The Space Shot

Episode 436: Coffee at the Cosmo- Skylab at 50: Part 2

Episode  |  July 3rd, 2023  |  Season 5  |  47 mins 57 secs

david hitt, emily carney, john mulnix, nasa, skylab, space exploration, space history

Enjoy this encore presentation of the Coffee at the Cosmo. Join us for a Coffee at the Cosmo conversation celebrating the 50th anniversary of Skylab, America's first space station.

Episode 422: Apollo 13: 50 Years Later (Part 1)

Episode  |  April 11th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  49 mins 3 secs

apollo, apollo 13, apollo 13 50th anniversary, apollo 50, apollo 50th, apollo program, failure is not an option, mission control, nasa, nasa history, space, space exploration, space history, space race

Part 1 of the Apollo 13 resources and history series. Check out the show notes for a ton of links and resources!

Episode 389: Zero 2 Infinity!

Episode  |  May 2nd, 2019  |  Season 2  |  25 mins 44 secs

balloon, bloon, bloostar, elevate, new space, new space race, orbit, orbits, rocket, rocket launch, rockets, rockoon, satellite, satellites, space exploration, space startup, startup, startups, zero 2 inifinity, zero to infinity

I finally had a chance to talk with José Mariano López Urdiales, the Founder and CEO of Zero 2 Infinity, a space startup that's looking to reinvent how "Small companies, schools, universities and lovers of Earth" can reach Earth orbit.

Be sure to check out the show notes below for links to Zero 2 Infinity's website and some really cool videos. I'm looking forward to having José on the podcast again after the first successful launch of Bloostar!

Episode 385: OSIRIS-REx and Bennu, my conversation with Dan Scheeres

Episode  |  February 18th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  31 mins 42 secs

asteroid, asteroids, bennu, boulder, colorado, cu boulder, exploration, gravity, jpl, nasa, osiris rex, osiris-rex, planetary science, radio science, resources, robot, robotic exploration, robotics, science, space exploration, space resources, stem, university of arizona

This week we head to the asteroid Bennu with Dan Scheeres, one of the Co-Investigators on NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

Episode 384: Laura Forczyk and the "Rise of the Space Age Millennials"

Episode  |  January 27th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  26 mins 27 secs

astralytical, interview, kickstarter, laura forczyk, millennial, millennials, nasa, new space, space, space consulting, space exploration, spaceport, spaceport camden

Check out my conversation with Laura Forczyk, a space consultant, scientist, author, and lover of all things space.

Episode 212: OSCAR-1 and Space Policy Directive- 1

Episode  |  December 12th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 15 secs

amateur satellite, budget, cubesat, mars, moon, nasa, nasa policy, oscar, oscar 1, smallsat, smallsats, space exploration, space policy, spacex, trump

Today's episode is out a bit later due to me including some audio from yesterday's press conference. Enjoy!

Episode 48: Cassini Huygens

Episode  |  July 1st, 2017  |  Season 1  |  7 mins

cassini, cassini huygens, deep space, deep space network, dsn, grand finale, huygens, jet propulsion laboratory, jpl, nasa, national space council, saturn, space, space exploration, space history, space shot, spacex, the space shot, trump

Today we've got National Space Council news, a SpaceX launch update, and some Cassini-Huygens mission history and background. Subscribe today!