web02.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:50:08 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “On This Day” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/on%20this%20day Sat, 30 Sep 2017 23:00:00 -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 139: Serenity and Goooood Morning Discovery! https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/139 d7c00804-88b6-4d6d-a12b-c2b9f66beaa0 Sat, 30 Sep 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 139 Serenity and Goooood Morning Discovery! full 1 John Mulnix Serenity now. Serenity now. Serenity now! 6:07 no Connect with me one online with your social media platform of choice. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Check out this video, it's pretty wild. I can't imagine the letdown from that adrenaline rush. Discovery Pad Abort Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VELYTzUrjc) I found this page while researching the different abort methods for Shuttle launches. I'm glad that astronauts never had to use these procedures. Inflight Crew Escape System (https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/escape/inflight.html) STS-26 Wakeup Call: Robin Williams and Space Shuttle Discovery (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7WJtQYU8i4) Serenity (https://www.uphe.com/movies/serenity) The movie "Serenity" not to be confused with serenity now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW_s6EqOxqY) discovery, firefly, history podcast, nasa, nasa history, on this day, pop culture, robin williams, scifi, serenity, serenity now, shuttle discovery, space, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, space shuttle, space shuttle abort, space shuttle discovery return to flight, the space shot, wake up calls, wakeup calls, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, space shuttle podcast, Connect with me one online with your social media platform of choice.

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Check out this video, it's pretty wild. I can't imagine the letdown from that adrenaline rush.
Discovery Pad Abort Video

I found this page while researching the different abort methods for Shuttle launches. I'm glad that astronauts never had to use these procedures.

Inflight Crew Escape System

STS-26 Wakeup Call: Robin Williams and Space Shuttle Discovery

Serenity

The movie "Serenity" not to be confused with serenity now

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Check out this video, it's pretty wild. I can't imagine the letdown from that adrenaline rush.
Discovery Pad Abort Video

I found this page while researching the different abort methods for Shuttle launches. I'm glad that astronauts never had to use these procedures.

Inflight Crew Escape System

STS-26 Wakeup Call: Robin Williams and Space Shuttle Discovery

Serenity

The movie "Serenity" not to be confused with serenity now

]]> Episode 137: Falcon 1- Flight 4, Hubble, and Encounter at Farpoint https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/137 d2183463-002f-4e3d-8f6d-9e102eb14649 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 21:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 137 Falcon 1- Flight 4, Hubble, and Encounter at Farpoint full 1 John Mulnix Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback! 7:01 no Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Sweet success at last for Falcon 1 rocket- Spaceflight Now (https://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/004/) Flight 4 OF Falcon 1- SpaceX (http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/11/flight-4-falcon-1) SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 To Orbit (http://www.spacex.com/press/2012/12/19/spacex-successfully-launches-falcon-1-orbit) Edwin P. Hubble- NASA Biography (https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/hubble/overview/hubble_bio.html) Edwin Powell Hubble - The man who discovered the cosmos (http://www.spacetelescope.org/about/history/the_man_behind_the_name/) edwin hubble, elon musk, falcon 1, falcon 1 rocket, history, history podcast, hubble, hubble space telescope, on this day, q, rocket launch, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, spacex, spacex podcast, star trek, star trek the next generation, the next generation, the space shot, elon musk podcast, space x podcast, space podcast, space exploration podcast, space history podcast, falcon 1 podcast, spacex history, spacex history podcast, Facebook

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Sweet success at last for Falcon 1 rocket- Spaceflight Now

Flight 4 OF Falcon 1- SpaceX

SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 To Orbit

Edwin P. Hubble- NASA Biography

Edwin Powell Hubble - The man who discovered the cosmos

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Sweet success at last for Falcon 1 rocket- Spaceflight Now

Flight 4 OF Falcon 1- SpaceX

SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 To Orbit

Edwin P. Hubble- NASA Biography

Edwin Powell Hubble - The man who discovered the cosmos

]]> Episode 132: Nibiru, Doomsday, and Charlatans https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/132 24583a71-e9fa-4f14-8e7d-1c0591e3b8af Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 132 Nibiru, Doomsday, and Charlatans full 1 John Mulnix The anticlimactic doomsday episode. 4:30 no Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback! Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Beyond 2012: Why the World Didn't End (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html) Scientists reject impending Nibiru-Earth collision (https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/scientists-reject-impending-nibiru-earth-collision/) Hypothetical 'Planet X': Overview (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/planetx) Redemption Part II- Memory Alpha (http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Redemption_II_(episode)) doomsday, history, history podcast, on this day, planet x, science history, science podcast, scifi, scifi history, scifi podcast, space, space history podcast, space podcast, space science, space shot, star trek, star trek history, star trek podcast, stem, stem history, the space shot, the space shot podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback!

