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    <title>The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Empire Strikes Back”</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <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. 
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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. 
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  <title>Episode 62: Pioneer, Apollo-Soyuz, and Dawn</title>
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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>
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  <description>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)
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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" rel="nofollow">Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA</a><br>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html" rel="nofollow">Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html" rel="nofollow">The Pioneer Missions</a></p>

<p><a href="https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow">Dawn- NASA JPL Website</a><br>
<a href="https://sec353ext.jpl.nasa.gov/ep/" rel="nofollow">NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=1468" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA</a><br>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html" rel="nofollow">Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html" rel="nofollow">The Pioneer Missions</a></p>

<p><a href="https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow">Dawn- NASA JPL Website</a><br>
<a href="https://sec353ext.jpl.nasa.gov/ep/" rel="nofollow">NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=1468" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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>
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  <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>Episode Links: 
NASA’s TDRS-M Space Communications Satellite Begins Final Testing (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-s-tdrs-m-space-communications-satellite-begins-final-testing)
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Fleet (https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/services/networks/txt_tdrs_fleet.html)
Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaIDooc8Og)
Falcon 1- Flight 5 (http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/12/falcon-1-flight-5)
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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" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Fleet</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaIDooc8Og" rel="nofollow">Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights</a><br>
<a href="http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/12/falcon-1-flight-5" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Fleet</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaIDooc8Og" rel="nofollow">Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights</a><br>
<a href="http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/12/falcon-1-flight-5" rel="nofollow">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>
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  <itunes:episode>30</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>The Millennium and Peregrine Falcons</itunes:title>
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  <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>Episode Links:
JAXA Hayabusa Mission Website (http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/muses_c/)
Pioneer 10 and 11 NASA Mission Archives (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer10-11.html)
NASA Pioneer Program Homepage (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html)
Pioneer 10 Website- Wayback Machine Internet Archive Version (https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html)
The Empire Strikes Back- Asteroid Field Scene (https://youtu.be/KvJDItC6tE0)
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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/" rel="nofollow">JAXA Hayabusa Mission Website</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer10-11.html" rel="nofollow">Pioneer 10 and 11 NASA Mission Archives</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html" rel="nofollow">NASA Pioneer Program Homepage</a><br>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html" rel="nofollow">Pioneer 10 Website- Wayback Machine Internet Archive Version</a></p>

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

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

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