I'm still fighting a cold, so apologies for sounding pretty rough in today's episode. Still, I've got a daily podcast to run, so on with the podcast!

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Episode Links:

Falcon 9 launch to wait until after Atlas 5 mission- Jeff Foust

Soyuz With Expedition 54 Trio Aboard Returns to Earth- NASA

Discoverer 1- NASA

Now You See It: 25 Years Since the Mysterious Mission of STS-36 (Part 1)

Now You Don't: 25 Years Since the Mysterious Mission of STS-36 (Part 2)

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! Be cool like Elisabeth and score a sweet sticker :D

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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:

Here are some links on the IGY and Vanguard 2.
Vanguard, A History. NASA history monograph

Here's a great article by Roger D. Launius titled "Sputnik and the Origins of the Space Age." It gives some broader background on the IGY and the Cold War.

Sputnik and the Origins of the Space Age- by Roger D. Launius

Asif Siddiqi wrote this article, "Korolev, Sputnik, and The International Geophysical Year" and it complements the piece by Launius that I've linked to above.

Korolev, Sputnik, and The International Geophysical Year- by Asif Siddiqi

The International Geophysical Year

Vanguard 2- NASA

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