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 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!

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • 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.

  • 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!