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 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!

  • Episode 256: Clementine

    Episode  |  January 25th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 44 secs
    asteroid, clementine, echo ii, falcon, falcon heavy, moon, space news

    Apologies for the late release. I've spent the better part of today finishing packing boxes. I move on Saturday and have to unload my moving truck Sunday morning. After that, I'm headed to Kansas to be at the Cosmosphere while the MOCR mission control consoles are unloaded in preparation for their restoration. Monday is going to be fantastic!

  • Episode 255: Voyager 2 Passes Uranus, the Google Lunar XPRIZE, and Curie

    Episode  |  January 24th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 21 secs
    falcon heavy, google lunar xprize, grand tour, ice giant, ice giants, lunar, lunar xprize, moons, nasa, rocket lab, spacex, static fire, uraniun, uranus, voyager 2, voyager mission, xprize

    Happy Wednesday! Today's episode has news and history, so download and listen and when you're finished, check out the links in the show notes.

  • Episode 254: A Spacewalk, Zuma, OSCAR, ITOS, and Why Did I Watch a Nearly Three Hour Long Movie Last Night?

    Episode  |  January 23rd, 2018  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 50 secs
    amateur satellite, blade runner, eva, falcon 9, falcon heavy, iridium, itos, itos 1, movie review, movies, oscar, oscar 5, pop culture, scifi, spacewalk, spacex, static fire, weather satellite, zuma

    Today's episode is a bit of a smorgasbord and I think there's something for everyone :) Enjoy!

  • 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!