The Space Shot

By John MulnixScience History Astronomy

The Space Shot episodes

August 03, 2017 Episode 80: Falcon 1 & Mr. Tim Meows
Episode Links:
Instagram Link
Twitter Link
Archived Page- SpaceX Falcon 1 Information
Falcon 1, Flight 3 Mission Summary- Timing is Everything
STS-43 Mission Video
STS-43 Mission Archive
Kennedy Space Center Turns 50!
7 min
August 02, 2017 Episode 79: NORAD, Colorado, and a Bumper Rocket
Episode Links:
Vega Launch Vehicle
Venus- CNES Mission Page
NORAD History
USAF Space Command
Wired.com- A Rare Journey into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex
YouTube- Cheyenne Mountain
NORAD: Tracking Spacecraft, Missiles, & Santa
TheVerge- Stargate is coming back as a digital-only prequel series
Choose Colorado- Aerospace
6 min
July 31, 2017 Episode 78: Lunar Prospector and Atlantis
Episode Links:
STS-46 Mission Page
TSS- Information Page
EURECA
Lunar Prospector NASA Mission Page
Lunar Prospector Neutron Spectrometer
5 min
July 31, 2017 Episode 77: Riders on the Moon
Episode Links:
Feather and Hammer Drop On Moon- Video
Apollo 15 Lunar Module- Slightly Askew
Apollo 15 Press Kit
Apollo 15 Mission- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Memorial to Fallen Astronauts on the Moon
Archive.org has a massive collection of images that can be found here
Featured image on instagram, three pictures found at NASA archives at Archives.org
6 min
July 30, 2017 Episode 76: Space Drinks and Legislation
Episode Links:
Russian Soyuz, with 3-man crew, set for Friday trip to space station
The Discovery of Eris
STS-51-F Mission Summary
9 Weird Things That Flew on NASA's Space Shuttles
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
President Eisenhower Presents NASA Commissions
Why We Explore- The Birth of NASA
6 min
July 28, 2017 Episode 75: Ranger 7 Hits the Moon!
Episode Links:
Ranger Mission Links-
Ranger 7- NASA
Ranger 7 Mission Page
Surveyor 1
Empire State Building Crash-
B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building in 1945
On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th
NASA Aviation Safety and Technology-
NASA Office of Safety & Mission Assurance
NASA One Hundred Years of Powered Flight
Synthetic Vision Changes Pilot Views
A Clear View for Pilots
ForeFlight- Global Synthetic Vision iPad App Website
6 min
July 27, 2017 Episode 74: The Shuttle Gets Grounded & The Comet
Episode Links:
NASA Press Release- Statement on Foam Shedding From External Tank
STS-114 Status Report #03
STS-114 NASA Mission Archives
NASA to Ground Shuttles Again
Flightglobal Archive- Comet Historical Article
May We Never Forget the First Jet Airliner, The De Havilland Comet
Royal Air Force- Nimrod MR2
5 min
July 27, 2017 Episode 73: Apollo 15 and Discovery Returns to Flight
Episode Links:
STS-114 Video Highlights- National Space Society
STS-114 Return To Flight- NASA Webpage
NASA Apollo 15 Mission Page
Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal
Syncom 2- NASA Satellite Information Page
The Expanse Series- Amazon.com
The Expanse- SyFy.com
7 min
July 25, 2017 Episode 72: Mars 5, the Face on Mars, and an EVA
Episode Links:
Mars 5
Mars 5- Mission Monographs
Caption of JPL Viking Press Release P-17384
Unmasking the Face on Mars
Roscosmos- The History of Spcae Development. Svetlana Savitskaya
6 min
July 24, 2017 Episode 71: Amelia Earhart, Winglets, and Apollo 11 Splashdown
Episode Links:
The Ninety-Nines
Amelia Earhart- NASA.gov
Will the Search for Amelia Earhart Ever End?- Smithsonian.com
Winglets- Dryden Flight Research Center
Apollo 11 Comes Home
5 min

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