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    <title>The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Empire Strikes Back”</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <itunes:subtitle>A concentrated dose of space awesomeness, delivered right to your podcast feed.</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
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  <title>Episode 62: Pioneer, Apollo-Soyuz, and Dawn</title>
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  <author>John Mulnix</author>
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  <itunes:episode>62</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Pioneer, Apollo-Soyuz, and Dawn</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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! </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>8:04</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Episode Links:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The Pioneer Missions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Dawn- NASA JPL Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://sec353ext.jpl.nasa.gov/ep/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=1468" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The Prius of Space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090723011906/http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov//kscpao/history/astp/astp.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Apollo Soyuz Test Project- Archived NASA Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/StaffordTP/StaffordTP_10-15-97.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Thomas P Stafford- Johnson Space Center Oral History 1997&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4209/ch5-4.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Welcome to Houston- The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <itunes:keywords>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, </itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA</a><br>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Pioneer Missions</a></p>

<p><a href="https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dawn- NASA JPL Website</a><br>
<a href="https://sec353ext.jpl.nasa.gov/ep/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=1468" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Prius of Space</a></p>

<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090723011906/http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov//kscpao/history/astp/astp.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apollo Soyuz Test Project- Archived NASA Website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/StaffordTP/StaffordTP_10-15-97.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Thomas P Stafford- Johnson Space Center Oral History 1997</a><br>
<a href="https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4209/ch5-4.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Welcome to Houston- The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA</a><br>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Pioneer Missions</a></p>

<p><a href="https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dawn- NASA JPL Website</a><br>
<a href="https://sec353ext.jpl.nasa.gov/ep/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=1468" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Prius of Space</a></p>

<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090723011906/http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov//kscpao/history/astp/astp.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apollo Soyuz Test Project- Archived NASA Website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/StaffordTP/StaffordTP_10-15-97.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Thomas P Stafford- Johnson Space Center Oral History 1997</a><br>
<a href="https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4209/ch5-4.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Welcome to Houston- The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 60: Falcon 1- The Final Countdown</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>John Mulnix</author>
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  <itunes:episode>60</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Falcon 1- The Final Countdown</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>There are more Falcons and captains in this podcast than you'll know what to do with.  Subscribe today and check out my Instagram for more content! </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>5:41</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Episode Links: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-s-tdrs-m-space-communications-satellite-begins-final-testing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;NASA’s TDRS-M Space Communications Satellite Begins Final Testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/services/networks/txt_tdrs_fleet.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Fleet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaIDooc8Og" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/12/falcon-1-flight-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Falcon 1- Flight 5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <itunes:keywords>empire strikes back, enterprise, falcon 1, falcon 9, han solo, merlin engine, millennium falcon, picard, solo, space, space communications, space shot, spacex, star trek, star wars, the space shot, spacex podcast, spacex history podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, </itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: </p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-s-tdrs-m-space-communications-satellite-begins-final-testing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NASA’s TDRS-M Space Communications Satellite Begins Final Testing</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/services/networks/txt_tdrs_fleet.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Fleet</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaIDooc8Og" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights</a><br>
<a href="http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/12/falcon-1-flight-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Falcon 1- Flight 5</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: </p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-s-tdrs-m-space-communications-satellite-begins-final-testing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NASA’s TDRS-M Space Communications Satellite Begins Final Testing</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/services/networks/txt_tdrs_fleet.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Fleet</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaIDooc8Og" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights</a><br>
<a href="http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/12/falcon-1-flight-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Falcon 1- Flight 5</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 30: The Millennium and Peregrine Falcons</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>John Mulnix</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/ea1f749c-7812-45de-a906-c492077f53c2/2de43d06-5623-4574-bdd9-95640504f0e5.mp3" length="7165173" type="audio/mp3"/>
  <itunes:episode>30</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Millennium and Peregrine Falcons</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>On this day in 1983, the Pioneer 10 probe became the first spacecraft to leave the major planets in our solar system.  Also on this day in 2010, the asteroid sample return capsule from the Hayabusa spacecraft lands in Australia.  </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>4:52</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Episode Links:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/muses_c/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;JAXA Hayabusa Mission Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer10-11.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Pioneer 10 and 11 NASA Mission Archives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;NASA Pioneer Program Homepage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Pioneer 10 Website- Wayback Machine Internet Archive Version&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/KvJDItC6tE0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The Empire Strikes Back- Asteroid Field Scene&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <itunes:keywords>asteroid field, asteroids, empire strikes back, hayabusa, jaxa, millennium falcon, nasa, pioneer, pioneer 10, space, star wars, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, scifi podcast, </itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/muses_c/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">JAXA Hayabusa Mission Website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer10-11.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pioneer 10 and 11 NASA Mission Archives</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NASA Pioneer Program Homepage</a><br>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pioneer 10 Website- Wayback Machine Internet Archive Version</a></p>

<p><a href="https://youtu.be/KvJDItC6tE0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Empire Strikes Back- Asteroid Field Scene</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/muses_c/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">JAXA Hayabusa Mission Website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer10-11.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pioneer 10 and 11 NASA Mission Archives</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NASA Pioneer Program Homepage</a><br>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pioneer 10 Website- Wayback Machine Internet Archive Version</a></p>

<p><a href="https://youtu.be/KvJDItC6tE0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Empire Strikes Back- Asteroid Field Scene</a></p>]]>
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