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 217: Kitty Hawk

    Episode  |  December 17th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 57 secs
    aerospace history, aircraft, airplane history, airplanes, david mccullough, flight, kitty hawk, wright, wright brothers

    Happy Sunday!

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    Episode 216: Arthur C. Clarke and Pioneer 6

    Episode  |  December 16th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 32 secs
    arthur c clarke, arthur clarke, att, att bell labs, bell labs, clarke, geo, geostationary, geostationary orbit, nasa, pioneer, pioneer 6

    Happy Saturday!

  • Episode 215: Gemini 6A & Star Wars & SpaceX

    Episode  |  December 15th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 10 secs
    blue origin, falcon 9, gemini 6, gemini 6a, new shepard, rocket launch, space news, spacex, star wars, the last jedi, webcast

    Happy Friday!

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    Episode 214: Departing the Moon

    Episode  |  December 14th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 50 secs
    apollo, apollo 17, apollo history, cernan, christmas, gene cernan, jack schmitt, last man on the moon, lunar, lunar surface, moon, moon landing, night before christmas, schmitt, space race

    I hope you enjoy this episode. Spread some holiday cheer by sharing the episode with your friends and family. Listen for the " 'Twas the week before Christmas" as told by Jack Schmitt.

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    Episode 213: Relay 1, Pioneer 8, and Terrible Trek

    Episode  |  December 13th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 56 secs
    communications, communications satellite, heliocentric, launch update, pioneer, relay, satellites, spacex, star trek, star trek movie, tarantino, telstar

    Happy Wednesday! SpaceX launch update, some quick history hits, and a little pop culture. Check out today's episode!

  • Episode 212: OSCAR-1 and Space Policy Directive- 1

    Episode  |  December 12th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 15 secs
    amateur satellite, budget, cubesat, mars, moon, nasa, nasa policy, oscar, oscar 1, smallsat, smallsats, space exploration, space policy, spacex, trump

    Today's episode is out a bit later due to me including some audio from yesterday's press conference. Enjoy!

  • Episode 211: Apollo 17 & Insurrection

    Episode  |  December 11th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  10 mins 11 secs
    apollo, apollo 17, apollo program, gene cernan, jack schmitt, lunar landing, lunar module, moon, moon landing, scifi, spacex, star trek

    Happy Monday, I hope everyone had as fantastic and productive of a Sunday as I had!

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    Episode 210: Going Rogue

    Episode  |  December 10th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 43 secs
    iss, pop culture, rogue one, space station, star wars, station, sts88

    Today's episode is out later because I've spent the day writing upcoming episodes. I think I set a new personal record for the number of words written, which is kinda cool! Have a great day!

  • Episode 209: STS-116: A Frisbee in Space

    Episode  |  December 9th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 35 secs
    blue origin, discovery, eva, frisbee, international space station, iss, space station, spacewalk, station truss, sts, sts116, truss

    Frisbees in space? Yep! Download today's episode to find out about that and STS-116.

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    Episode 208: Dragon

    Episode  |  December 8th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 9 secs
    boeing, commercial resupply, competition, cots, crs, dragon, dragon capsule, elon musk, international space station, iss, rocket launch, space race, spacex

    Well, I'm finally home. This episode took a little bit longer due to my cats both being exceedingly needy with my arrival home. A coworker had been taking care of them, but apparently, they didn't receive enough love haha.

  • Episode 207: Apollo 17 & Galileo

    Episode  |  December 7th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 37 secs
    apollo, apollo 17, galileo, jovian, jupiter, movie, shakespeare, star trek, star trek the undiscovered country, trek, undiscovered country

    Hey, today's episode is a quick one. I'm nearing the end of my vacation and have been spending a lot of time with family and friends. Due to my crazy schedule, I don't get to see them at Christmas, so I've got to fit all the festivities in now ;) Enjoy today's podcast!

  • Episode 206: A Conversation With Jim Remar

    Episode  |  December 6th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  50 mins 32 secs
    apollo, apollo 17, apollo 8, apollo program, bezos, bezos expeditions, blue origin, commercial space, cosmosphere, moon, moon landing, national space council, spaceworks, spacex

    Today's episode is the latest Cosmosphere Podcast! It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review for that podcast on iTunes!

  • Episode 205: STS-88 & 108- Routine Spaceflight- Is This Why Everyone Loves to Hate the Shuttle?

    Episode  |  December 5th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 12 secs
    astronauts, mark kelly, opinion, orbiter, scott kelly, shuttle, shuttle history, space shuttle, the space shuttle

    Today's episode was another live one from the Cosmosphere! Download today's episode and check it out!

  • Episode 204: LIVE at the Cosmosphere- Gemini 7 and Mars Pathfinder

    Episode  |  December 4th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  10 mins 50 secs
    cosmosphere, frank borman, gemini, gemini 7, human spaceflight, jim lovell, live, live episode, long duration spaceflight, mars, mars pathfinder, mars rover, pathfinder, project gemini, sojourner, space history, space race, titan

    LIVE from the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. I parked myself in front of the Gemini 10 capsule to give viewers of the live video an idea of the size of the Gemini 7 capsule. Check out my Facebook page for the video!

  • Episode 203: Pioneer 10, Falcon 9, and Hubble Part 3

    Episode  |  December 3rd, 2017  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 8 secs
    astronomy, endeavour, eva, falcon 9, hubble, jovian system, jupiter, nasa, shuttle, space history, space shuttle, spacewalk, spacex

    Happy Sunday! I'm driving again this week and have some cool stuff planned, follow along @johnmulnix on Instagram and Twitter. Let me know what you think of the podcast by leaving a review! :) Thanks!

  • Episode 202: Four Shuttles Walk Into a Bar... Hubble Part 2

    Episode  |  December 2nd, 2017  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 5 secs
    atlantis, elon musk, endeavour, eva, hubble, neutral buoyancy, shuttle, space history, space shuttle, spacewalk, spacex, sts, sts 27, sts 35, sts 53, sts 61, tesla

    Happy Saturday! Today's episode is packed with some Space Shuttle history, so download, subscribe, and let me know what you think of the podcast by leaving a review! :) Thanks!