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 105: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835

    Episode  |  August 27th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  9 mins 16 secs
    earth moon, et, great moon hoax, history podcast, life on the moon, luna, moon, moon people, radio drama, science fiction, science fiction podcast, scifi, scifi podcast, serial episodes, smithsonian, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, the great moon hoax, the space shot, the war of the worlds, x minus one

    Happy Sunday everyone. Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Hit me up with any questions or feedback!

  • Episode 104: V'ger, No Wait, Voyager

    Episode  |  August 26th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 6 secs
    history podcast, interstellar, interstellar space, pop culture, pop culture podcast, science podcast, scifi, scifi podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, space shot podcast, star trek, star trek podcast, star trek the motion picture, stem podcast, the space shot, vger, voyager, voyager missions

    Happy Saturday everyone. Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback!

  • Episode 103: But I Thought We Were Going to Talk About Neptune...

    Episode  |  August 25th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 16 secs
    innovation, innovations, monologue, optimism, positivity, space, space history, space podcast, space shot, the space shot

    I'm changing up today's episode from the usual fare. Let me know what you think by leaving me a DM on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

  • Episode 102: A Falcon Launch & R2-D2

    Episode  |  August 24th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 25 secs
    drone ship landing, falcon, falcon 9, formosat 5, just read the instructions, rocket podcast, space, space history podcast, space podcast, space science, space shot, spacex, stem, stem podcast, the space shot, the space shot podcast, vafb, vandenberg

    I can't believe that almost another week has flown by. I want to give a huge thank you to all of the new listeners! I appreciate all of you taking the time to listen and if you have any ideas for the show, shoot me a DM. I'm always up to chat!

  • Episode 101: Road Trips and Rangers

    Episode  |  August 23rd, 2017  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 24 secs
    battle of stalingrad, early spaceflight, history podcast, military history, rocket propelled artillery, rockets, soviet rocket battalions, soviet rockets, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, stalingrad, stem podcast, the space shot, world war two, wwii, wwii rockets

    I'm back home after a weekend of driving, tons of coffee, and awesome time with family. Thanks for following the show. Check out my Instagram and Twitter feeds, @johnmulnix, if you'd like to chat!

  • Episode 100: 100 Episodes- Made Possible by Coffee & Determination

    Episode  |  August 22nd, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 16 secs
    coffee, coffee podcast, history podcast, nasa, pop culture, ray bradbury, space, space coffee, space history, space history podcast, space news, space podcast, space shot, spacex, the space shot, usaf, x15, x15 plane, x37, x37b

    100 Episodes! Whoa, its kind of crazy to think I've written over 100,000 words for scripts, recorded hours of audio, and shared a ton of stories with everyone. Thank you for all of your support!

  • Episode 99: Eclipse- Experiencing Totality

    Episode  |  August 21st, 2017  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 7 secs
    eclipse, eclipse podcast, history podcast, homestead, homestead national monument, national park, national parks, science podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, stem, stem podcast, the space shot, total eclipse

    Happy Birthday to my Mom! Today was awesome and I'm thankful I got to spend time with family and wonderful people at the Homestead National Monument.

  • Episode 98: Eclipse Eve & Voyager 2

    Episode  |  August 20th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 42 secs
    beatrice ne, eclipse, great american eclipse, homestead national monument, nasa, nasa history, space, space history, space history nasa, space podcast, space shot, the space shot, voyager, voyager 2

    Follow me, @johnmulnix on Instagram and Twitter for coverage of the Eclipse! Also, like and share The Space Shot on Facebook, and follow along with live-streaming there.

  • Episode 97: Space Road Trip!

    Episode  |  August 19th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 6 secs
    cosmosphere, history, kansas cosmosphere, nasa, nasa history, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot history, space shot podcast, the space shot

    Just a quick episode today since I'm traveling. Follow @johnmulnix on Instagram and Twitter.

  • Episode 96: Cassini Gets A Gravity Assist

    Episode  |  August 18th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 3 secs
    cassini, cassini grand finale, cassini saturn, communications satellite, earth, earth flyby, grand finale, history podcast, jpl, nasa, nasa missions, saturn, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, tdrs m, the space shot

    I'm leaving for the eclipse road trip tonight so today's episode is a little shorter! Follow @johnmulnix for eclipse coverage!

  • Episode 95: Pioneer 7 & Venera 7

    Episode  |  August 17th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 45 secs
    history, history podcast, jpl, nasa, nasa pioneer, on this day, otd, pioneer 7, planetary geology, planetary science, planets, science, soviet launches, soviet rocket, soviet space, soviet space history, space, space history daily, space history podcast, space launches, space podcast, space shot, stem, the space shot, venera, venera 7, venus

    A shorter episode today. Lots to do before traveling for the eclipse this weekend! I will also be at the Kansas Cosmosphere on Saturday, so follow @johnmulnix for live-tweets!

  • Episode 94: Project Excelsior

    Episode  |  August 16th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 58 secs
    air racing, airplanes, felix baumgartner, high altitude pressure suit, jet stream, lockheed, lockheed martin, lockheed vega, pressure suit, sky diving, skydiving, space, space diving, space shot, spacediving, the space shot, usaf, vega airplane, wiley post, winnie mae

    Space skydiving! Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook @johnmulnix and follow along online!

  • Episode 93: The Shifting Shuttle Priorities

    Episode  |  August 15th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 46 secs
    challenger accident, nasa budget, president reagan, president ronald reagan, reagan, shuttle, space, space budget, space politics, space shot, space shuttle, space shuttle challenger, space transportation system, sts, the space shot

    A quick episode for today. Follow @johnmulnix on Instagram and Twitter and Like The Space Shot on Facebook!
    Thanks :)

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    Episode 92: Of Course I Still Love You

    Episode  |  August 14th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 2 secs
    asds, cots, crs, crs mission, dragon, dragon capsule, dragon iss, falcon 9, international space station, iss, kennedy space center, landing zone 1, of course i still love you, rocket, rocket launch, rockets, space, space shot, spacex, spacex dragon, spacex falcon 9, spacex webcast, the space shot

    One week from now I will be at the Homestead National Monument for the Eclipse! Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Search @johnmulnix or The Space Shot.

  • Episode 91: WorldView 3, Echo 1, MRO, and Galileo

    Episode  |  August 13th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 17 secs
    cold war, communications satellites, digital globe, echo, echo 1, eisenhower, europa, europa life, hubble space telescope, mars, mars geography, mars orbiter, mars reconnaissance orbiter, mro, nasa, space, space shot, the space shot, water europa, world view 3, worldview 3

    Lots to cover today, so download this episode and get listening. Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. Search @johnmulnix or The Space Shot.

  • Episode 90: The Enterprise

    Episode  |  August 12th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 14 secs
    earth orbit, edwards, edwards air force base, enterprise, fred haise, history, history podcast, jefferies tube, landing, landing tests, matt jefferies, nasa, pop culture podcast, scifi history, scifi podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space podcasting, space shot, space shuttle, space shuttle enterprise, space shuttle naming, star trek, star trek enterprise, star trek history, star trek podcast, starships, the space shot, uss enterprise, wwii

    Space, the final audio frontier. These are the episodes of The Space Shot podcast. It's daily mission: to explore strange new topics, to seek out new history and fun sci-fi factoids, to boldly go where no podcast has gone before.