The Space Shot

Episode 253: Apollo 5, Discovery, Endeavour, and a Falcon Heavy Update

Episode  |  January 22nd, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 20 secs

apollo, apollo 5, apollo 50, apollo 50th, apollo program, cosmic rays, falcon heavy, lm, lunar module, mir, nasa history, shuttle mir, south atlantic anomaly, space science, space shuttle, spacex, sts 42, sts 89, van allen, van allen belts

Happy Monday! Today's episode is packed, so let's dive in!

Episode 252: Little Joe, Star Trek, and Moving Prep

Episode  |  January 21st, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 4 secs

discovery, electron rocket, little joe, little joe rocket, new space, pop culture, primates, rocket lab, rocket launches, science, smallsat, spacex, star trek, star trek discovery

Happy Sunday!

Episode 251: "I never want to HOLD again."

Episode  |  January 20th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 38 secs

apollo, apollo 50, atlas v, birthday, buzz aldrin, electron, gemini, moon, rocket lab, rocket launch, rockets, sbirs, space history podcast, space podcast, ula, usaf

The Rocket Lab Flight controller that said "I never want to HOLD again" cracked me up, listen to today's episode to find out what I'm talking about.

Episode 250: Gemini 2 and New Horizons

Episode  |  January 19th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 22 secs

deep space, gemini, gemini 2, kuiper belt, nasa, new frontiers, new horizons, pluto, robotic missions, space history, space science

250 episodes! Thanks for joining me on this daily journey!

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!