web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:52:32 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Landing” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/landing Tue, 01 May 2018 14:00:00 -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 352: Landing a Falcon https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/352 10920272-9cbf-42c2-9f5d-a9514cbea11d Tue, 01 May 2018 14:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 352 Landing a Falcon full 1 John Mulnix Just two weeks until the one year anniversary of the podcast! A huge thanks to everyone that listens! 9:11 no Just two weeks until the one year anniversary of the podcast! A huge thanks to everyone that listens! 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: How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ) Ocean landing booster. Elon Musk- Twitter (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/958847818583584768/photo/1) Falcon Heavy Launch Webcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBA7su98v3Y) NROL-76 Press Kit (http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/nrol76presskit.pdf) GRASSHOPPER TAKES ITS FIRST HOP (http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/08/grasshopper-takes-its-first-hop) Upgraded Falcon 9 Rocket Successfully Debuts from Vandenberg (http://spacenews.com/37450upgraded-falcon-9-rocket-successfully-debuts-from-vandenberg/) SpaceX makes progress toward Commercial Crew debut- NASASpaceflight.com (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/04/spacex-progress-commercial-crew-debut/) block 5, drone ship, elon musk, falcon 9, falcon 9 block 5, falcon heavy, landing, landing zone 1, orbital class booster, rocket landing, spacex, spacex rocket, spacex falcon 9, musk, elon, Just two weeks until the one year anniversary of the podcast! A huge thanks to everyone that listens!

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!

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Episode Links:

How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster

Ocean landing booster.
Elon Musk- Twitter

Falcon Heavy Launch Webcast

NROL-76 Press Kit

GRASSHOPPER TAKES ITS FIRST HOP

Upgraded Falcon 9 Rocket Successfully Debuts from Vandenberg

SpaceX makes progress toward Commercial Crew debut- NASASpaceflight.com

]]> Just two weeks until the one year anniversary of the podcast! A huge thanks to everyone that listens!

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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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:

How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster

Ocean landing booster.
Elon Musk- Twitter

Falcon Heavy Launch Webcast

NROL-76 Press Kit

GRASSHOPPER TAKES ITS FIRST HOP

Upgraded Falcon 9 Rocket Successfully Debuts from Vandenberg

SpaceX makes progress toward Commercial Crew debut- NASASpaceflight.com

]]> Episode 248: SpaceX Launches Jason-3 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/248 361a2313-1249-47b3-84c3-2855652c3048 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 03:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 248 SpaceX Launches Jason-3 full 1 John Mulnix Happy Wednesday! 4:39 no Some brief SpaceX history today. I can't believe we are approaching 250 episodes! Friday's podcast is going to be awesome. A Gemini launch and New Horizons don't miss it! Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Jason-3 NASA JPL (https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/jason3/) Falcon 9 launches Jason-3 satellite but landing attempt fails- SpaceNews.com, Jeff Foust (http://spacenews.com/falcon-9-launches-jason-3-satellite-landing-attempt-fails/) Jason-3 SpaceX Hosted Webcast- YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0) asds, autonomous drone ship, falcon 9, falcon 9 landing, landing, ocean landing, of course i still love you, rocket launch, satellite launch, spacex, spacex falcon 9, weather satellite, space podcast, spacex podcast, space history podcast, Some brief SpaceX history today. I can't believe we are approaching 250 episodes! Friday's podcast is going to be awesome. A Gemini launch and New Horizons don't miss it!

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Jason-3 NASA JPL

Falcon 9 launches Jason-3 satellite but landing attempt fails- SpaceNews.com, Jeff Foust

Jason-3 SpaceX Hosted Webcast- YouTube

]]> Some brief SpaceX history today. I can't believe we are approaching 250 episodes! Friday's podcast is going to be awesome. A Gemini launch and New Horizons don't miss it!

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Jason-3 NASA JPL

Falcon 9 launches Jason-3 satellite but landing attempt fails- SpaceNews.com, Jeff Foust

