web02.fireside.fm Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:26:10 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Aircraft” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/aircraft Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:00:00 -0600 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. en-us episodic A concentrated dose of space awesomeness, delivered right to your podcast feed. John Mulnix 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. no space, history, space history, nasa, science, stem, sci-fi, science fiction, space podcast, interviews, space interviews, John Mulnix johnmulnix@gmail.com Episode 257: Ranger 3, Lunar Probes, and Aircraft Navigation and Safety https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/257 400b3738-8897-4f9b-b5b3-f08576dcb37d Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 257 Ranger 3, Lunar Probes, and Aircraft Navigation and Safety full 1 John Mulnix Happy Friday! Thanks for listening to the show! 8:10 no Happy Friday! Thanks for listening to the show! There's a lot of new listeners to the show and I want to say welcome! I'm happy to have you here and look forward to sharing history and interviews with you over the coming months! AC Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Ariane 5 lofts SES-14 and Al Yah-3 despite concerns (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/01/ariane-5-ses-14-al-yah-3-launch/) Ranger Program- NASA (https://science.nasa.gov/missions/ranger) Episode 75 Links: Ranger Mission Links- Ranger 7- NASA (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ranger-7/) Ranger 7 Mission Page (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1964-041A) Surveyor 1 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-045A) Empire State Building Crash- B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building in 1945 (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/b-25-bomber-crashed-empire-state-building-1945-article-1.2300615) On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th (http://www.nycaviation.com/2010/07/on-this-day-in-aviation-history-july-28th/2114) NASA Aviation Safety and Technology- NASA Office of Safety & Mission Assurance (https://sma.nasa.gov/sma-disciplines/aviation-safety) NASA One Hundred Years of Powered Flight (https://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff2003/pf_1.html) Synthetic Vision Changes Pilot Views (https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/tech-excellence/2005/synthetic-vision-changes-pilots-views) A Clear View for Pilots (https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/clear_view.html) ForeFlight- Global Synthetic Vision iPad App Website (https://foreflight.com/products/foreflight-mobile/synthetic-vision/) aircraft, aircraft safety, b25, empire state building, lunar flyby, lunar lander, moon, naca, nasa, nasa history, ranger 7, ranger program Happy Friday! Thanks for listening to the show!

There's a lot of new listeners to the show and I want to say welcome! I'm happy to have you here and look forward to sharing history and interviews with you over the coming months!

AC
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Episode Links:

Ariane 5 lofts SES-14 and Al Yah-3 despite concerns

Ranger Program- NASA

Episode 75 Links:

Ranger Mission Links-
Ranger 7- NASA
Ranger 7 Mission Page
Surveyor 1

Empire State Building Crash-
B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building in 1945
On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th

NASA Aviation Safety and Technology-
NASA Office of Safety & Mission Assurance
NASA One Hundred Years of Powered Flight

Synthetic Vision Changes Pilot Views
A Clear View for Pilots

ForeFlight- Global Synthetic Vision iPad App Website

]]> Happy Friday! Thanks for listening to the show!

There's a lot of new listeners to the show and I want to say welcome! I'm happy to have you here and look forward to sharing history and interviews with you over the coming months!

AC
Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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Episode Links:

Ariane 5 lofts SES-14 and Al Yah-3 despite concerns

Ranger Program- NASA

Episode 75 Links:

Ranger Mission Links-
Ranger 7- NASA
Ranger 7 Mission Page
Surveyor 1

Empire State Building Crash-
B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building in 1945
On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th

NASA Aviation Safety and Technology-
NASA Office of Safety & Mission Assurance
NASA One Hundred Years of Powered Flight

Synthetic Vision Changes Pilot Views
A Clear View for Pilots

ForeFlight- Global Synthetic Vision iPad App Website

]]> Episode 217: Kitty Hawk https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/217 eb91a536-b04d-48d8-9ad2-1ad82f794ab9 Sun, 17 Dec 2017 23:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 217 Kitty Hawk full 1 John Mulnix Happy Sunday! 8:57 no I've got a programming note. I've looked at when episodes are downloaded each day and have come up with a new release schedule. During the week, episodes will be out at the usual 3ish a.m. release time Monday-Friday. That way all of you can catch the latest show during your morning commutes. Weekend episodes will be out later, depending on how crazy life has been on my end. For instance, today’s episode is out later because I burned my hand with bacon grease while cooking. I know, I’m super talented. Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: The Wright Flyer First Flight (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/First_flight2.jpg) Orville Wright- Diary Entry December 17, 1903 (https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/wrightbrothers/packet/orville) Inventing A Flying Machine- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/) The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LD1RWP6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) aerospace history, aircraft, airplane history, airplanes, david mccullough, flight, kitty hawk, wright, wright brothers, aerospace podcast, space podcast, aerospace history podcast, space history podcast, I've got a programming note. I've looked at when episodes are downloaded each day and have come up with a new release schedule.

During the week, episodes will be out at the usual 3ish a.m. release time Monday-Friday. That way all of you can catch the latest show during your morning commutes. Weekend episodes will be out later, depending on how crazy life has been on my end. For instance, today’s episode is out later because I burned my hand with bacon grease while cooking. I know, I’m super talented.

Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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The Wright Flyer First Flight

Orville Wright- Diary Entry December 17, 1903

Inventing A Flying Machine- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

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During the week, episodes will be out at the usual 3ish a.m. release time Monday-Friday. That way all of you can catch the latest show during your morning commutes. Weekend episodes will be out later, depending on how crazy life has been on my end. For instance, today’s episode is out later because I burned my hand with bacon grease while cooking. I know, I’m super talented.

Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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The Wright Flyer First Flight

Orville Wright- Diary Entry December 17, 1903

Inventing A Flying Machine- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

]]> Episode 75: Ranger 7 Hits the Moon! https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/75 84997ca8-ff23-46bf-a1de-67c4d1b29e6a Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 75 Ranger 7 Hits the Moon! full 1 John Mulnix Ranger 7 impacted the moon on this day, and a B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building. Subscribe today and don't miss an episode! 5:44 no Episode Links: Ranger Mission Links- Ranger 7- NASA (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ranger-7/) Ranger 7 Mission Page (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1964-041A) Surveyor 1 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-045A) Empire State Building Crash- B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building in 1945 (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/b-25-bomber-crashed-empire-state-building-1945-article-1.2300615) On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th (http://www.nycaviation.com/2010/07/on-this-day-in-aviation-history-july-28th/2114) NASA Aviation Safety and Technology- NASA Office of Safety & Mission Assurance (https://sma.nasa.gov/sma-disciplines/aviation-safety) NASA One Hundred Years of Powered Flight (https://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff2003/pf_1.html) Synthetic Vision Changes Pilot Views (https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/tech-excellence/2005/synthetic-vision-changes-pilots-views) A Clear View for Pilots (https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/clear_view.html) ForeFlight- Global Synthetic Vision iPad App Website (https://foreflight.com/products/foreflight-mobile/synthetic-vision/) aircraft, aircraft safety, airplanes, b25, empire state, empire state building, flight safety, international space station, moon, nasa, pioneer 1, plane crash, ranger 7, soyuz, soyuz launch, space, space shot, the empire state building, the space shot, aerospace history podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, aviation podcast, Episode Links:

Ranger Mission Links-
Ranger 7- NASA
Ranger 7 Mission Page
Surveyor 1

Empire State Building Crash-
B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building in 1945
On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th

NASA Aviation Safety and Technology-
NASA Office of Safety & Mission Assurance
NASA One Hundred Years of Powered Flight

Synthetic Vision Changes Pilot Views
A Clear View for Pilots

ForeFlight- Global Synthetic Vision iPad App Website

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Ranger Mission Links-
Ranger 7- NASA
Ranger 7 Mission Page
Surveyor 1

Empire State Building Crash-
B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building in 1945
On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th

NASA Aviation Safety and Technology-
NASA Office of Safety & Mission Assurance
NASA One Hundred Years of Powered Flight

Synthetic Vision Changes Pilot Views
A Clear View for Pilots

ForeFlight- Global Synthetic Vision iPad App Website

]]> Episode 74: The Shuttle Gets Grounded & The Comet https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/74 6c29e368-2970-453c-8c31-1c2fa930b855 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 11:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 74 The Shuttle Gets Grounded & The Comet full 1 John Mulnix Shuttle and jet history today, subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter for even more content! 4:57 no Episode Links: NASA Press Release- Statement on Foam Shedding From External Tank (https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/jul/HQ_05207_griffin_statement_foam.html) STS-114 Status Report #03 (https://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/news/STS-114-03.html) STS-114 NASA Mission Archives (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-114.html) NASA to Ground Shuttles Again (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/27/AR2005072700249.html) Flightglobal Archive- Comet Historical Article (https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%201324.html) May We Never Forget the First Jet Airliner, The De Havilland Comet (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgkzk7/first-jet-airliner-the-de-havilland-comet) Royal Air Force- Nimrod MR2 (https://www.raf.mod.uk/history/nimrodmr2.cfm) aircraft, aviation, aviation history, columbia, comet, comet airplane, de havilland, heat shield, jet aircraft, jets, naboo, shuttle, shuttle columbia, space, space shot, space shuttle, space shuttle crash, star wars, sts 114, the space shot, aerospace history podcast, aerospace podcast, space podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Episode Links:

NASA Press Release- Statement on Foam Shedding From External Tank

STS-114 Status Report #03

STS-114 NASA Mission Archives

NASA to Ground Shuttles Again

Flightglobal Archive- Comet Historical Article

May We Never Forget the First Jet Airliner, The De Havilland Comet

Royal Air Force- Nimrod MR2

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NASA Press Release- Statement on Foam Shedding From External Tank

STS-114 Status Report #03

STS-114 NASA Mission Archives

NASA to Ground Shuttles Again

Flightglobal Archive- Comet Historical Article

May We Never Forget the First Jet Airliner, The De Havilland Comet

Royal Air Force- Nimrod MR2

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