The Space Shot

By John Mulnix

Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, scienc... more

5

101101 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about The Space Shot:

How many episodes does The Space Shot have?

The podcast currently has 446 episodes available.

The Space Shot episodes:

July 20, 2017 Episode 66: The X-15- the First Civilian in Space
Episode Links:
NASA Biography- Joseph A. Walker
I will talk more about Walker in a future episode because I want to make sure I can pay tribute to his accomplishments.

NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: X-15 Hypersonic Research Program
NASA Biography- Neal Armstrong
...more
5min
July 19, 2017 Episode 65: Gemini X
Also, a huge shout out to all of the new listeners from Australia, Latvia, Germany, and Japan. The show is now being listened to in over a dozen countries! Hello and thank you to everyone around the world that's listening!
Episode Links:
Gemini X Set Records for Rendezvous, Altitude Above Earth
Gemini X Mission Report
Gemini X Time Lapse
Gemini 10 Mission Profile
...more
6min
July 18, 2017 Episode 64: Robert Goddard, Apollo-Soyuz, and SpaceX
Episode Links:
NASA- Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer
President Ford Calls Apollo-Soyuz Crew
The Apollo-Soyuz Mission
SpaceX CRS-9 Dragon Mission- Press Kit
CRS-9 Hosted Webcast (Starts at T- 10 seconds)
...more
5min
July 17, 2017 Episode 63: Apollo 11- the Launch of the Century
Episode Links:
Apollo 11 Mission Report- PDF Link
NASA Apollo 11 Crew Training Summaries
[Lunar Landing Training Vehicle }(https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LLTV-952.html)
Unconventional, Contrary, and Ugly:
The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle
Apollo 11 Mission Overview
...more
6min
July 16, 2017 Episode 62: Pioneer, Apollo-Soyuz, and Dawn
Episode Links:
Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA
Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page
The Pioneer Missions
Dawn- NASA JPL Website
NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website
The Prius of Space
Apollo Soyuz Test Project- Archived NASA Website
Thomas P Stafford- Johnson Space Center Oral History 1997
Welcome to Houston- The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
...more
9min
July 14, 2017 Episode 61: New Horizons Arrives at Pluto
Episode Links:
New Horizons- NASA Mission Page
New Mysteries Surround New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target
New Horizons Returns Last Bits of 2015 Flyby Data to Earth
New Horizons Data Collection
New Horizons Current Position
New Horizons Returns First of the Best Images of Pluto
Pluto Fact Sheet
...more
6min
July 13, 2017 Episode 60: Falcon 1- The Final Countdown
Episode Links:
NASA’s TDRS-M Space Communications Satellite Begins Final Testing
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Fleet
Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights
Falcon 1- Flight 5
...more
6min
July 13, 2017 Episode 59: Inflatable Space Stations & Telstar Part Three
Episode Links:
Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite
Genesis 1- The Internet Archive- Wayback Machine
STS-104 NASA Mission Summary
...more
8min
July 12, 2017 Episode 58: The Skylab is Falling and Telstar Part Two
Episode Links:
Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab
July 11, 1979: Look Out Below! Here Comes Skylab!
Telstar Satellite's Legacy, 50 Years On
IMDB- Christopher Plummer
Cry Havoc... To be or not to be... Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Phillies at Cubs- YouTube
...more
9min
July 11, 2017 Episode 57: Telstar and Juno
Episode Links:
Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite
[NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-to-fly-over-jupiters-great-red-spot-july-10
Deep Space Network Now
AT&T Newsroom- AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network
...more
7min

FAQs about The Space Shot:

How many episodes does The Space Shot have?

The podcast currently has 446 episodes available.

More shows like The Space Shot

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,788 Listeners