web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:22:16 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Project Gemini” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/project%20gemini Sun, 04 Jun 2023 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 434: Gemini 4: America's First EVA (Mission Audio) https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/434 1a7751f8-9df5-4414-86e6-54a67b25477d Sun, 04 Jun 2023 14:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 434 Gemini 4: America's First EVA (Mission Audio) full 5 John Mulnix In this episode, we catch up on life and what I've been reading/doing the past few months, then we climb into a Gemini capsule to listen to mission audio from Gemini 4. Enjoy! 41:12 no In this episode, we catch up on life and what I've been reading/doing the past few months, then we climb into a Gemini capsule to listen to mission audio from Gemini 4. Enjoy! I'd love if you could support the work I do here by checking out my website, Starlight and Gleam. (https://www.starlightandgleam.com/shop) Thank you for listening and I appreciate the support! Subscribe to The Space Shot on Substack for emails delivered directly to your inbox. Check it out here (https://thespaceshot.substack.com/p/coming-soon?r=5tgvq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy) Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. You can also call 720-772-7988 if you'd like to ask a question for the show. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out! 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) Gemini 4, The New Guys, Meredith Bagby, mission audio In this episode, we catch up on life and what I've been reading/doing the past few months, then we climb into a Gemini capsule to listen to mission audio from Gemini 4. Enjoy!

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]]> In this episode, we catch up on life and what I've been reading/doing the past few months, then we climb into a Gemini capsule to listen to mission audio from Gemini 4. Enjoy!

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]]> Episode 306: Gemini 8- A Close Call https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/306 e5b43a32-69d9-4470-82b8-bd0c55ba3ba0 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 306 Gemini 8- A Close Call full 1 John Mulnix The crew of Gemini 8 had a very close call. Check out today's episode for mission audio and for more detail about this flight. 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 :) 8:52 no The crew of Gemini 8 had a very close call. Check out today's episode for mission audio and for more detail about this flight. 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: Gemini 8 Mission Page- NASA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-020A) Here's an archival video on Gemini 8 that NASA produced for this flight. "Gemini 8, This is Houston Flight" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmaKXA5oDQ8) This book is available in print and online. I'm including a link to the webpage for this book since many of you probably don't have a hard copy. This book has some incredible information about Project Gemini. On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini Ch. 13- "The Whirligig" (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4203/ch13-6.htm) The archival audio from today's episode is available here. I edited clips for time, removing long periods of dead air for the sake of brevity in today's episode. Gemini 8 Audio (https://archive.org/details/Gemini8/409-AAG.wav) Gemini 8 Press Kit- NASA PDF (https://web.archive.org/web/20120227064402/https://mira.hq.nasa.gov/history/ws/hdmshrc/all/main/DDD/25015.PDF) The Space Shot- Episode 67 (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/67) The Space Shot- Episode 73 (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/73) The Space Shot- Episode 77 (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/77) EchoStar XXIII Mission Press Kit- SpaceX PDF (http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/echostarxxiiifinal.pdf) agena, agena target vehicle, archival audio, armstrong, david scott, docking, falcon 9, first docking, gemini, gemini 8, gemini launch, mission audio, neil armstrong, project gemini, rendezvous, spacex, titan ii, space podcast, space podcasts, The crew of Gemini 8 had a very close call. Check out today's episode for mission audio and for more detail about this flight. 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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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:

Gemini 8 Mission Page- NASA

Here's an archival video on Gemini 8 that NASA produced for this flight.
"Gemini 8, This is Houston Flight"

This book is available in print and online. I'm including a link to the webpage for this book since many of you probably don't have a hard copy. This book has some incredible information about Project Gemini.

On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini Ch. 13- "The Whirligig"

The archival audio from today's episode is available here. I edited clips for time, removing long periods of dead air for the sake of brevity in today's episode.

