web02.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:26:59 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Comets” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/comets Mon, 15 Jan 2018 03:00:00 -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 246: Stardust and Space Mountain https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/246 787fe83c-bf23-4c1b-a4c9-63e17b440c7f Mon, 15 Jan 2018 03:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 246 Stardust and Space Mountain full 1 John Mulnix Today's episode has a pop culture anniversary, some SpaceX Falcon Heavy news, a Star Trek: Discovery update, and some Stardust mission history. Happy Monday! 6:04 no Today's episode has a pop culture anniversary, some SpaceX Falcon Heavy news, a Star Trek: Discovery update, and some Stardust mission history. Happy Monday! 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: Live coverage: First Falcon Heavy testing firing now Tuesday (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/09/falcon-heavy-demo-flight-preparations/) Space Mountain- Walt Disney World (https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/space-mountain/) Stardust Mission- NASA JPL (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/stardust/) Stardust Mission Wrap Up (https://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html) comet, comets, disco, disney, falcon heavy, nasa history, pop culture, sample return, space mountain, spacex, star trek, star trek discovery, stardust, tomorrowland, space history podcast, space podcast, nasa podcast, Today's episode has a pop culture anniversary, some SpaceX Falcon Heavy news, a Star Trek: Discovery update, and some Stardust mission history. Happy Monday!

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Live coverage: First Falcon Heavy testing firing now Tuesday

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Stardust Mission- NASA JPL

Stardust Mission Wrap Up

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Live coverage: First Falcon Heavy testing firing now Tuesday

Space Mountain- Walt Disney World

Stardust Mission- NASA JPL

Stardust Mission Wrap Up

]]> Episode 243: Atlantis, Columbia, Korolev and Deep Impact https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/243 4b35b888-20dc-4b4b-b7b0-e1d845fc9abe Fri, 12 Jan 2018 10:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 243 Atlantis, Columbia, Korolev and Deep Impact full 1 John Mulnix 7:43 no SpaceX Static Fire update, launch update, some shuttle history, and pop culture. Check out today's episode! 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: I forgot to mention this in today's episode. Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch tweeted his support for SpaceX, adding another layer of complexity to an already murky story. Here's his Tweet. Matt Desch- @IridiumBoss (https://twitter.com/IridiumBoss/status/951565202629320705) Pentagon: Ask SpaceX about Zuma. SpaceX: That’s not our story to tell- Eric Berger, Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/pentagon-ask-spacex-about-zuma-spacex-thats-not-our-story-to-tell/) SpaceX Falcon Heavy completes successful rehearsal, static fire pushed back due to bug in launch pad hardware- Eric Ralph, Teslarati (https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-first-static-fire-test-cape-canaveral-scrubbed/) STS-61C Mission Page (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/61-c/mission-61-c.html) STS-61C Video (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle24.htm) STS-81 Mission Page (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-81/mission-sts-81.html) STS-81 Video (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle81.htm) Deep Impact Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html) Sergei Korolev NASA Biography (https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/korolev.html) Sergei Korolev ESA Biography (http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/50_years_of_humans_in_space/Sergei_Korolev_Father_of_the_Soviet_Union_s_success_in_space) atlantis, columbia, comets, deep impact, iridium, korolev, nasa, planetary science, shuttle, space, space history, space shuttle, spacex, zuma, space history podcast, space podcast, nasa podcast, history podcast, SpaceX Static Fire update, launch update, some shuttle history, and pop culture. Check out today's episode!

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I forgot to mention this in today's episode. Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch tweeted his support for SpaceX, adding another layer of complexity to an already murky story. Here's his Tweet.
Matt Desch- @IridiumBoss

Pentagon: Ask SpaceX about Zuma. SpaceX: That’s not our story to tell- Eric Berger, Ars Technica

SpaceX Falcon Heavy completes successful rehearsal, static fire pushed back due to bug in launch pad hardware- Eric Ralph, Teslarati

STS-61C Mission Page

STS-61C Video

STS-81 Mission Page

STS-81 Video

Deep Impact Mission Page

Sergei Korolev NASA Biography

Sergei Korolev ESA Biography

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I forgot to mention this in today's episode. Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch tweeted his support for SpaceX, adding another layer of complexity to an already murky story. Here's his Tweet.
Matt Desch- @IridiumBoss

Pentagon: Ask SpaceX about Zuma. SpaceX: That’s not our story to tell- Eric Berger, Ars Technica

SpaceX Falcon Heavy completes successful rehearsal, static fire pushed back due to bug in launch pad hardware- Eric Ralph, Teslarati

