Tim Dodd

• Name — Tim Dodd • Born — 27 February 1985 • Birthplace — Iowa, U.S. • Occupation — Science communicator • Website — EverydayAstronaut.com • Years Active — 2014-present • Youtube Handle — @EverydayAstronaut • Youtube Display Name — Everyday Astronaut • Youtube Years Active — 2016–present • Youtube Subscribers — 1.9 million • Youtube Views — 356 million • Stats Update — 9 January 2026 • Illustration — The logo of "Everyday Astronaut"

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. 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; for a time, the suit was a trademark of his YouTube channel. 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. In 2017, he created a YouTube channel covering spaceflight education, and that became his primary occupation. He also makes music, which has been used as background music for Rocket Lab launches. After applying for the mission in 2022, Dodd was selected to participate in a lunar spaceflight as part of the dearMoon project crew. The mission was to take place aboard the SpaceX Starship. Had it proceeded, dearMoon would have been the first commercial cislunar spaceflight, and it would have made Dodd the first YouTuber to enter cislunar space. The project was cancelled in June 2024, with the organizers citing broader Starship program delays for the cancellation. From 2023, he transformed his annual spaceflight recap videos of that the preceding year in spaceflight, dubbed "Astro Awards" to an in-person awards show. The Astro Awards have been held every year since then, honoring inspirational, innovative, and important mission of the preceding year, similar to the Michael Collins Trophy, presented by National Air and Space Museum. On 17 March 2025, the International Astronomical Union named the Mars-crossing asteroid as 27234 Timdodd, in honor of his career.

Honorable mention – SpaceX Falcon Heavy Seventh place – SpaceX CRS-10 for refurbishment and use of the LC39A launchpad leased from NASA three years prior Sixth place – ISRO PSLV C-37 for India's achievement of launching 103 satellites into polar orbit at a low cost of $15 million Fifth place – The discovery of Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System Fourth place – Observation of both light waves, X-rays, and gravitational waves via the LIGO observation of a Kilonova Third place – Total Solar eclipse over much of the continental United States in August of 2017 Second place – Final observations of Cassini while intentionally crashing into Saturn's atmosphere to avoid contamination of Saturn's moons First place – SpaceX SES-10 for the first reflight of an orbital-class booster, core 21 2018 winners Honorable mention – Jet Propulsion Laboratory for Voyager II's entrance into interstellar space Honorable mention – Soyuz MS-10 abortion for the safe recovery of all the astronauts aboard the mission Honorable mention – Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity for the start of its operation of suborbital space tourism Honorable mention – OSIRIS-REx for its successful collision and return of a sample from the Bennu asteroid Honorable mention – TESS satellite for its finding of many new exoplanets Honorable mention – Hayabusa 2, for Japan's mission to Ryugu Honorable mention – NASA CCDev program selection of SpaceX and Boeing to restore American astronaut access to the International Space Station, bypassing increasingly expensive Soyuz missions Honorable mention – ISRO's Gangayan preparations for human spaceflight at a very low cost Honorable mention – Rocket Lab's It's Business Time mission, for being the first launch of its Electron rocket to reach orbit and deliver a payload Honorable mention – NASA JPL's Parker Solar Probe for its mission to study the outer corona of the Sun Honorable mention – SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 deployment and flight Honorable mention – NASA InSight mission for successfully landing on and observing Mars Honorable mention – SpaceX Falcon Heavy's first flight