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 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!

  • Episode 201: Hubble Part 1

    Episode  |  December 1st, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 16 secs
    astronomy, hubble, launch, russia, soyuz, space science, space shuttle, telescope, telescopes

    Happy December! Be sure to check out the show notes for some links to incredible Hubble videos on YouTube. More on Hubble in tomorrow's episode, plus a bunch of Space Shuttle flights, it's going to be a fun episode, don't miss it!

  • Episode 200: Endeavour. Oh, and 200 Episodes!

    Episode  |  November 30th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 56 secs
    200 episodes, endeavour, shuttle history, space history, space shuttle, space shuttle endeavour, sts

    Episode 200! Wow! Thanks to everyone for joining me on this daily podcasting journey I was crazy enough to start 200 days ago. I appreciate all of you! Here's to another 200 episodes!

  • Episode 199: Enos- Mercury Atlas 5

    Episode  |  November 29th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 36 secs
    chimp, chimpanzee, mercury, mercury atlas, mercury atlas 5, nasa, orbital, orbital flight, project mercury, space race

    I hope everyone has a fantastic week! We are approaching 200 episodes and I would love if we could get some more reviews to maybe match the number of episodes that are out. Go to iTunes or Apple Podcasts and leave a review. I appreciate it!

  • Episode 198: Spacelab 1, Mariner 4, and a Pulsar

    Episode  |  November 28th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 44 secs
    astronomy, columbia, john young, mariner, mariner 4, pulsar, shuttle, space science, space shuttle, spacelab, sts, sts9

    I hope everyone has a fantastic week! We are approaching 200 episodes and I would love if we could get some more reviews to maybe match the number of episodes that are out. Go to iTunes or Apple Podcasts and leave a review. I appreciate it!

  • Episode 197: Mars 2 and "The Q and the Grey"

    Episode  |  November 27th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 41 secs
    celsius, mars, mars 2, memory alpha, q, q continuum, soviet union, star trek, star trek voyager, voyager

    I hope everyone has a fantastic week! We are approaching 200 episodes and I would love if we could get some more reviews to maybe match the number of episodes that are out. Go to iTunes or Apple Podcasts and leave a review. I appreciate it!

  • Episode 196: The Voyage Home

    Episode  |  November 26th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 54 secs
    atlantis, humpback whale, mexican astronaut, mexico, nasa, space, space food, space shuttle atlantis, star trek, star trek iv, sts, the voyage home, time travel, tortilla, whales

    Happy Sunday, I hope you have a fantastic day! If you could do me a huge favor and leave a review if you haven't already done so, I'd be super appreciative!

  • Episode 195: Space Workouts

    Episode  |  November 25th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 27 secs
    colbert, colbert treadmill, iss, running, space station, space workout, space workouts, sunita williams, treadmill, working out, workout

    Change of plans for today's episode. Download and listen if you want to find out a little bit about space workouts and COLBERT. Plus another daily challenge for myself. Subscribe today!

  • Episode 194: Atlantis, Cooking, and Relaxing

    Episode  |  November 24th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 23 secs
    atlantis, food, go flight, iss, reading, space, space food, space shuttle, sts 44, sts44, thanksgiving, turkey

    Happy Friday! I hope you have a wonderful day and weekend, and that your time with family on Thanksgiving was enjoyable. I had a relaxing day today and am thankful I got to spend time working on the podcast!

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    Episode 193: New Shepard and Endeavour

    Episode  |  November 23rd, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 45 secs
    blue origin, booster, booster landing, commercial space, endeavour, jeff bezos, landing, new shepard, reusability, rocket landing, space, space shuttle

    I say "booster" a lot in this episode... deal with it haha. Seriously though, today's episode is pretty cool, I talk about the New Shepard booster landing. Please leave a review if you've checked out the show! :)