web01.fireside.fm Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:19:35 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Shuttle Atlantis” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/shuttle%20atlantis Fri, 04 May 2018 16:00:00 -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 355: Magellan https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/355 3ce8bbac-3f28-48f5-b969-dc3e21d632a5 Fri, 04 May 2018 16:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 355 Magellan full 1 John Mulnix May the Fourth Be With You 6:41 no May the Fourth Be With You. 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: STS-30 Mission Page (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-30/mission-sts-30.html) STS-30 Press Kit (Plain Text) (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-30/sts-30-press-kit.txt) Magellan Mission Page (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/magellan/in-depth/) More on Magellan (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/magellan.html) Solar System Symbols (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/680/solar-system-symbols/) Sandia National Labs- Synthetic Aperature Radar (http://www.sandia.gov/radar/what_is_sar/index.html) Star Wars on ISS (https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/595193883555803136/photo/1) atlantis, interplanetary, interplanetary missions, magellan, planetary science, science, shuttle, shuttle atlantis, nasa, nasa history, May the Fourth Be With You.

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.

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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!

Episode Links:

STS-30 Mission Page

STS-30 Press Kit (Plain Text)

Magellan Mission Page

More on Magellan

Solar System Symbols

Sandia National Labs- Synthetic Aperature Radar

Star Wars on ISS

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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.

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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!

Episode Links:

STS-30 Mission Page

STS-30 Press Kit (Plain Text)

Magellan Mission Page

More on Magellan

Solar System Symbols

Sandia National Labs- Synthetic Aperature Radar

Star Wars on ISS

]]> Episode 290: Discoverer 1, STS-36, and Some News! https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/290 0c742aca-b9a6-41e8-8e27-dba559aee44d Wed, 28 Feb 2018 23:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 290 Discoverer 1, STS-36, and Some News! full 1 John Mulnix Apologies for the late episode. Having a cold and producing a daily podcast isn't a very fun mix. 5:04 no Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! I'm still fighting a cold, so apologies for sounding pretty rough in today's episode. Still, I've got a daily podcast to run, so on with the podcast! I'd love if you could share this podcast with someone who enjoys space, so for your weekend homework, pick a friend, send them the link, and let me know if you refer someone to the podcast. I'd appreciate it! 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! Be cool like Elisabeth and score a sweet sticker :D 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: Falcon 9 launch to wait until after Atlas 5 mission- Jeff Foust (http://spacenews.com/falcon-9-launch-to-wait-until-after-atlas-5-mission/) Soyuz With Expedition 54 Trio Aboard Returns to Earth- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/soyuz-with-expedition-54-trio-aboard-returns-to-earth) Discoverer 1- NASA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-002A) Now You See It: 25 Years Since the Mysterious Mission of STS-36 (Part 1) (http://www.americaspace.com/2015/02/28/now-you-see-it-25-years-since-the-mysterious-mission-of-sts-36-part-1/) Now You Don't: 25 Years Since the Mysterious Mission of STS-36 (Part 2) (http://www.americaspace.com/2015/03/01/now-you-dont-25-years-since-the-mysterious-mission-of-sts-36-part-2/) atlantis, corona, expedition 54, iss, national security, shuttle atlantis, space shuttle, spy satellite, sts, sts 36, vandenberg air force base, space podcast, space podcasts, Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears!

I'm still fighting a cold, so apologies for sounding pretty rough in today's episode. Still, I've got a daily podcast to run, so on with the podcast!

I'd love if you could share this podcast with someone who enjoys space, so for your weekend homework, pick a friend, send them the link, and let me know if you refer someone to the podcast. I'd appreciate it!

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! Be cool like Elisabeth and score a sweet sticker :D

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

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:

Falcon 9 launch to wait until after Atlas 5 mission- Jeff Foust

Soyuz With Expedition 54 Trio Aboard Returns to Earth- NASA

Discoverer 1- NASA

Now You See It: 25 Years Since the Mysterious Mission of STS-36 (Part 1)

Now You Don't: 25 Years Since the Mysterious Mission of STS-36 (Part 2)

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

I'm still fighting a cold, so apologies for sounding pretty rough in today's episode. Still, I've got a daily podcast to run, so on with the podcast!

I'd love if you could share this podcast with someone who enjoys space, so for your weekend homework, pick a friend, send them the link, and let me know if you refer someone to the podcast. I'd appreciate it!

