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 135: I Believe in a Space Agency Down Under...

    Episode  |  September 26th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 23 secs
    australia, australian space agency, elon musk, history podcast, its, mars, otd, space, space history, space history podcast, space news, space podcast, space shot, spacex, the space shot

    Where rockets launch and thunder.

  • Episode 134: Discovery

    Episode  |  September 25th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 48 secs
    discovery, history podcast, mars, mars exploration program, mars observer, nasa, scifi, scifi podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, star trek, star trek discovery, star trek podcast, the space shot, uss discovery

    Discovery was one of the better Star Trek series openers, check it out!

  • Episode 133: Lunar Sample Return & Star Trek Returns to TV!

    Episode  |  September 24th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 16 secs
    history podcast, luna 16, scifi, soviet moon lander, soviet space history, space, space history, space history podcast, space shot, star trek, star trek podcast, stem, the best of both worlds, the space shot

    Beam up the latest episode of The Space Shot!

  • Episode 132: Nibiru, Doomsday, and Charlatans

    Episode  |  September 23rd, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 30 secs
    doomsday, history, history podcast, on this day, planet x, science history, science podcast, scifi, scifi history, scifi podcast, space, space history podcast, space podcast, space science, space shot, star trek, star trek history, star trek podcast, stem, stem history, the space shot, the space shot podcast

    The anticlimactic doomsday episode.

  • Episode 131: Where No Man has Gone Before...

    Episode  |  September 22nd, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 3 secs
    desliu, gary mitchell, history, history podcast, i love lucy, lucille ball, lucy ball, scifi, scifi podcast, space, space history, space podcast, space shot, star trek, star trek podcast, the space shot, where no man has gone before

    ... thanks to the help of Lucille Ball that is.

  • Episode 130: H.G. Wells & CRS-4

    Episode  |  September 21st, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 8 secs
    atlas v, atlas v launch, dragon capsule, esa, falcon 9 rocket, h.g. wells, history, history podcast, nasa, on this day, rocket launch, science fiction, scifi, scifi podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space news, space podcast, space podcasts, space science, space shot, spacex, the space shot, united launch alliance
  • Episode 129: The Shiniest Space Podcast in The Verse

    Episode  |  September 20th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 12 secs
    daily history, firefly, firefly show, history, history podcast, jfk, jfk space, jfk speeches, moon, on this day, otd, scifi history, scifi podcast, serenity, soviet union space, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space race, space shot, surveyor 2, the space shot, un, united nations

    Shiny ;)

  • Episode 128: Houston, We've Got a Laboratory

    Episode  |  September 19th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 3 secs
    history, history podcast, houston, houston texas, johnson space center, jsc, lbj, nasa, nasa history, nasa history podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space race, space race podcast, space shot, texas, the space shot

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  • Episode 127: A Vanguard and a Saturn

    Episode  |  September 18th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 35 secs
    apollo, history podcast, nasa, otd, otd podcast, rocket podcast, rockets, saturn 1, saturn rocket, science, science podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space race, space science, space shot, the space shot

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  • Episode 126: Tsiolkovsky, the Enterprise, and a Dragon Mission

    Episode  |  September 17th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 50 secs
    commercial resupply, crs 12, dragon, enterprise, falcon 9, history, history podcast, konstantin tsiolkovsky, nasa, rocketry, rockets, science, scifi podcast, shuttle enterprise, space, space history, space history podcast, space science, space shot, space shuttle, spacex, spacex falcon 9, star trek, the orville, the space shot, tsiolkovsky, uss enterprise

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  • Episode 125: Untitled Episode

    Episode  |  September 16th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 30 secs
    global flyer, history podcast, mir, nasa, otd, rocket, rocket launch, rocket podcast, rockets, shannon lucid, shuttle landing, shuttle mir, solo flight, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, space shuttle, the space shot, virgin atlantic

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  • Episode 124: Cassini's End

    Episode  |  September 15th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 5 secs
    amok time, cassini, cassini podcast, deep space network, jpl, lost in space, nasa, pon farr, pop culture podcast, saturn, scifi history, scifi podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space science, space science podcast, space shot, star trek, the space shot

    Congratulations to everyone that’s worked on the Cassini mission since its inception. It’s been a distinct pleasure following the incredible science that Cassini has sent to Earth over the past two decades. Thank you.

  • Episode 123: Mission's End Eve

    Episode  |  September 14th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 32 secs
    cassini, cassini huygens, history podcast, huygens, jpl, nasa, nasa jpl, planetary science, planetary science podcast, saturn podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space news, space news podcast, space podcast, space shot, stem, stem podcast, the space shot

    Less than 24 hours to Cassini's end of mission. Goodluck to everyone involved in the final hours of the mission. The thoughts of the world are with you.

  • Episode 122: Mae Jemison & Luna 2

    Episode  |  September 13th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins
    cassini, cassini saturn, cccp, history, history podcast, jpl, luna 2, mae jemison, nasa, nasa history, nasa jpl, saturn, saturn podcast, scifi podcast, soviet space, soviet space history, soviet union, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, star trek, star trek podcast, the space shot, ussr, ussr space

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  • Episode 121: We Choose to Go to the Moon and Beyond

    Episode  |  September 12th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  12 mins 48 secs
    cassini, cassini podcast, enceladus, hydrothermal, hydrothermal vents, jfk, jfk podcast, nasa, president kennedy, saturn, science fiction, science fiction podcast, science podcast, scifi, scifi podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space science, space science podcast, space shot, star trek, the orville, the space shot

    Today’s episode is a long one, and it marks the 1/3 point of me producing a daily podcast for an entire year. Thank you to all the new listeners of the show, I appreciate you checking out the podcast and sharing it with your friends.

  • Episode 120: We Remember

    Episode  |  September 11th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 18 secs
    911, expedition 3, history, history podcast, iss, iss podcast, nasa, september 11th, september 11th 2001, space, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, the space shot

    Never Forget.