web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:06:11 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Spirit” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/spirit Tue, 10 Mar 2020 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 415: The Decade In Review https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/415 a2364a63-7e6e-44fc-a593-47ecd7e1dd38 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 415 The Decade In Review full 3 John Mulnix The decade in review episode is (finally) done and out now! 20:22 no Sadly, I have lost the script for my top ten space movies episode, so I'm going to do an abbreviated episode just counting down my favorites. Sorry about that. :( 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) Episode Links: *#10 STS-135 The end of the Shuttle Era * STS-135 Mission Page (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) *#9 Exoplanets and Kepler * Kepler's Legacy (https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/keplerscience/) "Super-Puffs" 'Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/cotton-candy-planet-mysteries-unravel-in-new-hubble-observations) *#8 Cassini * Cassini- Mission Overview (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/) Cassini- The Grand Finale (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/mission/grand-finale/overview/) Huygens Lander (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/huygens/in-depth/) *#7 Dragon * SpaceX COTS Demonstration Flight 1 (https://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/09/cots-demonstration-flight-1) SpaceX First Dragon Reflight (https://www.spacex.com/news/2017/06/03/first-dragon-reflight) COTS- NASA page (https://www.nasa.gov/content/cots-commercial-partners) *#6 International Spaceflight * China's Chang'e 4 Mission (https://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/change-4.html) ESA Rosetta Mission (https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Rosetta) India's Mars Orbiter Mission- Mangalyaan (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-orbiter-mission/in-depth/) *#5 Mars Exploration Rovers * NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers (https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/) Mars Exploration Rovers- Planetary.org (https://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/mer.html) Historical Log- Mars Missions- NASA.gov (https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/historical-log/) *#4 New Horizons * New Horizons Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html) Pluto's Heart (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/scientists-probe-mystery-of-pluto-s-icy-heart) *#3 Commercial Spaceflight and Shotwell's Decade * "This may be a transcendent year for SpaceX" Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/this-may-be-a-transcendent-year-for-spacex/) Gwynne Shotwell- CNN Profile (https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/10/tech/spacex-coo-gwynne-shotwell-profile/index.html) "William Gerstenmaier joins SpaceX, and that’s a really big deal" Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/spacex-has-hired-a-key-nasa-official-to-help-with-human-spaceflight/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social) 2 Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and the Rise of Reusable Launch Vehicles SpaceX Falcon 9 Page (https://www.spacex.com/falcon9) SpaceX Falcon Heavy Page (https://www.spacex.com/falcon-heavy) See the Evolution of SpaceX's Rockets in Pictures- Space.com (https://www.space.com/40547-spacex-rocket-evolution.html) NASA COTS (https://www.nasa.gov/content/cots-commercial-partners) I found this SpaceX 10 years in review page after recording the decade in review episode. The difference in capabilities and scale of rocket production is astonishing. https://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/09/spacex-10-years-review 1 NASA's Astronaut Corps NASA Astronauts (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts) *The 2020s * Artemis (https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/) Rise of the Super Heavies SpaceX Starship (https://www.spacex.com/starship) NASA's SLS (https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html) New Armstrong is still years out, but here's some information on Blue Origin's next rocket, New Glenn. Blue Origin- New Glenn (https://www.blueorigin.com/new-glenn/) JWST (https://www.jwst.nasa.gov) Europa Clipper (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/europa-clipper/) space, space podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, mars exploration rovers, space podcasts, spacex podcast, spacex podcasts, space history podcast, space podcasts, artemis, SLS, starship, spacex starship, falcon 9, falcon heavy, falcon heavy rocket, spacex rockets, elon musk, gywnne shotwell, 2010 decade in review, sts-135, space shuttle podcast, space shuttle history, exoplanets podcast, exoplanets, kepler space telescope, kepler mission, cassini podcast, cassini mission, nasa cassini, spacex dragon, chang'e 4, ESA rosetta, ESA podcast, Mars orbiter mission, india mom mission, New Horizons podcast, new horizons nasa, pluto podcast, pluto, nasa pluto, commercial spaceflight, commercial spaceflight podcast, nasa commercial crew podcast, commercial crew space, NASA's astronauts, nasa astronauts podcast, nasa astronaut, nasa astronauts, astronauts, astronaut, space exploration, Sadly, I have lost the script for my top ten space movies episode, so I'm going to do an abbreviated episode just counting down my favorites. Sorry about that. :(

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!

