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- Episode 60: Falcon 1- The Final Countdown
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NASA’s TDRS-M Space Communications Satellite Begins Final Testing
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) FleetFalcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights
Falcon 1- Flight 56 min - Episode 59: Inflatable Space Stations & Telstar Part Three
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Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A HistoryJohn Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral HistoriesAT&T Archives- Telstar!First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar SatelliteGenesis 1- The Internet Archive- Wayback Machine
STS-104 NASA Mission Summary
8 min - Episode 58: The Skylab is Falling and Telstar Part Two
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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 PlummerCry Havoc... To be or not to be... Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Phillies at Cubs- YouTube
9 min - Episode 57: Telstar and Juno
Episode Links:
Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A HistoryJohn Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral HistoriesAT&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 NowAT&T Newsroom- AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network7 min - Episode 56: Starfish Prime & Tron
Episode Links:
Starfish Prime- CTBTO Website
Starfish Prime VideoUnited States High-Altitude Test Experiences- Los Alamos Monograph
A "Quick Look" at the Technical Results of Starfish PrimeOperation Dominic Test Sites- Google MapsUSS Agerholm (DD-826)USS Agerholm Nuclear TestOperation Dominic- nuclearweaponarchive.orgTron- Disney.com
Tron- Light Cycle Battle7 min - Episode 55: All Good Things...
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STS-135 NASA Mission Information
STS-135 The Final VoyageSTS-65 NASA Mission Information
STS-65 Press ReleaseSTS-65 Experiments8 min - Episode 54: The Roswell Incident
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Wreckage in the Desert Was Odd but Not Alien
Project Gutenberg- ROSWELL UFO INCIDENTRoswell UFO Festival
The Internet Archive- Robert A. Heinlein
X-Files Theme Song
6 min - Episode 53: Same Song, Different Administration
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Jetsons: The Movie
Pence says NASA to reorient towards human spaceflight
Here is a link to a great piece by John Logsdon on the history of the councils in their various forms.
Is creating a National Space Council the best choice?Whitehouse.gov- Presidential Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council
Remarks by the President Signing an Executive Order on the National Space Council7 min - Episode 52: We Choose to Talk About Presidential Speeches and Policy
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JFK Rice University Speech
JFK Urgent National NeedsPresident Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle
Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech
President Obama's April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century
President Obama Speech TranscriptNASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center
Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space CouncilOn its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit
8 min - Episode 51: A Star-Spangled Launch, Mars Pathfinder, and Presidential Speeches
Episode Links:
STS-121 NASA Mission Information Page
NASA Mars Pathfinder Website (old school page)
Mars Pathfinder- Introduction to the MicroroverJPL Press Release- NASA Renames Mars Lander in Honor of Late Carl SaganSTS-4 Landing Anniversary Pictures
Astronauts Mattingly and Hartsfield appear with President Reagan and the First LadyPresident Reagan's Remarks at Edwards Air Force BaseSTS-4 Mission SummaryIndependence Day- The Movie- President Whitmore's Speech
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