The Space Shot
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Displaying Episode 51 - 60 of 64 in total of The Space Shot with the tag “history”.
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Episode 57: Telstar and Juno
Episode | July 10th, 2017 | Season 1 | 6 mins 47 secs
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
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
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Episode 55: All Good Things...
Episode | July 8th, 2017 | Season 1 | 7 mins 40 secs
atlantis, history, iss, nasa, on this day, otd, science, science history, shuttle atlantis, shuttle program, space, space history, space science, space shot, space shuttle launch, sts 135, sts-135, the space shot
Must come to an end. On this day in 2011, the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on the final mission of the Shuttle Program. Download and subscribe today!
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Episode 50: Lego Rockets, Comets, a Birthday, and the Soviet N-1 Rocket
Episode | July 3rd, 2017 | Season 1 | 6 mins 16 secs
apollo 17, comets, deep impact, falcon 9, geology, history, jack schmitt, lego, lego saturn v, legos, lunar soil, moon dust, moon landing, moon shot, n-1, nasa, soviet union, space, space history, space shot, spacex, tempel 1, the space race, the space shot
The title says it all ;) Subscribe today and be sure to follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for the Lego Saturn V giveaway!
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Episode 49: Of Gamma-Rays and Launch Holds
Episode | July 2nd, 2017 | Season 1 | 4 mins 48 secs
astronomy, cold war, falcon 9, gamma ray astronomy, gamma ray burst, gamma rays, gamma-rays, grb, history, intelsat, nasa, nuclear weapons, project vela, space, space shot, spacex, the space shot, vela
Gamma-Rays, a Falcon 9, and some Lego Saturn V info. Subscribe to the episode today, especially so you don't miss the announcement tomorrow.
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Episode 42: The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
Episode | June 25th, 2017 | Season 1 | 6 mins 50 secs
drone ship, falcon, falcon 9, hermann oberth, history, hitchhikers guide, just read the instructions, mir, nasa, pop culture, reddit, science history, shuttle, space, space history, space shot, space shuttle, space station, spacex, star trek, the space shot, vafb
SpaceX and Iridium, Hermann Oberth, Progress-Mir collision, and STS-50. I’ve got a big episode for you today, so let’s get to it.
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Episode 40: Digital Amnesia and Core B1029
Episode | June 23rd, 2017 | Season 1 | 6 mins 27 secs
computers, digital amnesia, falcon 9, history, nasa, space, spacex, tocqueville
SpaceX launched and stuck a (hard) landing earlier today. I will link to the webcast in the show notes! Also, digital amnesia with a bit of Tocqueville for good measure. Subscribe and share the podcast today!
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Episode 36: The Cosmosphere
Episode | June 19th, 2017 | Season 1 | 4 mins 17 secs
apollo, apollo 13, cosmosphere, history, imax, kansas, nasa, soviets, space
Today is the last of the travel episodes for now. Tomorrow the regular format will start back up! Thanks for listening!
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Episode 32: Is That a Clipper Ship? No, It Is a Starship
Episode | June 15th, 2017 | Season 1 | 5 mins 14 secs
data, earth, falcon 9, guinan, history, iss, mark twain, of course i still love you, spacex, star trek, starship, the space shot
On today's episode, a Progress resupply launch for the ISS, SpaceX launch history and news, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Episode 16: Skylab Part 2 & The European Space Agency
Episode | May 30th, 2017 | Season 1 | 5 mins 25 secs
67p, comets, esa, eva, history, nasa, philae, rosetta, skylab, space history
I'm covering three things today, but in order to hear what the third is, you have to download the episode ;)
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Episode 15: That's No Moon It's Two Space Stations
Episode | May 29th, 2017 | Season 1 | 5 mins 10 secs
discovery, history, international space station, iss, nasa, saturn v, skylab, space history, space shuttle
Today on The Space Shot, Skylab and the anniversary of the first flight to the International Space Station.