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 272: New Horizons- Part 2 of My Conversation With Kelsi Singer and Joel Parker

    Episode  |  February 10th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  21 mins 25 secs
    cosmosphere, cosmosphere podcast, deep space, kuiper belt, nasa, new horizons, planetary science, pluto, space podcast, space podcasts

    I spoke with Kelsi Singer and Joel Parker for this episode and I had a great time visiting them at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. This conversation originally aired on The Cosmosphere Podcast.

  • Episode 271: New Horizons- Part 1 of My Conversation With Kelsi Singer and Joel Parker

    Episode  |  February 9th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  22 mins 59 secs
    deep space, kuiper belt, nasa, new horizons, planetary science, pluto, space podcast, space podcasts

    I spoke with Kelsi Singer and Joel Parker for this episode and I had a great time visiting them at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. This conversation originally aired on The Cosmosphere Podcast.

  • Episode 270: Tranquility and the Cupola

    Episode  |  February 8th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 21 secs
    space podcast, space podcasts

  • Episode 269: That Was Awesome!

    Episode  |  February 7th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 18 secs
    history, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast

  • From a "Severe Strain on Credulity" to the First Flight of the Falcon Heavy

    Episode  |  February 6th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 38 secs
    editorial, falcon, falcon heavy, landing zone 1, new york times, nyt, reusability, spacex

    Happy Tuesday! I hope that today will be the launch day for the Falcon Heavy! Test flights are always tricky, so here's to a successful launch!

  • Episode 267: A Six Iron, Mariner 10, and Falcon Heavy Launch Eve

    Episode  |  February 5th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 43 secs
    apollo, apollo 14, falcon, falcon heavy, golf, golfing on the moon, mariner, mariner 10, spacex

    Happy Monday! Here's to a fantastic week!

  • Episode 266: My conversation with Paul Hildebrandt- "First to the Moon - The Journey of Apollo 8"

    Episode  |  February 4th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  17 mins 38 secs
    apollo 8, first to the moon, interview, nasa history

    Happy Sunday! I had a great time talking with Paul Hildebrandt this morning about "First to the Moon - The Journey of Apollo 8." Check out today's podcast and be sure to share it with your friends!

  • Episode 265: Luna 9, STS-41-B, STS-60, and STS-63

    Episode  |  February 3rd, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 46 secs
    bruce mccandless, challenger, cosmonaut, eileen collins, eva, long duration spaceflight, mir, mmu, shuttle, shuttle mir, space shuttle, spacewalk, sts

    Apologies for this episode releasing late. Have a very happy Saturday night! ;)

  • Episode 264: Arrival & Where Is Everybody?

    Episode  |  February 2nd, 2018  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 49 secs
    alien life, arrival, churchill, exoplanets, extraterrestrial life, fermi, kepler, nasa, pop culture, scifi, tsiolkovsky

    Happy Friday! I can't believe how busy this week has been and how fast it has passed. Enjoy your weekend!

  • Episode 263: Columbia

    Episode  |  February 1st, 2018  |  Season 1  |  2 mins 30 secs
    apollo 1, challenger, columbia

  • Episode 262: Explorer 1, Ham, Apollo 14 and a SpaceX Water Landing

    Episode  |  January 31st, 2018  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 11 secs
    apollo, apollo 14, chimpanzee, elon musk, explorer, explorer 1, falcon, falcon 9, govsat 1, ham, history, nasa, spacex

    Today was absolutely packed. Lunch hour interview, unpacking my office and finishing today's episode. I had a very productive day! Happy Wednesday!

  • Episode 261: Recording a Podcast in a Car is... Interesting...

    Episode  |  January 30th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  2 mins 5 secs
    launch update, ranger missions, roadtrip, spacex, travel

  • Episode 260: An ISS Agreement, MOCR, and Road Tripping

    Episode  |  January 29th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 38 secs
    apollo, apollo 17, cosmosphere, gene kranz, iss, johnson space center, mission control, mocr, nasa, nasa history, space history, spaceworks

    Happy Monday! I spent a couple of hours at SpaceWorks today. It was a remarkable experience! Check out my Facebook page for some pictures from today!

  • Episode 259: And I Would Drive 500 Miles...

    Episode  |  January 28th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  1 min 30 secs
    apollo, apollo 50, apollo 50th, cosmosphere, jsc, mission control, mission control restoration, mocr, nasa mission control, spaceworks, the cosmosphere

    Today's episode is coming to you very late, after a long moving and road trip day. It's worth it though, tomorrow is going to be a great experience.

  • Episode 258: Untitled Episode

    Episode  |  January 27th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  2 mins 29 secs

    Apologies for the late delay today. Today is day one of my move and I've been driving the past few hours.

  • Episode 257: Ranger 3, Lunar Probes, and Aircraft Navigation and Safety

    Episode  |  January 26th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 10 secs
    aircraft, aircraft safety, b25, empire state building, lunar flyby, lunar lander, moon, naca, nasa, nasa history, ranger 7, ranger program

    Happy Friday! Thanks for listening to the show!