web01.fireside.fm Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:42:57 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Communication Satellites” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/communication%20satellites Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:00:00 -0500 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 87: Launches & Books- Two of My Favorite Things https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/87 46fe0edb-a9b8-45d7-96ce-afc3e45a05d2 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 87 Launches & Books- Two of My Favorite Things full 1 John Mulnix Rocket launches and books, two of my favorite things! Subscribe and never miss an episode and be sure to connect with me on Twitter and Instagram, @johnmulnix :) Thanks for listening! 4:49 no Episode Links: OSO 6- NASA Space Science Data Archive (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1969-068A) Mars 7- NASA Space Science Data Archive (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1973-053A) Luna 24- NASA Space Science Data Archive (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1976-081A) WESTAR 3- NASA Space Science Data Archive (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1979-072A) Chinese Chang'e 3 Landing Video (https://youtu.be/QzZkF1MAsb8) 4K Ultra HD Gets a Lift with Successful DIRECTV Satellite Launch- Market Watch Press Release (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/4k-ultra-hd-gets-a-lift-with-successful-directv-satellite-launch-2014-12-06) Iridium NEXT (https://www.iridiumnext.com/) Book Links: NASA E-Book Collection (https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/index.html) Asif Siddiqi- Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014BYM13E/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) John Logsdon- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon (https://www.amazon.com/Kennedy-Palgrave-Studies-History-Technology/dp/1137346493) John Logsdon- After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program (https://www.amazon.com/After-Apollo-American-Palgrave-Technology/dp/1137438525/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q6VDTX699CF75MGN7Z9R) after apollo, apollo history, asif siddiqi, books, challenge to apollo, chang e 3 lander, china moon, chinese moon lander, cold war, communication satellites, directv, iridium, iridium phone, john logsdon, luna mission, mars, mars 7 lander, mars 7 mission, oso, proton rocket, reading, rocket launch, rocket launches, solar physics, soyuz launch, space, space books, space history, space race, space shot, the space shot, tv satellites, apollo 50 podcast, apollo history podcast, apollo podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

OSO 6- NASA Space Science Data Archive

Mars 7- NASA Space Science Data Archive

Luna 24- NASA Space Science Data Archive

WESTAR 3- NASA Space Science Data Archive

Chinese Chang'e 3 Landing Video

4K Ultra HD Gets a Lift with Successful DIRECTV Satellite Launch- Market Watch Press Release
Iridium NEXT

Book Links:

NASA E-Book Collection

Asif Siddiqi- Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974

John Logsdon- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon

John Logsdon- After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program

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OSO 6- NASA Space Science Data Archive

Mars 7- NASA Space Science Data Archive

Luna 24- NASA Space Science Data Archive

WESTAR 3- NASA Space Science Data Archive

Chinese Chang'e 3 Landing Video

4K Ultra HD Gets a Lift with Successful DIRECTV Satellite Launch- Market Watch Press Release
Iridium NEXT

Book Links:

NASA E-Book Collection

Asif Siddiqi- Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974

John Logsdon- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon

John Logsdon- After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program

]]> Episode 80: Falcon 1 & Mr. Tim Meows https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/80 5a12e547-d157-4ea2-a611-9a40f4e4a030 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 80 Falcon 1 & Mr. Tim Meows full 1 John Mulnix Had to put Mr. Tim in timeout since he kept meowing while I was recording today's episode. Subscribe and dont miss any space history and meows ;) 6:08 no Episode Links: Instagram Link (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/?hl=en) Twitter Link (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Archived Page- SpaceX Falcon 1 Information (http://www.webcitation.org/63bt3gje9?url=http://www.spacex.com/falcon1.php) Falcon 1, Flight 3 Mission Summary- Timing is Everything (http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/11/falcon-1-flight-3-mission-summary) STS-43 Mission Video (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle42.htm) STS-43 Mission Archive (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-43.html) Kennedy Space Center Turns 50! (https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/events/events-calendar/2017/august/event-kscvc-50-anniversary) atlantis, communication satellites, falcon 1, kennedy space center, ksc, rocket, rockets, satellites, shuttle atlantis, space, space shot, space shuttle, space shuttle atlantis, spacex, sts 43, sts43, tdrs, the space shot, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Episode Links:

Instagram Link
Twitter Link

Archived Page- SpaceX Falcon 1 Information
Falcon 1, Flight 3 Mission Summary- Timing is Everything

STS-43 Mission Video
STS-43 Mission Archive

Kennedy Space Center Turns 50!

