The Space Shot

A concentrated dose of space awesomeness, delivered right to your podcast feed.

About the show

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, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot.

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Episodes and Blog Entries

  • Episode 306: Gemini 8- A Close Call

    Episode  |  March 16th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 52 secs
    agena, agena target vehicle, archival audio, armstrong, david scott, docking, falcon 9, first docking, gemini, gemini 8, gemini launch, mission audio, neil armstrong, project gemini, rendezvous, space podcast, space podcasts, spacex, titan ii

    The crew of Gemini 8 had a very close call. Check out today's episode for mission audio and for more detail about this flight. Don't forget, you can reach me through email, [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

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    Episode 305: Discovery Delivers the Power and Forbidden Planet

    Episode  |  March 15th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 48 secs
    bat, bats, flying saucer, forbidden planet, iss, joe acaba, movie, movies, pop culture, scifi, scifi movies, solar array, solar panel, space bat, space podcast, space podcasts, sts 119

    Never forget Space Bat.

    You can reach me through email, [email protected]. Don't be shy, send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

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    Episode 304: Hawking, Pi, and Schiaparelli

    Episode  |  March 14th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  9 mins
    discussion, hawking, mars, pi, pi day, pop culture, question, schiaparelli, space podcast, space podcasts, stephen hawking

    In Memoriam- Stephen Hawking.

  • Episode 303: The Fresh Prince of Voyager

    Episode  |  March 13th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 1 sec
    crown prince, discovery, jordan, nasa history, protein crystal growth, science, science officer, shuttle, shuttle discovery, shuttle launch, shuttle program, space podcast, space podcasts, star trek, star trek voyager, tdrs, tdrs satellite, uss voyager

    Listen in to today's episode and find out about a member of a royal family that appeared on Star Trek: Voyager on this day in 1996. Have a great Tuesday!

  • Episode 302: The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle

    Episode  |  March 12th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 59 secs
    b52, drop test, falcon 9, iss, lifting body, nasa history, new glenn, parafoil, paraglider, space podcast, space podcasts, spacex, x38

    Happy Monday everyone! Lifting bodies are super cool, so check out today's episode and learn about a lifting body that landed with an uncommonly large parafoil parachute!

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    Episode 301: Pioneer 5 and Dextre

    Episode  |  March 11th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 43 secs
    space podcast, space podcasts

  • Episode 300: 300 Episodes!

    Episode  |  March 10th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 43 secs
    300 episodes, history, ice giant, ice giants, neptune, podcasting, space podcast, space podcasts, uranus, voyager, voyager 2

    Hey there, share The Space Shot with your friends and family and let me know about it. We're on a mission to share the wonders of space, history, and pop culture, so I've got something that will go along nicely since you're part of the podcasting crew ;) Check out Facebook for a picture of the mission patch for The Space Shot.

  • Episode 299: From Gagarin to Columbia

    Episode  |  March 9th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 21 secs
    birthday, gagarin, space history, space podcast, space podcasts, space race, yuri gagarin

  • Episode 298: International Women’s Day, Discovery, and Expedition 2

    Episode  |  March 8th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 42 secs
    computer, computers, eva, hidden figures, iss, katherine johnson, peggy whitson, shuttle fllight, space podcast, space podcasts, space station, stem, stem education, susan helms, tereshkova, women in space, women in stem

    From today until Saturday, March 10th, share The Space Shot with your friends and family and let me know about it. I've got something fantastic for those of you that share the podcast and let me know you've done so. We're on a mission to share the wonders of space, history, and pop culture, so I've got something that will go along nicely since you're part of the podcasting crew ;)

  • Episode 297: The Cosmosphere Podcast Episode 6- "Revitalization- Be a Spark"

    Episode  |  March 7th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  44 mins 56 secs
    apollo, cosmosphere, gemini, mercury, space history, space podcast, space podcasts

    Check out the latest Cosmosphere Podcast today. I've been going to the Cosmosphere since I was a little kid, so check out the show notes to learn more about my favorite space museum.

  • Episode 296: Dawn at Ceres and The Kepler Space Telescope

    Episode  |  March 6th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 42 secs
    ceres, dawn, dwarf planet, education, exoplanets, ice, kepler, kepler space telescope, planetary science, science, space podcast, space podcasts, stem, water

    From today until next Saturday, March 10th, share The Space Shot with your friends and family and let me know about it. I've got something fantastic for those of you that share the podcast and let me know you've done so. We're on a mission to share the wonders of space, history, and pop culture, so I've got something that will go along nicely since you're part of the podcasting crew ;)

  • Episode 295: A Jupiter Flyby With Voyager 1 (Plus STEM Education Resources)

    Episode  |  March 5th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 16 secs
    education, grand tour, jupiter, nasa, nasa eyes app, nasa history, space podcast, space podcasts, stem, voyager 1, voyager program

    Check out this episode if you're a teacher. I've got a bit of history plus some educational resources you may find extremely interesting!

  • Episode 294: Pioneer 4, Apollo 9, and STS-62

    Episode  |  March 4th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 39 secs
    apollo, apollo 9, command service module, csm, digital amnesia, docking, eva, gumdrop, leo, lm, lunar module, pioneer 4, protein growth, space podcast, space podcasts, spider, sts 62

    From today until next Saturday, March 10th, share The Space Shot with your friends and family and let me know about it. I've got something fantastic for those of you that share the podcast and let me know you've done so. We're on a mission to share the wonders of space, history, and pop culture, so I've got something that will go along nicely since you're part of the podcasting crew ;)

  • Episode 293: STEM Everyday with Chris Woods

    Episode  |  March 3rd, 2018  |  Season 1  |  29 mins 47 secs
    apollo 12, chris woods, education, educator, educators, history, interview, interviews, launches, nasa history, space podcast, space podcasts, steam, stem, stem education, stem everyday

    Happy Saturday everyone! Today's episode is awesome you really need to check it out and share it with your friends! Thanks :D

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    Episode 292: Pioneering with Pioneer 10

    Episode  |  March 2nd, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 28 secs
    james webb space telescope, jwst, microgravity, pioneer, pioneer 10, protein crystals, space podcast, space podcasts, space shuttle, sts67

    Happy Friday! Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears!

  • Episode 291: Venusian Missions, a Hubble Servicing Mission, Two SpaceX Launches, and 340 Days in Space

    Episode  |  March 1st, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 29 secs
    falcon 9, hubble space telescope, scott kelly, shuttle, space podcast, space podcasts, space shuttle, spacex, venera, venus, venusian, year in space