The Space Shot
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We found 10 episodes of The Space Shot with the tag “nasa”.
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Episode 31: Difference Engines, Albert II, and the V-2
Episode | June 14th, 2017 | Season 1 | 5 mins 24 secs
animals, difference engine, lego, legos, missiles, monkeys, nasa, otd, rockets, space, spaceflight, v-2, white sands, white sands missile range
On this day in 1822, Charles Babbage introduced the idea for his Difference Engine, a computational device that he hoped would produce more accurate mathematical tables. Also on this day in 1949, Albert II died after reaching space.
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Episode 30: The Millennium and Peregrine Falcons
Episode | June 13th, 2017 | Season 1 | 4 mins 52 secs
asteroid field, asteroids, empire strikes back, hayabusa, jaxa, millennium falcon, nasa, pioneer, pioneer 10, space, star wars
On this day in 1983, the Pioneer 10 probe became the first spacecraft to leave the major planets in our solar system. Also on this day in 2010, the asteroid sample return capsule from the Hayabusa spacecraft lands in Australia.
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Episode 29: Where Is Everybody?
Episode | June 12th, 2017 | Season 1 | 6 mins 10 secs
alien life, churchill, exoplanets, extraterrestrial life, fermi, kepler, nasa, tsiolkovsky
Today we’re talking about Fermi’s Paradox, exoplanets, and the bigger question of what’s out there?
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Episode 28: Gamma-rays, Gemstones, and the Fermi Space Telescope
Episode | June 11th, 2017 | Season 1 | 5 mins 6 secs
astronomy, bruce banner, fermi, gamma rays, gamma-rays, gems, gemstones, gia, hulk, incredible hulk, irradiation, light speed, lightning, nasa, radio astronomy, space, thunderstorms
Today we are going to talk about Gamma rays. And no, not the kind that transformed Bruce Banner into the Incredible Hulk, but the kind that the Fermi Gamma Ray telescope is designed to observe.
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Episode 27: The Spirit of Rovers Past
Episode | June 10th, 2017 | Season 1 | 5 mins 2 secs
explorer, jpl, mars, mars rovers, martian, moon, nasa, opportunity, spirit
The Spirit rover launched on this day in 2003. Today we've got some background and an overview of Spirit's mission. Subscribe and share with your friends and family today!
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Episode 26: The Not So Final Frontier
Episode | June 9th, 2017 | Season 1 | 6 mins 13 secs
kraft marshmallows, marshmallow, nasa, neptune, star trek, the final frontier, x15
More X-15 history today, plus Neptune, and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
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Episode 25: To the Edge of Space with the X-15
Episode | June 8th, 2017 | Season 1 | 5 mins 1 sec
b52, hypersonic flight, naca, nasa, neil armstrong, x15, x37b
It's spaceplane day today, with coverage of the X-37B and the X-15. If you like winged spacecraft, this episode is for you. If you don't like winged spacecraft, well I don't know what to say ;)
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Episode 24: Fraunhofer Lines and a Side of Sideburns
Episode | June 7th, 2017 | Season 1 | 6 mins 18 secs
apollo telescope mount, astronauts, nasa, national space council, pence, skylab, solar observatory, spectroscopy, telesc
The 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidates were announced today at a ceremony at Johnson Space Center! The main part of the show is about Joseph von Fraunhofer, a scientist that produced exceptionally well crafted optical glass, and who also created the first spectroscope. I would love if you could subscribe and share the podcast today!
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Episode 23: The Spacewalker
Episode | June 6th, 2017 | Season 1 | 6 mins 2 secs
eva, gemini, gene cernan, nasa, orbital rendezvous, project gemini, space, space race, spacewalk, thomas stafford
Come learn about the expansive vista that Tom Stafford described at the beginning of Gene Cernan's Gemini 9-A EVA.
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Episode 22: Two Shuttles Walk into a Bar
Episode | June 5th, 2017 | Season 1 | 5 mins 53 secs
gemini, nasa, peggy whitson, space, space shuttle, will smith
In today's episode, two Space Shuttle missions, what STS stands for, a little Gemini, and we get jiggy wit it.