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    <title>The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Soviet Space Program”</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
    <description>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. 
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    <itunes:subtitle>A concentrated dose of space awesomeness, delivered right to your podcast feed.</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>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. 
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  <title>Episode 187: Lunokhod 1 and Luna 17</title>
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  <itunes:episode>187</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Lunokhod 1 and Luna 17</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Some launch updates, Soviet space history, and a birthday in today's episode. I'm back to my morning routine for podcasts.  It's been difficult with travel, the joys of being stuck in a car or airplane for the majority of the day. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>6:03</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>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:
Spaceflight Now- Launch Schedule (https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/)
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter- Soviet Union Lunar Rovers (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20100318.html)
Lost Soviet Reflecting Device Rediscovered on the Moon (https://www.space.com/8295-lost-soviet-reflecting-device-rediscovered-moon.html)
Mobius Strip- Wolfram MathWorld (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MoebiusStrip.html)
Luna 17/Lunokhod 1: In Depth- NASA (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna_17/indepth)
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    <![CDATA[<p>Be sure to connect with me online, find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. <br>
<a href="https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Instagram</strong></a></p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/johnmulnix" rel="nofollow"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></p>

<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/" rel="nofollow">Spaceflight Now- Launch Schedule</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20100318.html" rel="nofollow">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter- Soviet Union Lunar Rovers</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.space.com/8295-lost-soviet-reflecting-device-rediscovered-moon.html" rel="nofollow">Lost Soviet Reflecting Device Rediscovered on the Moon</a></p>

<p><a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MoebiusStrip.html" rel="nofollow">Mobius Strip- Wolfram MathWorld</a></p>

<p><a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna_17/indepth" rel="nofollow">Luna 17/Lunokhod 1: In Depth- NASA</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Be sure to connect with me online, find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. <br>
<a href="https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Instagram</strong></a></p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/johnmulnix" rel="nofollow"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></p>

<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/" rel="nofollow">Spaceflight Now- Launch Schedule</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20100318.html" rel="nofollow">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter- Soviet Union Lunar Rovers</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.space.com/8295-lost-soviet-reflecting-device-rediscovered-moon.html" rel="nofollow">Lost Soviet Reflecting Device Rediscovered on the Moon</a></p>

<p><a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MoebiusStrip.html" rel="nofollow">Mobius Strip- Wolfram MathWorld</a></p>

<p><a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna_17/indepth" rel="nofollow">Luna 17/Lunokhod 1: In Depth- NASA</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 72: Mars 5, the Face on Mars, and an EVA</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>John Mulnix</author>
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  <itunes:episode>72</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Mars 5, the Face on Mars, and an EVA</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Today there's some Mars history and we take a short walk in space with Svetlana Savitskaya, the second woman in space and the first to perform an EVA.  Subscribe today and connect with me on Instagram and Twitter- @johnmulnix. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>5:01</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>Episode Links: 
Mars 5 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1973-049A)
Mars 5- Mission Monographs (https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1973.pdf)
Caption of JPL Viking Press Release P-17384 (http://www.msss.com/education/facepage/pio.html)
Unmasking the Face on Mars (https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast24may_1)
Roscosmos- The History of Spcae Development. Svetlana Savitskaya (https://www.roscosmos.ru/23815/)
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  <itunes:keywords>eva, face on mars, history, jet propulsion lab, jpl, mars, mars 5, mars face, nasa, soviet space program, space, space history, space shot, space walk, svetlana savitskaya, the space shot, viking, viking lander, viking mars mission, welding, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space race podcast, </itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: </p>

<p><a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1973-049A" rel="nofollow">Mars 5</a><br>
<a href="https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1973.pdf" rel="nofollow">Mars 5- Mission Monographs</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.msss.com/education/facepage/pio.html" rel="nofollow">Caption of JPL Viking Press Release P-17384</a></p>

<p><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast24may_1" rel="nofollow">Unmasking the Face on Mars</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.roscosmos.ru/23815/" rel="nofollow">Roscosmos- The History of Spcae Development. Svetlana Savitskaya</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: </p>

<p><a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1973-049A" rel="nofollow">Mars 5</a><br>
<a href="https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1973.pdf" rel="nofollow">Mars 5- Mission Monographs</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.msss.com/education/facepage/pio.html" rel="nofollow">Caption of JPL Viking Press Release P-17384</a></p>

<p><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast24may_1" rel="nofollow">Unmasking the Face on Mars</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.roscosmos.ru/23815/" rel="nofollow">Roscosmos- The History of Spcae Development. Svetlana Savitskaya</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 44: Atlantis &amp; Mir</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>John Mulnix</author>
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  <itunes:episode>44</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Atlantis &amp; Mir</itunes:title>
  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>John Mulnix</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>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.  </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>6:12</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>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)
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  <itunes:keywords>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, </itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: </p>

<p>Connect with The Space Shot on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thespaceshot/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>

<p><a href="https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-71/news/sts-71-mcc-01.txt" rel="nofollow">Mission Control Center STS-71 Status Report #1</a><br>
<a href="https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-71/mission-sts-71.html" rel="nofollow">NASA STS-71 Mission Overview</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-4.html" rel="nofollow">STS-4 Mission Overview</a></p>

<p><a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=200200326910" rel="nofollow">Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History&#39;s Highest Stage</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mattingly-tk.html" rel="nofollow">Ken Mattingly NASA Biography</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links: </p>

<p>Connect with The Space Shot on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thespaceshot/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>

<p><a href="https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-71/news/sts-71-mcc-01.txt" rel="nofollow">Mission Control Center STS-71 Status Report #1</a><br>
<a href="https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-71/mission-sts-71.html" rel="nofollow">NASA STS-71 Mission Overview</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-4.html" rel="nofollow">STS-4 Mission Overview</a></p>

<p><a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=200200326910" rel="nofollow">Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History&#39;s Highest Stage</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mattingly-tk.html" rel="nofollow">Ken Mattingly NASA Biography</a></p>]]>
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