STS-61C Mission Page

STS-61C Video

STS-81 Mission Page

STS-81 Video

Deep Impact Mission Page

Sergei Korolev NASA Biography

Sergei Korolev ESA Biography

]]> Episode 157: Galileo https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/157 53d5e65c-e8f2-4cc5-8d58-ebed74bf6166 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 20:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 157 Galileo full 1 John Mulnix It has been a crazy awesome day, and the podcast is finally done. Thanks for your patience and for listening! 6:24 no Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Click on the image titled Fragment W: Four Image Composite. It shows where the fragments impacted by superimposing a grid on the night side of Jupiter. Galileo Image Gallery: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galileo/gallery/comet-sl9.cfm) This image shows Jupiter in the Ultraviolet spectrum. The impacts from the comet are clearly visible. To give you a sense of perspective, some of the disturbances in Jupiter's clouds are larger than Earth. Hubble Space Telescope Image of Fragment BDGLNQ12R Impacts (https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/image129.html) Frequently Asked Questions about the Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter (http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/sl9/cometfaq2.html#Q3.1) Galileo Legacy Mission Page (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galileo/mission/index.cfm) Galileo Mission Page (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/galileo) STS-34 Press Kit PDF (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/shuttle_pk/pk/Flight_031_STS-034_Press_Kit.pdf) STS-34 Mission Video Highlights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuwjLeILWlA) atlantis, comet, comet shoemaker levy 9, comets, galileo, jupiter, space shuttle, sts34, space shuttle podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, space shuttle atlantis podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Facebook

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Click on the image titled Fragment W: Four Image Composite. It shows where the fragments impacted by superimposing a grid on the night side of Jupiter.
Galileo Image Gallery: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

This image shows Jupiter in the Ultraviolet spectrum. The impacts from the comet are clearly visible. To give you a sense of perspective, some of the disturbances in Jupiter's clouds are larger than Earth.
Hubble Space Telescope Image of Fragment BDGLNQ12R Impacts

Frequently Asked Questions about the Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter

Galileo Legacy Mission Page

Galileo Mission Page

STS-34 Press Kit PDF

STS-34 Mission Video Highlights

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Click on the image titled Fragment W: Four Image Composite. It shows where the fragments impacted by superimposing a grid on the night side of Jupiter.
Galileo Image Gallery: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

This image shows Jupiter in the Ultraviolet spectrum. The impacts from the comet are clearly visible. To give you a sense of perspective, some of the disturbances in Jupiter's clouds are larger than Earth.
Hubble Space Telescope Image of Fragment BDGLNQ12R Impacts

Frequently Asked Questions about the Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter

Galileo Legacy Mission Page

Galileo Mission Page

STS-34 Press Kit PDF

STS-34 Mission Video Highlights

]]> Episode 84: Curiosity and Rosetta https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/84 4844b5f5-5957-44c6-99eb-07bea7a22820 Sun, 06 Aug 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 84 Curiosity and Rosetta full 1 John Mulnix It looks like my trusty Blue Snowball decided to pass on, so I had to switch to another mic, apologies for the delay. Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes! 5:21 no Episode Links: Ambition- YouTube Link (https://youtu.be/32vlOgN_3QQ) Rosetta Mission Page (http://rosetta.esa.int/) Comet Close-Up (http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/08/Comet_close-up) SpaceFlight Now- Curiosity rover shows new signs of wheel wear (https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/03/28/curiosity-rover-shows-new-signs-of-wheel-wear/) Curiosity Mission Overview (https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/overview/) Check out the cool interactive map on this website, and see the interesting route that Curiosity has taken around Mars. Curiosity Rover Tracker- New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/space/mars-curiosity-rover-tracker.html) comet 67p, comet water, comets, curiosity, game of thrones, little finger, mars, martian, philae, philae lander, planetary science, rosetta, space, space shot, the space shot, water, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

Ambition- YouTube Link
Rosetta Mission Page
Comet Close-Up

SpaceFlight Now- Curiosity rover shows new signs of wheel wear

Curiosity Mission Overview

Check out the cool interactive map on this website, and see the interesting route that Curiosity has taken around Mars.

Curiosity Rover Tracker- New York Times

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Ambition- YouTube Link
Rosetta Mission Page
Comet Close-Up

SpaceFlight Now- Curiosity rover shows new signs of wheel wear

Curiosity Mission Overview

Check out the cool interactive map on this website, and see the interesting route that Curiosity has taken around Mars.

