web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:00:07 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Otd” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/otd Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:00:00 -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 135: I Believe in a Space Agency Down Under... https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/135 ab0fca63-ab61-4e03-9ecb-229214f63cf4 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 135 I Believe in a Space Agency Down Under... full 1 John Mulnix Where rockets launch and thunder. 3:23 no Where rockets launch and thunder. 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: Australia to establish national space agency (http://spacenews.com/australia-to-establish-national-space-agency/) Space looks up down under- The Space Review (http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3334/1) First Kennedy-Nixon debate- This Day in History (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-kennedy-nixon-debate) Elon Musk- Twitter (https://twitter.com/elonmusk) australia, australian space agency, elon musk, history podcast, its, mars, otd, space, space history, space history podcast, space news, space podcast, space shot, spacex, the space shot, elon musk podcast, spacex podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, Where rockets launch and thunder.

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]]> 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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Audio- Address at 18th U.N. General Assembly, 20 September 1963

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

NASA Mission Page- Surveyor 2

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

NASA Mission Page- Surveyor 2

]]> Episode 127: A Vanguard and a Saturn https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/127 bba7bf49-7366-4632-b96d-2f065e488ac0 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 127 A Vanguard and a Saturn 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! 3:35 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: apollo, history podcast, nasa, otd, otd podcast, rocket podcast, rockets, saturn 1, saturn rocket, science, science podcast, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space race, space science, space shot, the space shot 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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]]> Episode 125: Untitled Episode https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/125 bf77546f-0083-4c8b-8341-a8eec166cfbb Sat, 16 Sep 2017 20:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 125 Untitled Episode 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! 3:30 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: STS-79 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-79.html) Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer (https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/virgin-atlantic-global-flyer?object=nasm_A20070018000) global flyer, history podcast, mir, nasa, otd, rocket, rocket launch, rocket podcast, rockets, shannon lucid, shuttle landing, shuttle mir, solo flight, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, space shuttle, the space shot, virgin atlantic, 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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]]> Episode 117: The Man Trap https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/117 e3cbd5ff-a2ab-4daa-8b0c-bf8960a7713b Fri, 08 Sep 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 117 The Man Trap full 1 John Mulnix Star Trek, Cassini, rocket launches, and Genesis. It's a packed episode, so download it and get listening. 6:48 no Star Trek, Cassini, rocket launches, and Genesis. It's a packed episode, so download it and get listening. Sorry this one is coming out so late in the day. My day job keeps me busy for about half the day, and the other part of the day I'm researching, writing, and recording the podcast. Thanks to everyone that's left a review for the show, it means a ton to me! 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: Memory Alpha- The Man Trap (http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Man_Trap_(episode)) Memory Alpha- Star Trek: The Original Series (http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/TOS) Amazon.com- The Man Trap (Remastered) (http://a.co/h65VKD3) Cassini Countdown #7- This is a cool visualization that shows a flyover of Titan's seas. Check it out! Flying over an Extraterrestrial Land of Lakes (https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/771/) STS-106 NASA Mission Page (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-106/mission-sts-106.html) Surveyor 5 NASA Mission Summary (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1967-084A) Genesis- NASA Mission Summary (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/genesis/indepth) Genesis Solar Wind Samples (https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/genesis/index.cfm) daily podcast, history podcast, nasa, otd, pop culture, pop culture podcast, science, science podcast, scifi, scifi podcast, solar wind, space, space history, space history podcast, space science, space science podcast, space shot, space shuttle, star trek, star trek podcast, star trek tos, stem, stem podcast, the man trap, the space shot, tos, space history podcast, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, space exploration podcast, Star Trek, Cassini, rocket launches, and Genesis. It's a packed episode, so download it and get listening.

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Memory Alpha- The Man Trap

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Flying over an Extraterrestrial Land of Lakes

STS-106 NASA Mission Page

Surveyor 5 NASA Mission Summary

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Genesis Solar Wind Samples

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Flying over an Extraterrestrial Land of Lakes

STS-106 NASA Mission Page

Surveyor 5 NASA Mission Summary

Genesis- NASA Mission Summary

Genesis Solar Wind Samples

]]> 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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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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]]> 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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]]> Episode 31: Difference Engines, Albert II, and the V-2 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/31 069211b6-7e17-42c8-b4d0-852642231c2f Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 31 Difference Engines, Albert II, and the V-2 full 1 John Mulnix 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. 5:24 no Episode Links: I forgot to mention this in the episode, here is a video of a working Lego Difference Engine! This is super cool and worth checking out! Lego Difference Engine (http://acarol.woz.org/difference_engine.html) Babbage's Difference Engine- Wired YouTube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0anIyVGeWOI) Computer History Museum- The Babbage Engine (http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/) Pocketful Of Rockets: History And Stories Behind White Sands Missile Range- Amazon.com(Page 182 for quote in today's episode (https://www.amazon.com/Pocketful-Rockets-History-Stories-Missile/dp/1492773506/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497448930&sr=8-1&keywords=pocketful+of+rockets) A Brief History of Animals in Space (https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html) Hidden Figures- IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/) animals, difference engine, lego, legos, missiles, monkeys, nasa, otd, rockets, space, spaceflight, v-2, white sands, white sands missile range, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

I forgot to mention this in the episode, here is a video of a working Lego Difference Engine! This is super cool and worth checking out!
Lego Difference Engine

Babbage's Difference Engine- Wired YouTube Video
Computer History Museum- The Babbage Engine

Pocketful Of Rockets: History And Stories Behind White Sands Missile Range- Amazon.com(Page 182 for quote in today's episode

A Brief History of Animals in Space

Hidden Figures- IMDB

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I forgot to mention this in the episode, here is a video of a working Lego Difference Engine! This is super cool and worth checking out!
Lego Difference Engine

Babbage's Difference Engine- Wired YouTube Video
Computer History Museum- The Babbage Engine

Pocketful Of Rockets: History And Stories Behind White Sands Missile Range- Amazon.com(Page 182 for quote in today's episode

A Brief History of Animals in Space

Hidden Figures- IMDB

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