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*#10 STS-135 The end of the Shuttle Era
*
STS-135 Mission Page

STS-135: The Final Voyage

*#9 Exoplanets and Kepler
*
Kepler's Legacy

"Super-Puffs"
'Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations

*#8 Cassini
*
Cassini- Mission Overview

Cassini- The Grand Finale

Huygens Lander

*#7 Dragon
*
SpaceX COTS Demonstration Flight 1

SpaceX First Dragon Reflight

COTS- NASA page

*#6 International Spaceflight
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China's Chang'e 4 Mission

ESA Rosetta Mission

India's Mars Orbiter Mission- Mangalyaan

*#5 Mars Exploration Rovers
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers

Mars Exploration Rovers- Planetary.org

Historical Log- Mars Missions- NASA.gov

*#4 New Horizons
*
New Horizons Mission Page

Pluto's Heart

*#3 Commercial Spaceflight and Shotwell's Decade
*

"This may be a transcendent year for SpaceX" Ars Technica

Gwynne Shotwell- CNN Profile

"William Gerstenmaier joins SpaceX, and that’s a really big deal" Ars Technica

2 Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and the Rise of Reusable Launch Vehicles

SpaceX Falcon 9 Page

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Page

See the Evolution of SpaceX's Rockets in Pictures- Space.com

NASA COTS

I found this SpaceX 10 years in review page after recording the decade in review episode. The difference in capabilities and scale of rocket production is astonishing.

https://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/09/spacex-10-years-review

1 NASA's Astronaut Corps

NASA Astronauts

*The 2020s
*

  1. Artemis

  2. Rise of the Super Heavies
    SpaceX Starship

NASA's SLS

New Armstrong is still years out, but here's some information on Blue Origin's next rocket, New Glenn.
Blue Origin- New Glenn

  1. JWST

  2. Europa Clipper

]]> Sadly, I have lost the script for my top ten space movies episode, so I'm going to do an abbreviated episode just counting down my favorites. Sorry about that. :(

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

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Episode Links:

*#10 STS-135 The end of the Shuttle Era
*
STS-135 Mission Page

STS-135: The Final Voyage

*#9 Exoplanets and Kepler
*
Kepler's Legacy

"Super-Puffs"
'Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations

*#8 Cassini
*
Cassini- Mission Overview

Cassini- The Grand Finale

Huygens Lander

*#7 Dragon
*
SpaceX COTS Demonstration Flight 1

SpaceX First Dragon Reflight

COTS- NASA page

*#6 International Spaceflight
*
China's Chang'e 4 Mission

ESA Rosetta Mission

India's Mars Orbiter Mission- Mangalyaan

*#5 Mars Exploration Rovers
*
NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers

Mars Exploration Rovers- Planetary.org

Historical Log- Mars Missions- NASA.gov

*#4 New Horizons
*
New Horizons Mission Page

Pluto's Heart

*#3 Commercial Spaceflight and Shotwell's Decade
*

"This may be a transcendent year for SpaceX" Ars Technica

Gwynne Shotwell- CNN Profile

"William Gerstenmaier joins SpaceX, and that’s a really big deal" Ars Technica

2 Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and the Rise of Reusable Launch Vehicles

SpaceX Falcon 9 Page

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Page

See the Evolution of SpaceX's Rockets in Pictures- Space.com

NASA COTS

I found this SpaceX 10 years in review page after recording the decade in review episode. The difference in capabilities and scale of rocket production is astonishing.

https://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/09/spacex-10-years-review

1 NASA's Astronaut Corps

NASA Astronauts

*The 2020s
*

  1. Artemis

  2. Rise of the Super Heavies
    SpaceX Starship

NASA's SLS

New Armstrong is still years out, but here's some information on Blue Origin's next rocket, New Glenn.
Blue Origin- New Glenn

  1. JWST

  2. Europa Clipper

]]> Episode 406: The Week in Space History- December 30th to January 5th https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/406 1f8e3639-7b69-4744-97ef-871684681b42 Wed, 01 Jan 2020 21:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 406 The Week in Space History- December 30th to January 5th full 3 John Mulnix Happy New Year! This week we head out past Pluto, then return home for some Space Shuttle policy history. 19:55 no Happy New Year! This week we head out past Pluto, then return home for some Space Shuttle policy history. My top ten space movies episode is still coming, I've decided to watch some of these movies again so I can properly rank them. I also have a decade in review episode coming soon, it's going to be a retrospective of the big events of the 2010's and a look forward to what I'm excited for in the 2020's. 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) Episode Links: Ultima Thule- New Horizons (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-spacecraft-returns-its-sharpest-views-of-ultima-thule) Luna 1- NASA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-012A) Luna 2- The Space Shot Episode 122 (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/122) Mars Polar Lander (https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/polar-lander/) Spirit Rover- NASA (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-exploration-rover-spirit-mer-spirit/) A Martian Sunset (nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_481.html) The Kepler mission may have ended last year, but the data gathered by this spacecraft is still being studied by astronomers. Check out the Kepler website. Kepler and K2 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html) Statements from President Nixon and Administrator Fletcher on the Space Shuttle (https://history.nasa.gov/stsnixon.htm) nixon podcast, nixon and nasa, dr fletcher, nasa administrator podcast, space policy podcast, space policy, space history podcast, space podcast, nasa history podcast, nasa history, nasa podcast, history podcast, luna 2 podcast, luna 2, luna 1, ultima thule podcast, new horizons podcast, mars podcast, mars mission podcast, spirit podcast, spirit rover, spirit and opportunity, spirit and opportunity rovers, mars rovers, mars rovers podcast, Happy New Year! This week we head out past Pluto, then return home for some Space Shuttle policy history.

