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
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Episode 320: Reused Rockets and White Sands
Episode | March 30th, 2018 | Season 1 | 6 mins 33 secs
block 5, block 5 falcon 9, columbia, falcon 9, falcon 9 news, gordon fullerton, jack lousma, johnson space center, jsc, nasa history, oral history, oral history project, reusability, rocket launch, shuttle landing, space podcast, space podcasts, space shuttle, space shuttle columbia, spacex, spacex news, sts 3, white sands, white sands space harbor
Happy Friday everyone! Let me know if you have any questions, email me at [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
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Episode 319: Assignment: Earth
Episode | March 29th, 2018 | Season 1 | 8 mins 14 secs
drew feustel, eva, expedition 55, falcon 9, iridium, iridium next, iss, pop culture, ricky arnold, scifi, space podcast, space podcasts, space walk, spacex, star trek, star trek the original series, tos
We've got some fun Star Trek history plus news! Let me know if you have any questions, email me at [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
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Episode 318: Saturn 1 and NASA’s Women of STEM
Episode | March 28th, 2018 | Season 1 | 5 mins 21 secs
dna, dna sequencing, expedition 48, expedition 49, iss, kate rubins, ldef, materials exposure, nasa, nasa history, nasa women, space podcast, space podcasts, stem, stem ed, stem education, women in space, women in stem
I hope all of you have a fantastic Wednesday!
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Episode 317: Mariner 7 and the JWST Slips to 2020
Episode | March 27th, 2018 | Season 1 | 6 mins 23 secs
enterprise, iridium, james webb space telescope, jwst, mariner, mariner 7, space podcast, space podcasts, spacex, star trek, star trek enterprise
Enjoy some history, news, and pop culture in today's episode. Don't forget; you can reach me through email, [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email, and I will respond to you!
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Episode 316: The Explorer Program: A Legacy of Discovery
Episode | March 26th, 2018 | Season 1 | 6 mins 52 secs
explorer 3, explorer program, gamma ray bursts, gamma rays, launch, launch schedule, space podcast, space podcasts, spacex, swift, swift observatory, tess
Happy Monday everyone, check out the latest episode and let me know what you think!
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Episode 315: Explorer 10 and a Birthday
Episode | March 25th, 2018 | Season 1 | 5 mins 38 secs
explorer 10, explorer program, italy, jim lovell, jim remar, san marco, san marco platform, space podcast, space podcasts
Happy Sunday!
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Episode 314: Falcon 1- Flight 1, Atlantis, and Jules Verne
Episode | March 24th, 2018 | Season 1 | 6 mins 36 secs
atlantis, charlie bolden, falcon 1, falcon rocket, jules verne, kathy sullivan, mercury redstone, redstone, scifi, space podcast, space podcasts, space shuttle, spacelab, spacex, von braun
Happy Saturday, I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!
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Episode 313: Gemini 3 and the Immolation of Mir
Episode | March 23rd, 2018 | Season 1 | 7 mins 10 secs
chinese space station, corned beef, enterprise, gemini, gemini 3, gus grissom, john young, mir, mir deorbit, molly brown, pop culture, space podcast, space podcasts, space race, space station, star trek, the next generation, titan ii, titan missile
Happy Corned Beef Sandwich Day! A.k.a, John Young's flight on Gemini 3.
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Episode 312: STS-3: No More White External Tanks
Episode | March 22nd, 2018 | Season 1 | 7 mins 24 secs
ariel mission, exoplanets, lousma, mir, shannon lucid, shuttle mir, space podcast, space podcasts, space shuttle, white sands, william shatner
Two Shuttle flights, plus a birthday and a mission announcement. Download today's episode and get to listening!
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Episode 311: Red Canyon- My Conversation With Barry Hamilton Part 2 (the Centennial Series Episode 1)
Episode | March 21st, 2018 | Season 1 | 22 mins 51 secs
aerospace, barry hamilton, centennial series, centennial state, colorado aerospace, colorado aerospace companies, conversation, interview, red canyon, space podcast, space podcasts
I really enjoyed talking with Barry Hamilton, CEO of Red Canyon Engineering and Software today. Today's episode is part 2 of our conversation, I hope you've enjoyed this two-part series.
Don't forget; you can reach me through email, [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email, and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
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Episode 310: Red Canyon- My Conversation With Barry Hamilton (the Centennial Series Episode 1)
Episode | March 20th, 2018 | Season 1 | 22 mins 31 secs
aerospace, barry hamilton, centennial series, centennial state, colorado aerospace, colorado aerospace companies, conversation, interview, red canyon, space podcast, space podcasts
I really enjoyed talking with Barry Hamilton, CEO of Red Canyon Engineering and Software today. Today's episode is part 1 of our conversation, so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss tomorrow's episode. Don't forget; you can reach me through email, [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email, and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
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Episode 309: I’m Headed to Aerospace Day (Plus, a Demon and the ER-2)
Episode | March 19th, 2018 | Season 1 | 3 mins 42 secs
airplanes, dodge demon, er2, high altitude, nasa, nasa er2 research plane, space podcast, space podcasts, u2
Check out the show notes for today's episode. High altitude planes and wicked fast cars. It's a perfect combination. Happy Monday! Don't forget; you can reach me through email, [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email, and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
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Episode 308: MESSENGER Enters Orbit
Episode | March 18th, 2018 | Season 1 | 7 mins 57 secs
alexei leonov, eva, leonov, mercury, messenger, planetary science, rocket explosion, soviet space history, space history, space podcast, space podcasts, spacewalk
Happy Sunday! Don't forget, you can reach me through email, [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
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Episode 307: Irwin, Mattingly, and Vanguard 1
Episode | March 17th, 2018 | Season 1 | 5 mins 49 secs
apollo 13, apollo 15, apollo 16, birthdays, cold war, geodesy, irwin, ken mattingly, mattingly, satellite, space podcast, space podcasts, vanguard, vanguard 1
We've got some birthdays to celebrate today! Plus, an early mission that sent a satellite into space, that's still in orbit, sixty years later. Don't forget, you can reach me through email, [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
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Episode 306: Gemini 8- A Close Call
Episode | March 16th, 2018 | Season 1 | 8 mins 52 secs
agena, agena target vehicle, archival audio, armstrong, david scott, docking, falcon 9, first docking, gemini, gemini 8, gemini launch, mission audio, neil armstrong, project gemini, rendezvous, space podcast, space podcasts, spacex, titan ii
The crew of Gemini 8 had a very close call. Check out today's episode for mission audio and for more detail about this flight. Don't forget, you can reach me through email, [email protected]. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
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Episode 305: Discovery Delivers the Power and Forbidden Planet
Episode | March 15th, 2018 | Season 1 | 5 mins 48 secs
bat, bats, flying saucer, forbidden planet, iss, joe acaba, movie, movies, pop culture, scifi, scifi movies, solar array, solar panel, space bat, space podcast, space podcasts, sts 119
Never forget Space Bat.
You can reach me through email, [email protected]. Don't be shy, send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)