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! Be cool like Elisabeth and score a sweet sticker :D

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

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:

Falcon 9 launch to wait until after Atlas 5 mission- Jeff Foust

Soyuz With Expedition 54 Trio Aboard Returns to Earth- NASA

Discoverer 1- NASA

Now You See It: 25 Years Since the Mysterious Mission of STS-36 (Part 1)

Now You Don't: 25 Years Since the Mysterious Mission of STS-36 (Part 2)

]]> Episode 80: Falcon 1 & Mr. Tim Meows https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/80 5a12e547-d157-4ea2-a611-9a40f4e4a030 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 80 Falcon 1 & Mr. Tim Meows full 1 John Mulnix Had to put Mr. Tim in timeout since he kept meowing while I was recording today's episode. Subscribe and dont miss any space history and meows ;) 6:08 no Episode Links: Instagram Link (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/?hl=en) Twitter Link (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Archived Page- SpaceX Falcon 1 Information (http://www.webcitation.org/63bt3gje9?url=http://www.spacex.com/falcon1.php) Falcon 1, Flight 3 Mission Summary- Timing is Everything (http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/11/falcon-1-flight-3-mission-summary) STS-43 Mission Video (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle42.htm) STS-43 Mission Archive (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-43.html) Kennedy Space Center Turns 50! (https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/events/events-calendar/2017/august/event-kscvc-50-anniversary) atlantis, communication satellites, falcon 1, kennedy space center, ksc, rocket, rockets, satellites, shuttle atlantis, space, space shot, space shuttle, space shuttle atlantis, spacex, sts 43, sts43, tdrs, the space shot, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Episode Links:

Instagram Link
Twitter Link

Archived Page- SpaceX Falcon 1 Information
Falcon 1, Flight 3 Mission Summary- Timing is Everything

STS-43 Mission Video
STS-43 Mission Archive

Kennedy Space Center Turns 50!

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Instagram Link
Twitter Link

Archived Page- SpaceX Falcon 1 Information
Falcon 1, Flight 3 Mission Summary- Timing is Everything

STS-43 Mission Video
STS-43 Mission Archive

Kennedy Space Center Turns 50!

]]> Episode 78: Lunar Prospector and Atlantis https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/78 8b39b572-a926-4578-a1e6-8e6a9eebf378 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 78 Lunar Prospector and Atlantis full 1 John Mulnix Today's episode, satellites shaped like the Death Star, and prospecting the moon with Lunar Prospector. Subscibe today and connect on Instagram and Twitter, find me @johnmulnix. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts, thanks! 4:17 no Episode Links: STS-46 Mission Page (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-46/mission-sts-46.html) TSS- Information Page (https://web.archive.org/web/20070819184123/http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov:80/Shuttle/STS-75/tss-1r/tss1_highlights.html) EURECA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1992-049B) Lunar Prospector NASA Mission Page (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/lunarpr/indepth) Lunar Prospector Neutron Spectrometer (https://web.archive.org/web/20080531054648/http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/results/neures.htm) atlantis, esa, eureca, european space agency, lunar history, lunar prospector, moon, nasa, nasa history, nasa podcast, prospecting, shuttle atlantis, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, space shuttle, the space shot, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, Episode Links:

STS-46 Mission Page
TSS- Information Page
EURECA

Lunar Prospector NASA Mission Page
Lunar Prospector Neutron Spectrometer

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STS-46 Mission Page
TSS- Information Page
EURECA

Lunar Prospector NASA Mission Page
Lunar Prospector Neutron Spectrometer

]]> 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

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

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

]]> Episode 44: Atlantis & Mir https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/44 a7113ce1-8085-4c9f-b457-c9d51eaf9430 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 44 Atlantis & Mir full 1 John Mulnix On this day in 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on a mission to rendezvous and dock with the Russian space station Mir. This mission was also the 100th US crewed launch in addition to being the first Shuttle mission to dock with Mir. 6:12 no Episode Links: Connect with The Space Shot on Facebook here (https://www.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Mission Control Center STS-71 Status Report #1 (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-71/news/sts-71-mcc-01.txt) NASA STS-71 Mission Overview (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-71/mission-sts-71.html) STS-4 Mission Overview (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-4.html) Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage (https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=200200326910) Ken Mattingly NASA Biography (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mattingly-tk.html) apollo 13, columbia, ken mattingly, mir, nasa, russian space, russian space program, shuttle atlantis, shuttle columbia, soviet space, soviet space program, space, space shot, space shuttle, space station, the space shot, the space shuttle, apollo podcast, apollo history podcast, apollo 50, space podcast, space history podcast, mir podcast, space shuttle podcast, Episode Links:

Connect with The Space Shot on Facebook here

Mission Control Center STS-71 Status Report #1
NASA STS-71 Mission Overview
STS-4 Mission Overview

Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage

Ken Mattingly NASA Biography

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Connect with The Space Shot on Facebook here

Mission Control Center STS-71 Status Report #1
NASA STS-71 Mission Overview
STS-4 Mission Overview

Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage

Ken Mattingly NASA Biography

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