space Station!Host and interviewer
- 2025The Underdogs Taking On SpaceX [Stoke Space 2025]Host and interviewer
- 2021Starbase Tour and Interview with Elon MuskInterviewer
- 2019Is SpaceX’s Raptor engine the king of rocket engines?Creator and author
Live events
- 2026Astro AwardsPresenter
Awards
Quotes
But the fact of the matter is, if I can learn this stuff, anyone can.Tim Dodd, Bringing Space down to Earth for Everyday People
In his 2019 channel trailer, Tim explained why he makes rocket science videos despite having no technical degree.
Trivia
- The orange flight suit that helped start Everyday Astronaut cost him $330 at an online auction.
- He releases original music under the Everyday Astronaut name and uses his music in his videos.
- As a child, he looked at the Moon through yellow Fisher-Price binoculars.
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