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 169: The Flying Bedstead

    Episode  |  October 30th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 46 secs
    dutch astronaut, esa, german space, llrv, lltv, lunar lander, lunar landing, nasa, neil armstrong, spacex

    Thanks for listening to the show! I'd love if you could tell a friend about the podcast :)

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    Episode 168: John Glenn and Discovery

    Episode  |  October 29th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 8 secs
    discovery, friendship 7, godspeed john glenn, john glenn, space shuttle

    Happy Sunday!

  • Episode 167: The Ares I-X

    Episode  |  October 28th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 7 secs
    ares, ares i, joint polar weather satellite, jpss, rocket launch, travel

    Some launch history and some awesome travel news!

  • Episode 166: The Saturn SA-1

    Episode  |  October 27th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 54 secs
    nasa history, rocket launch, saturn 1, saturn rocket

    Be sure to follow me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to get more in depth. You can also ask me questions or submit ideas for the show!

  • Episode 165: The Final Free Flight of the Enterprise

    Episode  |  October 26th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 10 secs
    fred haise, nasa history, shuttle, space shuttle, space shuttle enterprise, test flight, the enterprise

    Today's episode was a fun one to research and record. You can also check out a slightly shorter version at Medium.com, link in the show notes.

  • Episode 164: The Mississippi Test Facility

    Episode  |  October 25th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 48 secs
    john c. stennis, mississippi, rocket test, rockets, saturn v, stennis

    aka the John C. Stennis Space Center.

  • Episode 163: Dyna-Soar

    Episode  |  October 24th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 14 secs
    dyna soar, dynamic soaring, glenn, nasa, nedelin, space history, space race, x20

    Today's episode is packed, enjoy!

  • Episode 162: Harmony

    Episode  |  October 23rd, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 9 secs
    discovery, harmony, iss, peggy whitson, space station, star wars

    Download today's episode to learn about the Harmony Module and the mission that installed it at the International Space Station... it is your destiny.

  • Episode 161: LAGEOS

    Episode  |  October 22nd, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 1 sec
    lageos, lasers, space shuttle, sts 52

    Happy Sunday!

  • Episode 160: The Missile Gap

    Episode  |  October 21st, 2017  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 42 secs
    cia, cold war, corona, debate, icbm, jfk, missile gap, missile gap debate, nixon, ussr

    That was one crazy Saturday. I've done a lot of reading about the "missile gap" over the past few days and didn't have time to record today's episode until this evening. Have a great weekend!

  • Episode 159: Six Scrubs and a Launch

    Episode  |  October 20th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 46 secs
    blue origin, columbia, potato, shuttle, space shuttle, spacex, sts 73

    Rocket engines, space potatoes, and scrubbed launches. This episode has it all!

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    Episode 158: Various and Sundry

    Episode  |  October 19th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 45 secs
    aristotle, crs, eugene cernan, falcon 9, poetics, space news, spacex, ss cernan

    News, reading, and catching up.

  • Episode 157: Galileo

    Episode  |  October 18th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 24 secs
    atlantis, comet, comet shoemaker levy 9, comets, galileo, jupiter, space shuttle, sts34

    It has been a crazy awesome day, and the podcast is finally done. Thanks for your patience and for listening!

  • Episode 156: Air Ambulances

    Episode  |  October 17th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 37 secs
    air ambulance, medevac, norway, textron

    I'm switching it up a bit today, enjoy!

  • Episode 155: GOES-1

    Episode  |  October 16th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 14 secs
    goes 1, goes satellite, iss, weather satellite, weather satellites

    Weather satellites!

  • Episode 154: Cassini

    Episode  |  October 15th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 17 secs
    cassini, grand finale, saturn, titan

    Today would have been Cassini's 20th birthday. Happy birthday to the incredible spacecraft that gave us a front-row seat at Saturn for 13 years.