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Beyond 2012: Why the World Didn't End

Scientists reject impending Nibiru-Earth collision

Hypothetical 'Planet X': Overview

Redemption Part II- Memory Alpha

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Beyond 2012: Why the World Didn't End

Scientists reject impending Nibiru-Earth collision

Hypothetical 'Planet X': Overview

Redemption Part II- Memory Alpha

]]> Episode 130: H.G. Wells & CRS-4 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/130 6ed5ce28-3a58-435c-ac48-52a0bec45754 Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 130 H.G. Wells & CRS-4 full 1 John Mulnix 4:08 no Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback! Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Buzz Aldrin and Greg Autry: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to run NASA (http://spacenews.com/buzz-aldrin-and-greg-autry-it-doesnt-take-a-rocket-scientist-to-run-nasa/) Expedition 41 Begins Unloading New Research Delivered on Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/content/expedition-41-begins-unloading-new-research-delivered-on-dragon) Rodent Research-1 (SpaceX-4) (https://www.nasa.gov/ames/research/space-biosciences/rodent-research-1) ESA- First European Commander of the ISS (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/OasISS_Mission/First_European_commander_of_the_International_Space_Station_media_opportunity) NROL-42 ULA Launch (http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/ula/nrol-42-classified-surveillance-satellite-set-launch/) Fantastic Fiction- H.G. Wells (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/h-g-wells/) atlas v, atlas v launch, dragon capsule, esa, falcon 9 rocket, h.g. wells, history, history podcast, nasa, on this day, rocket launch, science fiction, scifi, scifi podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space news, space podcast, space podcasts, space science, space shot, spacex, the space shot, united launch alliance, space podcast, space history podcast, ula podcast, united launch alliance podcast, atlas v podcast, space exploration podcast, Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback!

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Buzz Aldrin and Greg Autry: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to run NASA

Expedition 41 Begins Unloading New Research Delivered on Dragon

Rodent Research-1 (SpaceX-4)

ESA- First European Commander of the ISS

NROL-42 ULA Launch

Fantastic Fiction- H.G. Wells

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Expedition 41 Begins Unloading New Research Delivered on Dragon

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ESA- First European Commander of the ISS

NROL-42 ULA Launch

Fantastic Fiction- H.G. Wells

]]> Episode 129: The Shiniest Space Podcast in The Verse https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/129 ec41acae-f048-4465-b58d-31da9ea57f00 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 129 The Shiniest Space Podcast in The Verse full 1 John Mulnix Shiny ;) 6:12 no Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback! Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: IMDb- Firefly (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/) The Verse (http://firefly.wikia.com/wiki/The_Verse) Audio- Address at 18th U.N. General Assembly, 20 September 1963 (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-218.aspx) Address at 18th U.N. General Assembly, 20 September 1963 (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPOF-046-041.aspx) NASA Mission Page- Surveyor 2 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1966-084A) daily history, firefly, firefly show, history, history podcast, jfk, jfk space, jfk speeches, moon, on this day, otd, scifi history, scifi podcast, serenity, soviet union space, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space race, space shot, surveyor 2, the space shot, un, united nations, space race podcast, nasa history podcast, Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback!

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Address at 18th U.N. General Assembly, 20 September 1963

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]]> Episode 109: So, Change of Plans for Today https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/109 8f9dc23e-94ad-47bd-aa9f-594d162df1d7 Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 109 So, Change of Plans for Today full 1 John Mulnix A shorter episode today. Work has been insane and I need to get some sleep ;) 2:53 no Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback! Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Jeff Foust- SpaceNews.com- PSLV launch of navigation satellite fails (http://spacenews.com/pslv-launch-of-navigation-satellite-fails/) Space Center Houston Reopens Saturday (https://spacecenter.org/news-center/latest-news/) falcon 9, houston, on this day, otd, space, space history, space history podcast, space news, space news podcast, space podcast, space shot, spacex, the space shot, x37, x37b, spacex podcast, Be sure to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out the links below and hit me up with any questions or feedback!

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Jeff Foust- SpaceNews.com- PSLV launch of navigation satellite fails

Space Center Houston Reopens Saturday

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]]> Episode 95: Pioneer 7 & Venera 7 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/95 ba4de082-91b8-4fb4-bfaa-e6274ad5ddec Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 95 Pioneer 7 & Venera 7 full 1 John Mulnix A shorter episode today. Lots to do before traveling for the eclipse this weekend! I will also be at the Kansas Cosmosphere on Saturday, so follow @johnmulnix for live-tweets! 3:45 no A shorter episode today. Lots to do before traveling for the eclipse this weekend! I will also be at the Kansas Cosmosphere on Saturday, so follow @johnmulnix for live-tweets! Episode Links: Pioneer 7- NASA Mission Archive (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-075A) Venera 7- NASA Mission Archive (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1970-060A) NASA Press Release- "SPACE STATION HOST CENTER AND PRIME CONTRACTOR ANNOUNCED" (https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/1993/93-148.txt) history, history podcast, jpl, nasa, nasa pioneer, on this day, otd, pioneer 7, planetary geology, planetary science, planets, science, soviet launches, soviet rocket, soviet space, soviet space history, space, space history daily, space history podcast, space launches, space podcast, space shot, stem, the space shot, venera, venera 7, venus, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, A shorter episode today. Lots to do before traveling for the eclipse this weekend! I will also be at the Kansas Cosmosphere on Saturday, so follow @johnmulnix for live-tweets!

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Venera 7- NASA Mission Archive

NASA Press Release- "SPACE STATION HOST CENTER AND PRIME CONTRACTOR ANNOUNCED"

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NASA Press Release- "SPACE STATION HOST CENTER AND PRIME CONTRACTOR ANNOUNCED"

]]> Episode 55: All Good Things... https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/55 9716ed70-feb5-4362-bd43-edf91bf06691 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 55 All Good Things... full 1 John Mulnix 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! 7:40 no Episode Links: 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, 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, space podcast, space history podcast, space shuttle podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, iss podcast, Episode Links:

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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STS-135 The Final Voyage

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STS-65 Experiments

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