web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:10:56 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Mercury Redstone” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/mercury%20redstone Sat, 05 May 2018 18:00:00 -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 356: Roger, Liftoff, and the Clock Is Started! https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/356 bcadb7a5-268e-4b73-9afd-763dd16fda7c Sat, 05 May 2018 18:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 356 Roger, Liftoff, and the Clock Is Started! full 1 John Mulnix Today's episode is a bit different than what I've done before. The mission audio from Alan Shepard's historic flight plays for the duration of the episode, with my historical notes during the first half of the episode. The last part of today's podcast is just mission audio, the short suborbital flights for Project Mercury are the perfect length for podcasts. Enjoy! :) 17:16 no Today's episode is a bit different than what I've done before. The mission audio from Alan Shepard's historic flight plays for the duration of the episode, with my historical notes during the first half of the episode. The last part of today's podcast is just mission audio, the short suborbital flights for Project Mercury are the perfect length for podcasts. Enjoy! :) 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: MR-3 Audio- Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/Mercury3/3295.wav) Shepard's Mercury Flight Was First Step on the Long Journey to Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/shepards-mercury-flight-was-first-step-on-the-long-journey-to-mars) MR-3 Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/freedom7.html) MR-3 Mission Page- More information (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=MERCR3) Alan Shepard- JSC Oral History Project (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/ShepardAB/ShepardAB_2-20-98.htm) alan shepard, freedom 7, history, mercury, mercury redstone, mission audio, mr3, nasa history, project mercury, shepard, space race, suborbital Today's episode is a bit different than what I've done before. The mission audio from Alan Shepard's historic flight plays for the duration of the episode, with my historical notes during the first half of the episode. The last part of today's podcast is just mission audio, the short suborbital flights for Project Mercury are the perfect length for podcasts. Enjoy! :)

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!

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MR-3 Audio- Archive.org

Shepard's Mercury Flight Was First Step on the Long Journey to Mars

MR-3 Mission Page

MR-3 Mission Page- More information

Alan Shepard- JSC Oral History Project

]]> Today's episode is a bit different than what I've done before. The mission audio from Alan Shepard's historic flight plays for the duration of the episode, with my historical notes during the first half of the episode. The last part of today's podcast is just mission audio, the short suborbital flights for Project Mercury are the perfect length for podcasts. Enjoy! :)

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!

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MR-3 Audio- Archive.org

Shepard's Mercury Flight Was First Step on the Long Journey to Mars

MR-3 Mission Page

MR-3 Mission Page- More information

Alan Shepard- JSC Oral History Project

]]> Episode 314: Falcon 1- Flight 1, Atlantis, and Jules Verne https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/314 a3afe88a-6bcc-4b8c-82a8-beae8c9031bf Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 314 Falcon 1- Flight 1, Atlantis, and Jules Verne full 1 John Mulnix Happy Saturday, I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend! 6:36 no Happy Saturday, I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend! 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 :) Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! 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! 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! 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! Episode Links: The von Braun and Verne connection is something I will discuss in further detail soon. Check out below in the show notes for some links and notes. Matthew Travis has this great video on YouTube. It covers the entire flight From Kwajelein Launch And Crash Of The First SpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket From Kwajelein (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldXKf2AEacg) Atlantis STS-45 Video Highlights (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle46.htm) "MR-BD is not MR-3"- This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury (https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/ch10-7.htm) This biography of von Braun has some mention of Jules Verne. Biography of Wernher von Braun- Marshall Space Flight Center (https://history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/bio.html) From the Earth to the Moon- NASA educational archival website (https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/vernorig.html) This is a subject I plan on exploring a bit more before too long. I like how sci-fi helped inspire older generations of scientists, just as modern sci-fi is doing the same. Check out this article on von Braun and Disney. Article on Von Braun and Walt Disney (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/vonbraun/disney_article.html) NASA- von Braun Biography (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/vonbraun/bio.html) atlantis, charlie bolden, falcon 1, falcon rocket, jules verne, kathy sullivan, mercury redstone, redstone, scifi, space shuttle, spacelab, spacex, von braun, space podcast, space podcasts, Happy Saturday, I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!

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 :)

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

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Episode Links:

The von Braun and Verne connection is something I will discuss in further detail soon. Check out below in the show notes for some links and notes.

Matthew Travis has this great video on YouTube. It covers the entire flight From Kwajelein
Launch And Crash Of The First SpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket From Kwajelein

Atlantis STS-45 Video Highlights

"MR-BD is not MR-3"- This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury

This biography of von Braun has some mention of Jules Verne.

Biography of Wernher von Braun- Marshall Space Flight Center

From the Earth to the Moon- NASA educational archival website

This is a subject I plan on exploring a bit more before too long. I like how sci-fi helped inspire older generations of scientists, just as modern sci-fi is doing the same. Check out this article on von Braun and Disney.
Article on Von Braun and Walt Disney

NASA- von Braun Biography

]]> Happy Saturday, I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!

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 :)

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

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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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!

Episode Links:

The von Braun and Verne connection is something I will discuss in further detail soon. Check out below in the show notes for some links and notes.

Matthew Travis has this great video on YouTube. It covers the entire flight From Kwajelein
Launch And Crash Of The First SpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket From Kwajelein

Atlantis STS-45 Video Highlights

"MR-BD is not MR-3"- This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury

This biography of von Braun has some mention of Jules Verne.

