web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:09:10 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Telstar” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/telstar Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:00:00 -0600 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 276: NEAR Shoemaker, Voyager 1, Solar Max, and Sky-Brasil 1 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/276 6447cdef-7c5b-43e8-8137-f0d96710e19b Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 276 NEAR Shoemaker, Voyager 1, Solar Max, and Sky-Brasil 1 full 1 John Mulnix Happy Valentine's Day! Thank you for making me part of your daily routine! Now, on with the podcast! 6:28 no Happy Valentine's Day! Thank you for making me part of your daily routine! Now, on with 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! If you have questions, send them to @johnmulnix on Twitter or Instagram. I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that! 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) 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: NEAR Shoemaker- NASA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1996-008A) Eugene Shoemaker Ahes Carried on Lunar Prospector (https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/news82.html) Voyager- NASA (https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/) The Solar Maximum Mission (https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SMM.shtml) A Pale Blue Dot- Planetary.org (http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/earth/pale-blue-dot.html) Ariane 5 launches SKY Brasil-1 and Telkom-3S satellites- NASASpaceflight.com (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/02/ariane-5-sky-brasil-1-telkom-3s-passengers/) Falcon 9 static fires at Vandenberg ahead of Paz + Starlink launch (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/falcon-9-static-fire-vandenberg-paz-starlink/) Spaceflight Now Launch Schedule (https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/) ariane 5, asteroid, challenger, directv, falcon 9, near shoemaker, pale blue dot, shoemaker, solar max, space shuttle, spacex, spacex internet, starlink, telstar, the dream is alive, voyager 1, space podcast, space podcasts, Happy Valentine's Day! Thank you for making me part of your daily routine! Now, on with the podcast!

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Episode Links:

NEAR Shoemaker- NASA

Eugene Shoemaker Ahes Carried on Lunar Prospector

Voyager- NASA

The Solar Maximum Mission

A Pale Blue Dot- Planetary.org

Ariane 5 launches SKY Brasil-1 and Telkom-3S satellites- NASASpaceflight.com

Falcon 9 static fires at Vandenberg ahead of Paz + Starlink launch

Spaceflight Now Launch Schedule

]]> Happy Valentine's Day! Thank you for making me part of your daily routine! Now, on with 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!

If you have questions, send them to @johnmulnix on Twitter or Instagram. I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that!

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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:

NEAR Shoemaker- NASA

Eugene Shoemaker Ahes Carried on Lunar Prospector

Voyager- NASA

The Solar Maximum Mission

A Pale Blue Dot- Planetary.org

Ariane 5 launches SKY Brasil-1 and Telkom-3S satellites- NASASpaceflight.com

Falcon 9 static fires at Vandenberg ahead of Paz + Starlink launch

Spaceflight Now Launch Schedule

]]> Episode 213: Relay 1, Pioneer 8, and Terrible Trek https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/213 78c06de9-88d8-4618-9565-f23c9653e6e9 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 03:30:00 -0600 John Mulnix 213 Relay 1, Pioneer 8, and Terrible Trek full 1 John Mulnix Happy Wednesday! SpaceX launch update, some quick history hits, and a little pop culture. Check out today's episode! 6:56 no Launch Scrub Haiku: A scrub must be cleaned before the Falcon can soar two more days, liftoff. If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks! 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: Relay 1 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1962-068A) The Relay Program- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/missions/relay.html) Telstar- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/telstar.html) Pioneer 8 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1967-123A) Pioneer 8 In Depth (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/pioneer_08/indepth) Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek Movie Will Be R-Rated- Nerdist.com (https://nerdist.com/quentin-tarantino-star-trek-r-rated-j-j-abrams/) communications, communications satellite, heliocentric, launch update, pioneer, relay, satellites, spacex, star trek, star trek movie, tarantino, telstar, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, Launch Scrub Haiku:
A scrub must be cleaned
before the Falcon can soar
two more days, liftoff.

If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks!

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Episode Links:

Relay 1

The Relay Program- NASA

Telstar- NASA

Pioneer 8

Pioneer 8 In Depth

Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek Movie Will Be R-Rated- Nerdist.com

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A scrub must be cleaned
before the Falcon can soar
two more days, liftoff.