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Instagram Link
Twitter Link

Archived Page- SpaceX Falcon 1 Information
Falcon 1, Flight 3 Mission Summary- Timing is Everything

STS-43 Mission Video
STS-43 Mission Archive

Kennedy Space Center Turns 50!

]]> Episode 73: Apollo 15 and Discovery Returns to Flight https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/73 a72e8063-7a2a-4b2b-b41c-ad97610b0c92 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 19:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 73 Apollo 15 and Discovery Returns to Flight full 1 John Mulnix We are 1/5 of the way through what will be the first year of the podcast. I set out to research, write and record an episode each day for a year and we are now 73 episodes into that journey. Thank you all for coming along! 6:33 no Episode Links: STS-114 Video Highlights- National Space Society (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle114.htm) STS-114 Return To Flight- NASA Webpage (https://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/index.html) NASA Apollo 15 Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo15.html) Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.html) Syncom 2- NASA Satellite Information Page (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1963-031A) The Expanse Series- Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/The-Expanse-5-Book-Series/dp/B00ZQWOSG4) The Expanse- SyFy.com (http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse) apollo, apollo 15, belter, belters, communication satellites, discovery, earther, earthers, eileen collins, international space station, iss, leo, martian, martians, moon landing, nasa, orbiter, project apollo, shuttle discovery, space, space shot, space shuttle, space shuttle discovery, sts114, syfy, syncom, the expanse, the space shot, apollo 50 podcast, apollo podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Episode Links:

STS-114 Video Highlights- National Space Society
STS-114 Return To Flight- NASA Webpage

NASA Apollo 15 Mission Page
Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal

Syncom 2- NASA Satellite Information Page

The Expanse Series- Amazon.com
The Expanse- SyFy.com

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STS-114 Video Highlights- National Space Society
STS-114 Return To Flight- NASA Webpage

NASA Apollo 15 Mission Page
Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal

Syncom 2- NASA Satellite Information Page

The Expanse Series- Amazon.com
The Expanse- SyFy.com

]]> Episode 57: Telstar and Juno https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/57 b64b178b-ee59-4ca0-ba33-7e49e57af9d3 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 57 Telstar and Juno full 1 John Mulnix Juno peers into the Great Red Spot and the satellite communications age began on this day in 1962. Subscribe today and follow me on Instagram and Twitter @johnmulnix 6:47 no Episode Links: Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962 (http://ethw.org/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962) Telstar, A History (http://www.smecc.org/john_pierce1.htm) John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories (http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/98/) AT&T Archives- Telstar! (https://youtu.be/uKH-GijnAGk) First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite (https://youtu.be/0IX7vC4Ts_A?t=16m41s) [NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-to-fly-over-jupiters-great-red-spot-july-10 Deep Space Network Now (https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html) AT&T Newsroom- AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network (http://about.att.com/story/att_powers_nasa_deep_space_network.html) at&t, communication satellites, comsat, deep space network, dsn, great red spot, history, jovian, juno, jupiter, nasa, space, space history, space shot, starfish prime, telstar, telstar 1, the space shot, walter cronkite, space history podcast, space podcast, commercial space podcast, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, Episode Links:

Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite

[NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-to-fly-over-jupiters-great-red-spot-july-10
Deep Space Network Now
AT&T Newsroom- AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network

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Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite

[NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-to-fly-over-jupiters-great-red-spot-july-10
Deep Space Network Now
AT&T Newsroom- AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network

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