My top ten space movies episode is still coming, I've decided to watch some of these movies again so I can properly rank them. I also have a decade in review episode coming soon, it's going to be a retrospective of the big events of the 2010's and a look forward to what I'm excited for in the 2020's.

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.

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Episode Links:

Ultima Thule- New Horizons

Luna 1- NASA

Luna 2- The Space Shot Episode 122

Mars Polar Lander

Spirit Rover- NASA

[A Martian Sunset](nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_481.html)

The Kepler mission may have ended last year, but the data gathered by this spacecraft is still being studied by astronomers. Check out the Kepler website.
Kepler and K2

Statements from President Nixon and Administrator Fletcher on the Space Shuttle

]]> Happy New Year! This week we head out past Pluto, then return home for some Space Shuttle policy history.

My top ten space movies episode is still coming, I've decided to watch some of these movies again so I can properly rank them. I also have a decade in review episode coming soon, it's going to be a retrospective of the big events of the 2010's and a look forward to what I'm excited for in the 2020's.

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.

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Episode Links:

Ultima Thule- New Horizons

Luna 1- NASA

Luna 2- The Space Shot Episode 122

Mars Polar Lander

Spirit Rover- NASA

[A Martian Sunset](nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_481.html)

The Kepler mission may have ended last year, but the data gathered by this spacecraft is still being studied by astronomers. Check out the Kepler website.
Kepler and K2

Statements from President Nixon and Administrator Fletcher on the Space Shuttle

]]> Episode 235: Catching up With Spirit https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/235 05d8e74f-6541-46d9-87a0-89bd279f304a Thu, 04 Jan 2018 09:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 235 Catching up With Spirit full 1 John Mulnix It has been a crazy past few days of podcasting. Tomorrow I'm sharing the latest episode of The Cosmosphere Podcast, so make sure you subscribe and pass along the information to your friends. 5:15 no It has been a crazy past few days of podcasting. Tomorrow I'm sharing the latest episode of The Cosmosphere Podcast, so make sure you subscribe and pass along the information to your friends. 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: Spirit Mission Page (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2003-027A) Martian Dust Devil Gif (https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07253) Spirit Images Page (https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/Spirit?subselect=Instrument%3ANavigation+Camera%3A) Sunset on Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_347.html) NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Discovers Its First Five Exoplanets (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-5-exoplanets.html) Transit Photometry A Method for Finding Earths- Planetary.org (http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/exoplanets/transit-photometry.html) exoplanets, hot jupiter, hot jupiters, kepler, kepler space telescope, mars, mars exploration, mars exploration rover, mars geology, mer, opportunity, spirit, spirit rover, transit, transit method, transit photometry It has been a crazy past few days of podcasting. Tomorrow I'm sharing the latest episode of The Cosmosphere Podcast, so make sure you subscribe and pass along the information to your friends.

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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Spirit Mission Page

Martian Dust Devil Gif

Spirit Images Page

Sunset on Mars

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Discovers Its First Five Exoplanets

Transit Photometry
A Method for Finding Earths- Planetary.org

]]> It has been a crazy past few days of podcasting. Tomorrow I'm sharing the latest episode of The Cosmosphere Podcast, so make sure you subscribe and pass along the information to your friends.

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.

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Spirit Mission Page

Martian Dust Devil Gif

Spirit Images Page

Sunset on Mars

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Discovers Its First Five Exoplanets

Transit Photometry
A Method for Finding Earths- Planetary.org

]]> Episode 27: The Spirit of Rovers Past https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/27 4cf20ee3-0816-4fd7-9ecc-db26c246f5fd Sat, 10 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 27 The Spirit of Rovers Past full 1 John Mulnix The Spirit rover launched on this day in 2003. Today we've got some background and an overview of Spirit's mission. Subscribe and share with your friends and family today! 5:02 no Episode Links: Mars Exploration Rover- NASA PDF (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/mars03rovers.pdf) Mars Sunset (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarsSunset.jpg) Challenges of Getting to Mars (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=531) Spirit and Opportunity NASA Website (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/index.html) Mars Exploration Rovers Computers (https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/technology/bb_avionics.html) Mars Mission Log (https://mars.nasa.gov/programmissions/missions/log/) Spirit Rover Rendering (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/web/mer.jpg) explorer, jpl, mars, mars rovers, martian, moon, nasa, opportunity, spirit, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

Mars Exploration Rover- NASA PDF
Mars Sunset
Challenges of Getting to Mars
Spirit and Opportunity NASA Website
Mars Exploration Rovers Computers
Mars Mission Log

Spirit Rover Rendering

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Mars Exploration Rover- NASA PDF
Mars Sunset
Challenges of Getting to Mars
Spirit and Opportunity NASA Website
Mars Exploration Rovers Computers
Mars Mission Log

Spirit Rover Rendering

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