Biography of Wernher von Braun- Marshall Space Flight Center

From the Earth to the Moon- NASA educational archival website

This is a subject I plan on exploring a bit more before too long. I like how sci-fi helped inspire older generations of scientists, just as modern sci-fi is doing the same. Check out this article on von Braun and Disney.
Article on Von Braun and Walt Disney

NASA- von Braun Biography

]]> Episode 219: Mercury Redstone 1A https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/219 32e0f87d-76ca-4f54-9aa5-8424733dbe6b Tue, 19 Dec 2017 03:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 219 Mercury Redstone 1A full 1 John Mulnix 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! 5:18 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: If you missed Episode 191, check it out here: 191 (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/191) This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/cover.htm) STS-103 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-103.html) cape canaveral, ccafs, launch complex, lc 5, lc5, mercury, mercury capsule, mercury redstone, project mercury, redstone, spacex news, sts103, nasa history podcast, nasa 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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This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury

STS-103

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191

This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury

STS-103

]]> Episode 191: The Four-Inch Flight https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/191 62d0e259-4c38-40c6-b46a-1a3eabafc18c Tue, 21 Nov 2017 07:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 191 The Four-Inch Flight full 1 John Mulnix Today we've got some Project Mercury history. Do me a huge favor and take 60 seconds to leave a review, I'd appreciate it. 5:35 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: Mercury Redstone 1- NASA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=MERCR1) MR-1: The Four-Inch Flight (https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/ch9-7.htm) Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond- Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC0O7M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) four inch flight, gene kranz, mercury, mercury redstone, redstone, rocket launch, mercury program podcast, nasa podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space race 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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MR-1: The Four-Inch Flight

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond- Amazon.com

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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond- Amazon.com

]]> Episode 68: Wheels Stop https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/68 9bef2c85-bcf5-44b7-805a-fe087b059b4f Fri, 21 Jul 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 68 Wheels Stop full 1 John Mulnix The end of the Space Shuttle era and Liberty Bell 7. Subscribe to the podcast and if you've enjoyed the show, leave a rating or review. It helps more people find the show! 6:39 no Episode Links: On Atlantis’ anniversary, USA’s future space fleet closing in on maiden flights- Chris Bergin NASA SpaceFlight.com (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/07/americas-future-space-fleet-maiden-flights/) I didn't mention this in the episode, but I will discuss this in a future episode. The Liberty Bell 7 Capsule was restored by SpaceWorks the restoration team at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. Here's an old CNN.com article from the day the capsule was recovered from the ocean floor. Liberty Bell 7 capsule raised from ocean floor (http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/20/grissom.capsule.01/) Cosmosphere- SpaceWorks (http://cosmo.org/spaceworks/) NASA Mission Archives- Mercury-Redstone 4 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/libertybell7.html) Liberty Bell 7 (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_617.html) Space Shuttle Atlantis- STS-135 NASA Mission Information (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/main/index.html) STS-135 The Final Voyage (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/launch/sts-135_mission-overview.html) STS-65 NASA Mission Information (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-65.html) STS-65 Press Release (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-65/sts-65-press-kit.txt) STS-65 Experiments (https://books.google.com/books?id=imGL0f6T-iAC&lpg=PA35&ots=rbnWZov8HY&dq=sts%2065%20experiments&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q=sts%2065%20experiments&f=false) atlantis, atlas rocket, cold war, commercial crew, grissom, gus grissom, international space station, iss, liberty bell, liberty bell 7, mercury 7, mercury atlas, mercury redstone, mercury seven, project mercury, shuttle, shuttle atlantis, space, space race, space shot, space shuttle, sts 135, the space shot, iss podcast, space race podcast, space podcast, space shuttle podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Episode Links:

On Atlantis’ anniversary, USA’s future space fleet closing in on maiden flights-
Chris Bergin NASA SpaceFlight.com

I didn't mention this in the episode, but I will discuss this in a future episode. The Liberty Bell 7 Capsule was restored by SpaceWorks the restoration team at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. Here's an old CNN.com article from the day the capsule was recovered from the ocean floor.

Liberty Bell 7 capsule raised from ocean floor
Cosmosphere- SpaceWorks

NASA Mission Archives- Mercury-Redstone 4
Liberty Bell 7

Space Shuttle Atlantis-

STS-135 NASA Mission Information
STS-135 The Final Voyage

STS-65 NASA Mission Information
STS-65 Press Release
STS-65 Experiments

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On Atlantis’ anniversary, USA’s future space fleet closing in on maiden flights-
Chris Bergin NASA SpaceFlight.com

I didn't mention this in the episode, but I will discuss this in a future episode. The Liberty Bell 7 Capsule was restored by SpaceWorks the restoration team at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. Here's an old CNN.com article from the day the capsule was recovered from the ocean floor.

Liberty Bell 7 capsule raised from ocean floor
Cosmosphere- SpaceWorks

NASA Mission Archives- Mercury-Redstone 4
Liberty Bell 7

Space Shuttle Atlantis-

STS-135 NASA Mission Information
STS-135 The Final Voyage

STS-65 NASA Mission Information
STS-65 Press Release
STS-65 Experiments

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