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Episode Links:

Relay 1

The Relay Program- NASA

Telstar- NASA

Pioneer 8

Pioneer 8 In Depth

Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek Movie Will Be R-Rated- Nerdist.com

]]> Episode 59: Inflatable Space Stations & Telstar Part Three https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/59 66c96a05-72e8-4214-8037-e8a1835d1e5c Wed, 12 Jul 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 59 Inflatable Space Stations & Telstar Part Three full 1 John Mulnix The last of a three-part Telstar episode series, plus inflatable space stations. I've got some cool audio of President Kennedy in this episode, subscribe and download today! 7:46 no Episode Links: Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962 (http://ethw.org/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962) Telstar, A History (http://www.smecc.org/john_pierce1.htm) John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories (http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/98/) AT&T Archives- Telstar! (https://youtu.be/uKH-GijnAGk) First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite (https://youtu.be/0IX7vC4Ts_A?t=16m41s) Genesis 1- The Internet Archive- Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/web/20160629093633/http://bigelowaerospace.com/genesis) STS-104 NASA Mission Summary (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-104/mission-sts-104.html) apollo, beam, bigelow aerospace, gemini, genesis 1, iss, mercury, project apollo, project gemini, project mercury, shuttle, space, space habitat, space habitats, space shot, space shuttle, telstar, the space shot, apollo 50 podcast, apollo podcast, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite

Genesis 1- The Internet Archive- Wayback Machine

STS-104 NASA Mission Summary

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Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite

Genesis 1- The Internet Archive- Wayback Machine

STS-104 NASA Mission Summary

]]> Episode 58: The Skylab is Falling and Telstar Part Two https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/58 c7db2b31-aac1-4ddf-815f-1806d96c77bc Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 58 The Skylab is Falling and Telstar Part Two full 1 John Mulnix I apologize for the delay in yesterday’s episode, there was an issue with uploading the file but now that it’s resolved, just think of it as a double episode for today ;) 8:13 no Episode Links: Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab (https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/ch19.htm) July 11, 1979: Look Out Below! Here Comes Skylab! (https://www.wired.com/2011/07/0711skylab-reentry-space-junk/) Telstar Satellite's Legacy, 50 Years On (http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/telstar-satellite-s-legacy-50-years-on-1.1294571) IMDB- Christopher Plummer (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001626/) Cry Havoc... To be or not to be... Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (https://youtu.be/fg58hVEY5Og) Phillies at Cubs- YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYCB4coL9aU) baseball, cubs, enterprise, history, klingons, mount rushmore, shakespeare, south dakota, space, space history, star trek, star trek 6, star trek vi, telstar, the federation, the space shot, the undiscovered country, uss enterprise, walter cronkite, wrigley field, space podcast, space history podcast, Episode Links:

Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab
July 11, 1979: Look Out Below! Here Comes Skylab!

Telstar Satellite's Legacy, 50 Years On
IMDB- Christopher Plummer

Cry Havoc... To be or not to be... Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Phillies at Cubs- YouTube

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Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab
July 11, 1979: Look Out Below! Here Comes Skylab!

Telstar Satellite's Legacy, 50 Years On
IMDB- Christopher Plummer

Cry Havoc... To be or not to be... Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Phillies at Cubs- YouTube

]]> Episode 57: Telstar and Juno https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/57 b64b178b-ee59-4ca0-ba33-7e49e57af9d3 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 57 Telstar and Juno full 1 John Mulnix Juno peers into the Great Red Spot and the satellite communications age began on this day in 1962. Subscribe today and follow me on Instagram and Twitter @johnmulnix 6:47 no Episode Links: Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962 (http://ethw.org/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962) Telstar, A History (http://www.smecc.org/john_pierce1.htm) John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories (http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/98/) AT&T Archives- Telstar! (https://youtu.be/uKH-GijnAGk) First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite (https://youtu.be/0IX7vC4Ts_A?t=16m41s) [NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-to-fly-over-jupiters-great-red-spot-july-10 Deep Space Network Now (https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html) AT&T Newsroom- AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network (http://about.att.com/story/att_powers_nasa_deep_space_network.html) at&t, communication satellites, comsat, deep space network, dsn, great red spot, history, jovian, juno, jupiter, nasa, space, space history, space shot, starfish prime, telstar, telstar 1, the space shot, walter cronkite, space history podcast, space podcast, commercial space podcast, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, Episode Links:

Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite

[NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-to-fly-over-jupiters-great-red-spot-july-10
Deep Space Network Now
AT&T Newsroom- AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network

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Engineering and Technology History Wiki- First Transatlantic Television Signal via Satellite, 1962
Telstar, A History
John Robinson Pierce Interview- Caltech Oral Histories
AT&T Archives- Telstar!
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satellite

[NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-to-fly-over-jupiters-great-red-spot-july-10
Deep Space Network Now
AT&T Newsroom- AT&T Powers NASA's Deep Space Network

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