Jason-3 SpaceX Hosted Webcast- YouTube

]]> Episode 221: The Launch of Apollo 8 and The Falcon Has Landed https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/221 cd36b53a-8bb4-4905-8f80-9dddf2975387 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 221 The Launch of Apollo 8 and The Falcon Has Landed full 1 John Mulnix Today's episode has Apollo and SpaceX history, listen in! 8:24 no Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: A short Apollo 8 documentary, run time is just under 22 minutes. Apollo 8: Go For TLI (https://archive.org/details/Apollo_8_-_Go_For_TLI) NASA History Office Resources: Apollo 8 (https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_08a_Summary.htm) Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft- The Apollo 8 Decision (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4205/ch11-5.html) SpaceX.com- Falcon Heavy (http://www.spacex.com/falcon-heavy) Elon Musk Twitter- Falcon Heavy at the Cape (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/943420026593337344) SpaceX- ORBCOMM-2 Mission- The Falcon Has Landed (starts at 32:18) (https://youtu.be/O5bTbVbe4e4?t=32m18s) apollo, apollo 8, bill anders, earthrise, elon musk, falcon, falcon 9, falcon has landed, falcon heavy, frank borman, jim lovell, landing, landing zone 1, landing zone one, lunar, lz 1, rocked launch, rockets, saturn v, saturn v rocket, space history, space race, space sickness, spacex, tli, translunar injection, apollo podcast, apollo 8 podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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A short Apollo 8 documentary, run time is just under 22 minutes.
Apollo 8: Go For TLI

NASA History Office Resources:
Apollo 8

Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft- The Apollo 8 Decision

SpaceX.com- Falcon Heavy

Elon Musk Twitter- Falcon Heavy at the Cape

SpaceX- ORBCOMM-2 Mission- The Falcon Has Landed (starts at 32:18)

]]> Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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A short Apollo 8 documentary, run time is just under 22 minutes.
Apollo 8: Go For TLI

NASA History Office Resources:
Apollo 8

Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft- The Apollo 8 Decision

SpaceX.com- Falcon Heavy

Elon Musk Twitter- Falcon Heavy at the Cape

SpaceX- ORBCOMM-2 Mission- The Falcon Has Landed (starts at 32:18)

]]> Episode 193: New Shepard and Endeavour https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/193 2fa813c3-fc86-4e9f-b273-0ec5b6378262 Thu, 23 Nov 2017 03:30:00 -0600 John Mulnix 193 New Shepard and Endeavour full 1 John Mulnix I say "booster" a lot in this episode... deal with it haha. Seriously though, today's episode is pretty cool, I talk about the New Shepard booster landing. Please leave a review if you've checked out the show! :) 5:45 no Please leave a review on iTunes; it takes just a minute to do that. If you've got the Podcasts App on an iPhone, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Blue Origin- New Shepard Website (https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard) Blue Origin enlarges New Glenn’s payload fairing, preparing to debut upgraded New Shepard- SpaceNews.com (http://spacenews.com/blue-origin-enlarges-new-glenns-payload-fairing-preparing-to-debut-upgraded-new-shepard/) Blue Origin Flies — and Lands — New Shepard Suborbital Spacecraft- SpaceNews.com (http://spacenews.com/blue-origin-successfully-flies-new-shepard-suborbital-vehicle/) STS-113 NASA (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-113/mission-sts-113.html) STS-113 Video Highlights (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle112.htm) The Slowest and Fastest Train in the Universe- The Mobile Transporter- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/missions/shuttle/f_slowtrain.html) STS-113 Overview PDF (https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-113/mm-sts-113.pdf) blue origin, booster, booster landing, commercial space, endeavour, jeff bezos, landing, new shepard, reusability, rocket landing, space, space shuttle, blue origin podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, history podcast, Please leave a review on iTunes; it takes just a minute to do that. If you've got the Podcasts App on an iPhone, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks!
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Blue Origin- New Shepard Website

Blue Origin enlarges New Glenn’s payload fairing, preparing to debut upgraded New Shepard-
SpaceNews.com

Blue Origin Flies — and Lands — New Shepard Suborbital Spacecraft- SpaceNews.com

STS-113 NASA

STS-113 Video Highlights

The Slowest and Fastest Train in the Universe- The Mobile Transporter- NASA

STS-113 Overview PDF

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Blue Origin- New Shepard Website

Blue Origin enlarges New Glenn’s payload fairing, preparing to debut upgraded New Shepard-
SpaceNews.com

