The Space Shot

Episode 431: My God, It’s Full of Books

Episode  |  January 21st, 2023  |  Season 5  |  24 mins 6 secs

apollo 50th, book review, book reviews, eisenhower, ike, lifting bodies, nuclear history, project orion, raggy 42, the age of eisenhower

Let's kick off 2023 with some SpaceX news, book reviews, and more!

Episode 422: Apollo 13: 50 Years Later (Part 1)

Episode  |  April 11th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  49 mins 3 secs

apollo, apollo 13, apollo 13 50th anniversary, apollo 50, apollo 50th, apollo program, failure is not an option, mission control, nasa, nasa history, space, space exploration, space history, space race

Part 1 of the Apollo 13 resources and history series. Check out the show notes for a ton of links and resources!

Episode 414: This Week in Space History- March 2nd to the 8th

Episode  |  March 5th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  13 mins 46 secs

apollo 50th, apollo 50th anniversary, apollo 9, ceres, command module, dawn spacecraft, lunar module, pioneer 10, pioneer 4, protein crystal growth, protein crystals, sts 62, sts-102, sts-62, sts-67, voyager 1, water

WOOOO! More space history incoming. My decade in review drops in episode 415, finally lol.

Episode 413: Andy Saunders: Restoring Apollo

Episode  |  March 4th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  26 mins 57 secs

andy saunders, apollo, apollo 13, apollo 50, apollo 50th, image restoration, interview, neil armstrong, podcast interview

Check out my fascinating conversation with Andy Saunders. Andy is the genius behind the restored image that shows Neil Armstrong's face (the only one that does so) on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

Episode 395: From Apollo to Artemis and Beyond

Episode  |  August 4th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  49 mins 1 sec

apollo, apollo 11, apollo 11 50th, apollo 13, apollo 50, apollo 50th, artemis, cold war, gemini, history, luna, mercury, moon, moon landing, nasa, nasa apollo, nasa artemis, nasa history, space, space history, space race

From Apollo to Artemis and Beyond. In this episode, you'll hear my presentation I gave a few weeks ago. I covered space history, from before the Apollo program, up to present-day initiatives.

Episode 390: SpaceWorks is GO for MOCR Restoration!

Episode  |  May 27th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  28 mins 55 secs

apollo, apollo 50th, cosmosphere, flight controller, johnson space center, jsc, mission control, mocr, nasa history, nasa podcast, space history, space podcast, spaceworks

Check out this encore presentation of Episode 16 of the Cosmosphere Podcast. I have lost my voice and can't really speak right now, so the first episode of season 3 is delayed until I get my voice back.

This month we are catching up with Jack at the Cosmosphere's SpaceWorks division. We talked about the completion of the MOCR Console restoration project. You'll also hear from Carla about what's up at the Cosmosphere this summer. It's a packed episode, so listen in today.

Episode 259: And I Would Drive 500 Miles...

Episode  |  January 28th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  1 min 30 secs

apollo, apollo 50, apollo 50th, cosmosphere, jsc, mission control, mission control restoration, mocr, nasa mission control, spaceworks, the cosmosphere

Today's episode is coming to you very late, after a long moving and road trip day. It's worth it though, tomorrow is going to be a great experience.

Episode 253: Apollo 5, Discovery, Endeavour, and a Falcon Heavy Update

Episode  |  January 22nd, 2018  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 20 secs

apollo, apollo 5, apollo 50, apollo 50th, apollo program, cosmic rays, falcon heavy, lm, lunar module, mir, nasa history, shuttle mir, south atlantic anomaly, space science, space shuttle, spacex, sts 42, sts 89, van allen, van allen belts

Happy Monday! Today's episode is packed, so let's dive in!