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
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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
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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!
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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.
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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 :)
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!