Blue Origin Flies — and Lands — New Shepard Suborbital Spacecraft- SpaceNews.com

STS-113 NASA

STS-113 Video Highlights

The Slowest and Fastest Train in the Universe- The Mobile Transporter- NASA

STS-113 Overview PDF

]]> Episode 90: The Enterprise https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/90 0db9f3be-6f07-4c7b-94bc-01f868c1634a Sat, 12 Aug 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 90 The Enterprise full 1 John Mulnix Space, the final audio frontier. These are the episodes of The Space Shot podcast. It's daily mission: to explore strange new topics, to seek out new history and fun sci-fi factoids, to boldly go where no podcast has gone before. 8:14 no Episode Links: A huge welcome to all the new listeners, thanks for checking out the podcast. Consider subscribing so you don't miss any new episodes! Thanks! Enterprise OV-101- NASA Archived Webpage (https://web.archive.org/web/20150326061638/http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.html) Star Trek Fans Win on Space Shuttle- Associated Press (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JGIgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2GUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2595,1284578) Gerald Ford Presidential Library (http://fordlibrarymuseum.tumblr.com/post/150123291412/todaysdocument-fordlibrarymuseum-to-boldly) Enterprise Background- NASA.gov (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.html) Video- Space Shuttle Enterprise- Approach Landing Test Flight 1 (https://youtu.be/3V60ImP4as4) Shuttle's maiden solo flight Friday- Beaver County Times- August 11, 1977 (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4AwvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7doFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2690%2C2535673) USS Enterprise- List of Ships in the United States Navy and fictional Star Trek ships (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise) Navy to Give Final Farewell to USS Enterprise at Decommissioning (http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/01/26/navy-give-final-farewell-uss-enterprise-decommissioning.html) Matt Jefferies- Obituary- StarTrek.com (https://web.archive.org/web/20040214135850/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/1616.html) Matt Jefferies Official Website (http://www.mattjefferies.com/start.html) U.S. Department of Defense News Release (http://archive.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=15708) earth orbit, edwards, edwards air force base, enterprise, fred haise, history, history podcast, jefferies tube, landing, landing tests, matt jefferies, nasa, pop culture podcast, scifi history, scifi podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space podcasting, space shot, space shuttle, space shuttle enterprise, space shuttle naming, star trek, star trek enterprise, star trek history, star trek podcast, starships, the space shot, uss enterprise, wwii, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, space shuttle podcast, Episode Links:

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Enterprise OV-101- NASA Archived Webpage

Star Trek Fans Win on Space Shuttle- Associated Press

Gerald Ford Presidential Library

Enterprise Background- NASA.gov

Video- Space Shuttle Enterprise- Approach Landing Test Flight 1

Shuttle's maiden solo flight Friday- Beaver County Times- August 11, 1977

USS Enterprise- List of Ships in the United States Navy and fictional Star Trek ships

Navy to Give Final Farewell to USS Enterprise at Decommissioning

Matt Jefferies- Obituary- StarTrek.com

Matt Jefferies Official Website

U.S. Department of Defense News Release

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A huge welcome to all the new listeners, thanks for checking out the podcast. Consider subscribing so you don't miss any new episodes! Thanks!

Enterprise OV-101- NASA Archived Webpage

Star Trek Fans Win on Space Shuttle- Associated Press

Gerald Ford Presidential Library

Enterprise Background- NASA.gov

Video- Space Shuttle Enterprise- Approach Landing Test Flight 1

Shuttle's maiden solo flight Friday- Beaver County Times- August 11, 1977

USS Enterprise- List of Ships in the United States Navy and fictional Star Trek ships

Navy to Give Final Farewell to USS Enterprise at Decommissioning

Matt Jefferies- Obituary- StarTrek.com

Matt Jefferies Official Website

U.S. Department of Defense News Release

]]> Episode 13: JFK- Part 3 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/13 856f540d-e23e-43c3-b909-bfe7b7ba99dc Sat, 27 May 2017 21:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 13 JFK- Part 3 full 1 John Mulnix The last of three episodes covering President Kennedy and the early days of the space race. Also I've got a little bit about a SpaceX Falcon 9 landing that occured one year ago today. Tomorrow Able & Baker take a ride into space. 6:17 no Episode Links: Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon (http://spacepolicy.net/book-review-john-f-kennedy-and-the-race-to-the-moon/) SpaceX THAICOM 8 Webcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYC4f79iXc) SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Returns to Port (https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/26814484893/in/photolist-Hq2kSc-GAwM2y-HzUetZ-Hq2jRp-Hq2kuD-HzUe2X-HzUeiD-GRvfa4-GRmyX3-GRmoVj-HwRKcm-GRuQGx-HzUebp-HEPKk8-HJ8LQo-HwRJWG-GRmzLY-HM9adF-GRmzwj) Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, November 22, 1963- Undelivered (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/JFK-Speeches/Austin-TX-Undelivered_19631122.aspx) apollo, drone ship, falcon 9, jfk, kennedy, landing, of course i still love you, soviet union, space race, spacex, thaicom 8, space podcast, space history podcast, apollo 50, apollo 50 podcast, apollo history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, jfk podcast, spacex podcast, Episode Links:
Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
SpaceX THAICOM 8 Webcast
SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Returns to Port
Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, November 22, 1963- Undelivered

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Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
SpaceX THAICOM 8 Webcast
SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Returns to Port
Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, November 22, 1963- Undelivered

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