Episode 417: This Week in Space History- March 16th to the 22nd

John Mulnix — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:00:00 -0500

A lot has changed in the past week. Let's catch up on what's been going on and then we'll get to some space history. From Gemini 8 to the first Orange Shuttle External Tank.

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Episode Links:

NASA Remembers Al Worden

Check Mate, Carney: An Al Worden Memory- Emily Carney

The Meditations- Marcus Aurelius

Gemini 8- NASA

SpaceX Starlink- March 2020

James Irwin- NASA Biography

Ken Mattingly- NASA Biography

Vanguard 1- NASA

Voskhod 2- Alexei Leonov Remembers

STS-3

Lucid onboard Mir

STS-76

SpaceX Falcon 1- Failure To Reach Orbit- Space.com

Episode 306: Gemini 8- A Close Call

John Mulnix — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:00:00 -0500

The crew of Gemini 8 had a very close call. Check out today's episode for mission audio and for more detail about this flight. Don't forget, you can reach me through email, john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

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Episode Links:

Gemini 8 Mission Page- NASA

Here's an archival video on Gemini 8 that NASA produced for this flight.
"Gemini 8, This is Houston Flight"

This book is available in print and online. I'm including a link to the webpage for this book since many of you probably don't have a hard copy. This book has some incredible information about Project Gemini.

On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini Ch. 13- "The Whirligig"

The archival audio from today's episode is available here. I edited clips for time, removing long periods of dead air for the sake of brevity in today's episode.

Gemini 8 Audio

Gemini 8 Press Kit- NASA PDF

The Space Shot- Episode 67

The Space Shot- Episode 73

The Space Shot- Episode 77

EchoStar XXIII Mission Press Kit- SpaceX PDF

The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Gemini 8”

Episode 417: This Week in Space History- March 16th to the 22nd

Episode 306: Gemini 8- A Close Call