web02.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:07:36 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Gordon Cooper” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/gordon%20cooper Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:00:00 -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 330: The Mercury Seven https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/330 3082ba83-807e-45bb-b253-177c67eb0bd2 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 330 The Mercury Seven full 1 John Mulnix Happy Monday everyone! Check out today's episode for some cool historical audio :) 12:58 no Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that! Episode Links: Mercury Crewed Flights Summary (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/manned_flights.html) NASA- Press Conference Mercury Astronaut Team- PDF (https://history.nasa.gov/40thmerc7/presscon.pdf) Looking Back: The Mercury 7 (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_157.html) Project Mercury Overview - Astronaut Selection (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/astronaut.html) Project Mercury 40th Anniversary Website (https://history.nasa.gov/40thmerc7/intro.htm) alan shepard, astronaut group 1, astronauts, crewed spaceflight, deke slayton, gordon cooper, gus grissom, human spaceflight, john glenn, mercury, mercury seven, nasa history, press conference, project mercury, scott carpenter, space race, wally schirra, space podcast, space podcasts, Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears!

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

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Twitter

I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that!

Episode Links:

Mercury Crewed Flights Summary

NASA- Press Conference Mercury Astronaut Team- PDF

Looking Back: The Mercury 7

Project Mercury Overview - Astronaut Selection

Project Mercury 40th Anniversary Website

]]> Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears!

Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

Facebook

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Twitter

I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that!

Episode Links:

Mercury Crewed Flights Summary

NASA- Press Conference Mercury Astronaut Team- PDF

Looking Back: The Mercury 7

Project Mercury Overview - Astronaut Selection

Project Mercury 40th Anniversary Website

]]> Episode 2: Faith 7 Part 2 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/2 80ac3d89-d547-45ca-a50c-4af098d47d28 Tue, 16 May 2017 14:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 2 Faith 7 Part 2 full 1 John Mulnix Yesterday I covered some of the background for Cooper’s final Mercury mission. Today we are going to cover exactly what he did while in orbit and what the results of his mission were. 4:58 no Part 2 of Gordon Cooper's Faith 7 Episodes. James Oberg Articles- http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3224/1 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3228/1 NASA's Gemini Program: Is it "Gemin-ee" or "Gemin-eye"?- Vintage Space https://youtu.be/c9CYT-vezbY cooper's treasure, gordo, gordon cooper, history, space, space history, space shot, space history podcast, space podcast, space history, nasa, project mercury, Part 2 of Gordon Cooper's Faith 7 Episodes.
James Oberg Articles-
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3224/1
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3228/1

NASA's Gemini Program: Is it "Gemin-ee" or "Gemin-eye"?- Vintage Space
https://youtu.be/c9CYT-vezbY

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James Oberg Articles-
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3224/1
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3228/1

NASA's Gemini Program: Is it "Gemin-ee" or "Gemin-eye"?- Vintage Space
https://youtu.be/c9CYT-vezbY

]]> Episode 1: Gordon "Gordo" Cooper & Faith 7 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/1 dc4ac67a-0be0-4737-9ccf-dd010cdc03f8 Mon, 15 May 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 1 Gordon "Gordo" Cooper & Faith 7 full 1 John Mulnix In the first episode of The Space Shot, I talk about Gordon Cooper's final Mercury flight as well as a recent SpaceX launch. 5:53 no 54 years ago today, American astronaut Gordon Cooper lifted off on what was the last Project Mercury mission. Today I cover a little of the history of that launch plus I cover some news from a SpaceX launch earlier today. On the next episode I will be looking at what Gordo did during the last Mercury mission, and talk a little about the new Discovery Channel series "Cooper's Treasure" gordo, gordon cooper, history, space, space history, space shot, spacex, faith 7, project mercury, mercury program, nasa history, space podcast, space history podcast, 54 years ago today, American astronaut Gordon Cooper lifted off on what was the last Project Mercury mission. Today I cover a little of the history of that launch plus I cover some news from a SpaceX launch earlier today. On the next episode I will be looking at what Gordo did during the last Mercury mission, and talk a little about the new Discovery Channel series "Cooper's Treasure"

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