Curiosity Rover Tracker- New York Times

]]> Episode 62: Pioneer, Apollo-Soyuz, and Dawn https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/62 a7ae7d68-1f16-4375-bae2-b2d20e5abbe4 Sat, 15 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 62 Pioneer, Apollo-Soyuz, and Dawn full 1 John Mulnix Remember to share the podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for a chance to win a Lego Saturn V rocket! Each time you share posts you get a chance to win. The winner will be announced on July 21st. Thank you all for subscribing! 8:04 no Episode Links: Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html) Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page (https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html) The Pioneer Missions (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html) Dawn- NASA JPL Website (https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/) NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website (https://sec353ext.jpl.nasa.gov/ep/) The Prius of Space (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=1468) Apollo Soyuz Test Project- Archived NASA Website (https://web.archive.org/web/20090723011906/http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov//kscpao/history/astp/astp.html) Thomas P Stafford- Johnson Space Center Oral History 1997 (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/StaffordTP/StaffordTP_10-15-97.htm) Welcome to Houston- The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4209/ch5-4.htm) apollo soyuz, asteroid field, asteroids, ceres, comets, dawn, dwarf planets, empire strikes back, james sa corey, nasa, pioneer 10, pop culture, prius, robotic spacecraft, rockets, science fiction, scifi, space, space shot, star trek, star wars, syfy, the expanse, the space shot, apollo soyuz podcast, apollo 50 podcast, apollo podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA
Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page
The Pioneer Missions

Dawn- NASA JPL Website
NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website
The Prius of Space

Apollo Soyuz Test Project- Archived NASA Website
Thomas P Stafford- Johnson Space Center Oral History 1997
Welcome to Houston- The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

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Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA
Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page
The Pioneer Missions

Dawn- NASA JPL Website
NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website
The Prius of Space

Apollo Soyuz Test Project- Archived NASA Website
Thomas P Stafford- Johnson Space Center Oral History 1997
Welcome to Houston- The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

]]> Episode 50: Lego Rockets, Comets, a Birthday, and the Soviet N-1 Rocket https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/50 943c4db0-a335-413c-babb-fc2c2e3f0e5c Mon, 03 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 50 Lego Rockets, Comets, a Birthday, and the Soviet N-1 Rocket full 1 John Mulnix The title says it all ;) Subscribe today and be sure to follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for the Lego Saturn V giveaway! 6:16 no Episode Links: SpaceX Statement On 7/3/17 Abort (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/882040096718897153) NASA Deep Impact Website (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html) Deep Impact- Impactor Video (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/HRIV_Impact.gif) Why Study Comets? (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/media/f_whycomets.html) Harrison "Jack" Schmitt- NASA Biography (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/schmitt-hh.html) apollo 17, comets, deep impact, falcon 9, geology, history, jack schmitt, lego, lego saturn v, legos, lunar soil, moon dust, moon landing, moon shot, n-1, nasa, soviet union, space, space history, space shot, spacex, tempel 1, the space race, the space shot, apollo podcast, space podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space history podcast, space race podcast, Episode Links:

SpaceX Statement On 7/3/17 Abort

NASA Deep Impact Website
Deep Impact- Impactor Video
Why Study Comets?

Harrison "Jack" Schmitt- NASA Biography

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SpaceX Statement On 7/3/17 Abort

NASA Deep Impact Website
Deep Impact- Impactor Video
Why Study Comets?

Harrison "Jack" Schmitt- NASA Biography

]]> Episode 16: Skylab Part 2 & The European Space Agency https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/16 182fce89-c99d-449a-a2dd-7c7304d6922a Tue, 30 May 2017 21:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 16 Skylab Part 2 & The European Space Agency full 1 John Mulnix I'm covering three things today, but in order to hear what the third is, you have to download the episode ;) Happy listening! 5:25 no Episode Links: ESA Rosetta Mission Page (http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/) Alexey Leonov- First Spacewalk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAPBRvd8OTY) Signing the ESA Convention (http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/05/Signing_of_ESA_Convention) Signing the ESA Convention-2 (http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/History_ESA_Convention_1975) 67p, comets, esa, eva, history, nasa, philae, rosetta, skylab, space history, skylab podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, skylab history podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

ESA Rosetta Mission Page
Alexey Leonov- First Spacewalk
Signing the ESA Convention
Signing the ESA Convention-2

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ESA Rosetta Mission Page
Alexey Leonov- First Spacewalk
Signing the ESA Convention
Signing the ESA Convention-2

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