Gemini 8 Audio

Gemini 8 Press Kit- NASA PDF

The Space Shot- Episode 67

The Space Shot- Episode 73

The Space Shot- Episode 77

EchoStar XXIII Mission Press Kit- SpaceX PDF

]]> The crew of Gemini 8 had a very close call. Check out today's episode for mission audio and for more detail about this flight. 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.

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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!

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:

Gemini 8 Mission Page- NASA

Here's an archival video on Gemini 8 that NASA produced for this flight.
"Gemini 8, This is Houston Flight"

This book is available in print and online. I'm including a link to the webpage for this book since many of you probably don't have a hard copy. This book has some incredible information about Project Gemini.

On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini Ch. 13- "The Whirligig"

The archival audio from today's episode is available here. I edited clips for time, removing long periods of dead air for the sake of brevity in today's episode.

Gemini 8 Audio

Gemini 8 Press Kit- NASA PDF

The Space Shot- Episode 67

The Space Shot- Episode 73

The Space Shot- Episode 77

EchoStar XXIII Mission Press Kit- SpaceX PDF

]]> Episode 204: LIVE at the Cosmosphere- Gemini 7 and Mars Pathfinder https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/204 18eae720-360b-44be-bdc1-ee72ea9196d9 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 204 LIVE at the Cosmosphere- Gemini 7 and Mars Pathfinder full 1 John Mulnix LIVE from the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. I parked myself in front of the Gemini 10 capsule to give viewers of the live video an idea of the size of the Gemini 7 capsule. Check out my Facebook page for the video! 10:50 no If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, 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: Check out the video of today's episode here! (facebook.com/thespaceshot) Visit the Cosmosphere! Learn more here (http://cosmo.org/) The Cosmosphere Podcast- iTunes Link (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cosmosphere-podcast/id1292485164?mt=2) Gemini 7 Mission Page (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1965-100A) I referred to this as the "grasshopper" spacesuit, but pressure suit is a little more accurate. Apologies for the misuse of the word :) Gemini 7 Pressure Suit (https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/pressure-suit-g5-c-lovell-gemini-7-flown) Gemini 7 Press Kit- PDF (https://web.archive.org/web/20090621232111/https://mira.hq.nasa.gov/history/ws/hdmshrc/all/main/DDD/25014.PDF) On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini- Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4203/ch12-5.htm) Gemini 7 Mission Report- PDF (http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/Gemini7MissionReport.pdf) NASA- Mars Pathfinder Overview (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pathfinder/overview) Starliner Astronaut Spacesuit (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-spacesuit-unveiled-for-starliner-astronauts) cosmosphere, frank borman, gemini, gemini 7, human spaceflight, jim lovell, live, live episode, long duration spaceflight, mars, mars pathfinder, mars rover, pathfinder, project gemini, sojourner, space history, space race, titan, gemini 7 podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks!

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Visit the Cosmosphere! Learn more here

The Cosmosphere Podcast- iTunes Link

Gemini 7 Mission Page

I referred to this as the "grasshopper" spacesuit, but pressure suit is a little more accurate. Apologies for the misuse of the word :)
Gemini 7 Pressure Suit

Gemini 7 Press Kit- PDF

On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini- Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood

Gemini 7 Mission Report- PDF

NASA- Mars Pathfinder Overview

Starliner Astronaut Spacesuit

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Visit the Cosmosphere! Learn more here

The Cosmosphere Podcast- iTunes Link

Gemini 7 Mission Page

I referred to this as the "grasshopper" spacesuit, but pressure suit is a little more accurate. Apologies for the misuse of the word :)
Gemini 7 Pressure Suit

Gemini 7 Press Kit- PDF

On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini- Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood

