The Space Shot

Episode 249: Skynet, Kilopower, and Commercial Crew

Episode  |  January 18th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  16 mins 5 secs

boeing, commercial crew, falcon, falcon 9, hearing, history, human spaceflight, jfk, kilopower, launch success rate, nasa, nuclear fission, nuclear power, rtg, skynet, spacex, subcommittee on space

I've got some audio highlights from the Commercial Crew Systems Development hearing yesterday, plus some history and news. Check out today's episode and share it with a friend!

Episode 248: SpaceX Launches Jason-3

Episode  |  January 17th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 39 secs

asds, autonomous drone ship, falcon 9, falcon 9 landing, landing, ocean landing, of course i still love you, rocket launch, satellite launch, spacex, spacex falcon 9, weather satellite

Happy Wednesday!

Episode 247: STS-107- Columbia’s Last Launch

Episode  |  January 16th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 35 secs

carbon carbon, columbia, columbia tragedy, heatshield, nasa, nasa history, rcc, space shuttle, space shuttle columbia, space shuttle tile, sts 107, thermal tile

Apologies for the late release today!

Episode 246: Stardust and Space Mountain

Episode  |  January 15th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 4 secs

comet, comets, disco, disney, falcon heavy, nasa history, pop culture, sample return, space mountain, spacex, star trek, star trek discovery, stardust, tomorrowland

Today's episode has a pop culture anniversary, some SpaceX Falcon Heavy news, a Star Trek: Discovery update, and some Stardust mission history. Happy Monday!

Episode 245: Huygens Lands on Titan

Episode  |  January 14th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 25 secs

cassini, cassini huygens, esa, huygens, huygens lander, huygens landing, international cooperation, international missions, lander, nasa, planetary science, saturn, titan, titan environment

Happy Sunday & Happy Huygens Landing Day!

Episode 244: Black Holes and the "Double Burp"

Episode  |  January 13th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 34 secs

aas, american astronomical society, astronomy, astrophysics, black hole, black holes, chandra, chandra observatory, dragon, dragon capsule, hubble, science, shuttle, space shuttle, spacex, stem, ula

Today's episode has some ULA and SpaceX news, plus black holes.

Episode 243: Atlantis, Columbia, Korolev and Deep Impact

Episode  |  January 12th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 43 secs

atlantis, columbia, comets, deep impact, iridium, korolev, nasa, planetary science, shuttle, space, space history, space shuttle, spacex, zuma

Episode 242: Launches, Endeavour, and the Botany Bay

Episode  |  January 11th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 45 secs

botany bay, china, endeavour, falcon, falcon heavy, india, khan, launch update, long march, pop culture, pslv, space seed, space shuttle, spacex, star trek, static fire, sts72, ula

SpaceX Static Fire update, launch update, some shuttle history, and pop culture. Check out today's episode!

Episode 241: Remembering John Young

Episode  |  January 10th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 32 secs

biography, john young, nasa history, remembering john young, space history

I'm feeling a bit under the weather today so today's episode is a bit shorter.

Episode 240: LDEF and a SpaceX Zuma Mission Update

Episode  |  January 9th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 32 secs

challenger, columbia, ldef, loren grush, northrop grumman, secret satellite, shuttle challenger, space news, space science, space shuttle, spacex, the dream is alive, the verge, zuma

Late breaking news today so the episode is out a bit later! Check it out :)

Episode 239: The Cosmosphere Podcast Episode 4- Triumph and Tragedy, Part 2

Episode  |  January 8th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  29 mins 24 secs

apollo 1, challenger disaster, columbia disaster, cosmosphere, mirror universe, nasa history, star trek, star trek discovery

Happy Monday!

Episode 238: The Cosmosphere Podcast Episode 4- Triumph and Tragedy, Part 1

Episode  |  January 7th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  17 mins 54 secs

cosmosphere, f1 engine, interview, mission control, mocr, restoration, ryan gosling, saturn v, spaceworks

Happy Sunday!

Episode 237: Lunar Prospecting

Episode  |  January 6th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 42 secs

astronaut, birthday, iss, luna, lunar, lunar prospecting, lunar prospector, michael foale, mir, moon

Happy Saturday everyone! Today's episode has a bit of space history and an astronaut birthday. Check it out!

Episode 236: Space Horizons at the end of Apollo

Episode  |  January 5th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  12 mins 33 secs

apollo, fletcher, james fletcher, nixon, richard nixon, shuttle, space policy, space shuttle

Happy Friday!

Episode 235: Catching up With Spirit

Episode  |  January 4th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 15 secs

exoplanets, hot jupiter, hot jupiters, kepler, kepler space telescope, mars, mars exploration, mars exploration rover, mars geology, mer, opportunity, spirit, spirit rover, transit, transit method, transit photometry

It has been a crazy past few days of podcasting. Tomorrow I'm sharing the latest episode of The Cosmosphere Podcast, so make sure you subscribe and pass along the information to your friends.

Episode 234: Emissary

Episode  |  January 3rd, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 15 secs

25, deep space 2, deep space nine, ds9, mars, mars is hard, mars polar lander, mission failure, pop culture, rocket launch, sisko, star trek

I've got some pop culture and mission history today. Check out the episode!