web02.fireside.fm Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:52:11 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Soviet Space History” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/soviet%20space%20history Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:00:00 -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 308: MESSENGER Enters Orbit https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/308 bdfd8f1b-b95d-40f7-8d2c-22202956a1e4 Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 308 MESSENGER Enters Orbit full 1 John Mulnix Happy Sunday! 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 :) 7:57 no Happy Sunday! 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: MESSENGER Spacecraft and Instruments (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/spacecraft/index.html) MESSENGER Overview (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/whymessenger/index.html) PDF- MESSENGER Mission Information (https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/525164main_MercuryMOI_PK.pdf) MESSENGER: In Depth (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/messenger/indepth) Voskhod 2 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1965-022A) 1980 Soviet Rocket Accident Killed 50- New York Times, 1989 (https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/28/world/1980-soviet-rocket-accident-killed-50.html) Soviet rocket blast left 48 dead- BBC News, 2000 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/705808.stm) alexei leonov, eva, leonov, mercury, messenger, planetary science, rocket explosion, soviet space history, space history, spacewalk, space podcast, space podcasts, Happy Sunday! 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!

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MESSENGER Spacecraft and Instruments

MESSENGER Overview

PDF- MESSENGER Mission Information

MESSENGER: In Depth

Voskhod 2

1980 Soviet Rocket Accident Killed 50- New York Times, 1989

Soviet rocket blast left 48 dead- BBC News, 2000

]]> Happy Sunday! 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!

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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:

MESSENGER Spacecraft and Instruments

MESSENGER Overview

PDF- MESSENGER Mission Information

MESSENGER: In Depth

Voskhod 2

1980 Soviet Rocket Accident Killed 50- New York Times, 1989

Soviet rocket blast left 48 dead- BBC News, 2000

]]> Episode 233: Luna 1 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/233 5732c94d-e547-4901-ac80-7991b24dee66 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 22:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 233 Luna 1 full 1 John Mulnix 3:51 no 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! 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: Luna 1- NASA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-012A) SpaceX Instagram- Falcon Heavy Video (https://www.instagram.com/p/BdeEU2glMJT/) SpaceX Flickr Page (https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/) falcon heavy, falcon rocket, luna 1, soviet space history, spacex, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, history podcast, space history podcast, 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!

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Luna 1- NASA

SpaceX Instagram- Falcon Heavy Video

SpaceX Flickr Page

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Luna 1- NASA

SpaceX Instagram- Falcon Heavy Video

SpaceX Flickr Page

]]> Episode 185: Buran https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/185 2097943a-cae9-462c-880b-0f45dba1c790 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 185 Buran full 1 John Mulnix Happy Wednesday! I had some microphone issues this morning and figured it out after I had already finished recording today's episode. Apologies if you hear any issues! 8:05 no I had some microphone issues this morning and figured it out after I had already finished recording today's episode. Apologies if you hear any issues! Be sure to connect with me online, find 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: Buran Energia- S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (https://www.energia.ru/eng/news/news-2008/photo_11-14.html) Rockets and People PDF (https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20050010181.pdf) Eight feared dead in Baikonur hangar collapse- Spaceflight Now (https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0205/13baikonur/) Archived NASA page- Buran (https://web.archive.org/web/20060804153528/http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/buran.html) STS-38 (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-38/mission-sts-38.html) SAS-2/B (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1972-091A) buran, soviet shuttle, soviet space history, soviet union, space shuttle, spaceflight, space podcast, space history podcast, I had some microphone issues this morning and figured it out after I had already finished recording today's episode. Apologies if you hear any issues!

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Buran Energia- S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation

Rockets and People PDF

Eight feared dead in Baikonur hangar collapse- Spaceflight Now

Archived NASA page- Buran

STS-38

SAS-2/B

]]> I had some microphone issues this morning and figured it out after I had already finished recording today's episode. Apologies if you hear any issues!

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Buran Energia- S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation

Rockets and People PDF

Eight feared dead in Baikonur hangar collapse- Spaceflight Now

Archived NASA page- Buran

STS-38

SAS-2/B

]]> Episode 133: Lunar Sample Return & Star Trek Returns to TV! https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/133 989523f7-5ebe-4bb1-9bdd-8b3669907ba8 Sun, 24 Sep 2017 18:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 133 Lunar Sample Return & Star Trek Returns to TV! full 1 John Mulnix Beam up the latest episode of The Space Shot! 4:16 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: Star Trek: Discovery - Main Title Sequence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcTvrxwP6Is) NASA- Luna 16 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1970-072A) The Best of Both Worlds- Part II- Memory Alpha (http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds,_Part_II_(episode)) history podcast, luna 16, scifi, soviet moon lander, soviet space history, space, space history, space history podcast, space shot, star trek, star trek podcast, stem, the best of both worlds, the space shot, space race podcast, space race history podcast, history podcast, space history podcast, nasa 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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Star Trek: Discovery - Main Title Sequence

NASA- Luna 16

The Best of Both Worlds- Part II- Memory Alpha

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The Best of Both Worlds- Part II- Memory Alpha

]]> Episode 122: Mae Jemison & Luna 2 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/122 03167ed4-ca2b-4db0-8963-cbb802aee190 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 122 Mae Jemison & Luna 2 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! 6:00 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: NASA Space Assets Detect Ocean inside Saturn Moon (https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2513/nasa-space-assets-detect-ocean-inside-saturn-moon/) Memory Alpha- Mae Jemison (http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Mae_Jemison) NASA Astronaut Biography- Mae Jemison (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html) STS-47 NASA Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-47.html) Luna 2 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-014A) cassini, cassini saturn, cccp, history, history podcast, jpl, luna 2, mae jemison, nasa, nasa history, nasa jpl, saturn, saturn podcast, scifi podcast, soviet space, soviet space history, soviet union, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, star trek, star trek podcast, the space shot, ussr, ussr space, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, cassini 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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NASA Space Assets Detect Ocean inside Saturn Moon

Memory Alpha- Mae Jemison

NASA Astronaut Biography- Mae Jemison

STS-47 NASA Mission Page

Luna 2

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NASA Space Assets Detect Ocean inside Saturn Moon

Memory Alpha- Mae Jemison

NASA Astronaut Biography- Mae Jemison

STS-47 NASA Mission Page

Luna 2

]]> 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!

Episode Links:

Pioneer 7- NASA Mission Archive

Venera 7- NASA Mission Archive

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

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Episode Links:

Pioneer 7- NASA Mission Archive

Venera 7- NASA Mission Archive

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

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