Gemini 7 Mission Report- PDF

NASA- Mars Pathfinder Overview

Starliner Astronaut Spacesuit

]]> Episode 65: Gemini X https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/65 eab50bbc-16e2-4045-abaa-c0674dd4b574 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 65 Gemini X full 1 John Mulnix Some Gemini X history today and some X-15 history tomorrow before the big day on Thursday. Subscribe today and connect with me on Instagram and Twitter, @johnmulnix for more! 5:36 no Also, a huge shout out to all of the new listeners from Australia, Latvia, Germany, and Japan. The show is now being listened to in over a dozen countries! Hello and thank you to everyone around the world that's listening! Episode Links: Gemini X Set Records for Rendezvous, Altitude Above Earth (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/gemini-x-set-records-for-rendezvous-altitude-above-earth) Gemini X Mission Report (https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750067644.pdf) Gemini X Time Lapse (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_508.html) Gemini 10 Mission Profile (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-066A) agena, agena target vehicle, cape canaveral, cold war, gemini, gemini 10, gemini program, gemini x, nasa, project gemini, space, space race, space shot, the space shot, titan missile, uss guadalcanal, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, space race podcast, Also, a huge shout out to all of the new listeners from Australia, Latvia, Germany, and Japan. The show is now being listened to in over a dozen countries! Hello and thank you to everyone around the world that's listening!

Episode Links:

Gemini X Set Records for Rendezvous, Altitude Above Earth
Gemini X Mission Report
Gemini X Time Lapse
Gemini 10 Mission Profile

]]> Also, a huge shout out to all of the new listeners from Australia, Latvia, Germany, and Japan. The show is now being listened to in over a dozen countries! Hello and thank you to everyone around the world that's listening!

Episode Links:

Gemini X Set Records for Rendezvous, Altitude Above Earth
Gemini X Mission Report
Gemini X Time Lapse
Gemini 10 Mission Profile

]]> Episode 59: Inflatable Space Stations & Telstar Part Three https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/59 66c96a05-72e8-4214-8037-e8a1835d1e5c Wed, 12 Jul 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 59 Inflatable Space Stations & Telstar Part Three full 1 John Mulnix The last of a three-part Telstar episode series, plus inflatable space stations. I've got some cool audio of President Kennedy in this episode, subscribe and download today! 7:46 no Episode Links: Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962 (http://ethw.org/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962) Telstar, A History (http://www.smecc.org/john_pierce1.htm) John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories (http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/98/) AT&T Archives- Telstar! (https://youtu.be/uKH-GijnAGk) First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite (https://youtu.be/0IX7vC4Ts_A?t=16m41s) Genesis 1- The Internet Archive- Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/web/20160629093633/http://bigelowaerospace.com/genesis) STS-104 NASA Mission Summary (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-104/mission-sts-104.html) apollo, beam, bigelow aerospace, gemini, genesis 1, iss, mercury, project apollo, project gemini, project mercury, shuttle, space, space habitat, space habitats, space shot, space shuttle, telstar, the space shot, apollo 50 podcast, apollo podcast, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite

Genesis 1- The Internet Archive- Wayback Machine

STS-104 NASA Mission Summary

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Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite

Genesis 1- The Internet Archive- Wayback Machine

STS-104 NASA Mission Summary

]]> Episode 23: The Spacewalker https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/23 b649fe74-d21c-4dd0-b727-a363b10c8b31 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 23 The Spacewalker full 1 John Mulnix Come learn about the expansive vista that Tom Stafford described at the beginning of Gene Cernan's Gemini 9-A EVA. 6:02 no Episode Links: Example of a John Ford Long Shot, how I imagine Stafford seeing Cernan's EVA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_j3NrcDiS4) Johnson Space Center- Mission Transcript: Gemini IX (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/gemini9.htm) Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Edited Oral History Transcript (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/CernanEA/CernanEA_12-11-07.htm) eva, gemini, gene cernan, nasa, orbital rendezvous, project gemini, space, space race, spacewalk, thomas stafford, space race podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Episode Links:

Example of a John Ford Long Shot, how I imagine Stafford seeing Cernan's EVA

Johnson Space Center- Mission Transcript: Gemini IX
Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Edited Oral History Transcript

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Example of a John Ford Long Shot, how I imagine Stafford seeing Cernan's EVA

Johnson Space Center- Mission Transcript: Gemini IX
Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Edited Oral History Transcript

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