web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:33:42 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Vanguard” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/vanguard Sat, 17 Mar 2018 09:00:00 -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 307: Irwin, Mattingly, and Vanguard 1 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/307 beab0e03-2133-4e21-aa19-43eb19e4b129 Sat, 17 Mar 2018 09:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 307 Irwin, Mattingly, and Vanguard 1 full 1 John Mulnix We've got some birthdays to celebrate today! Plus, an early mission that sent a satellite into space, that's still in orbit, sixty years later. Don't forget, you can reach me through email, john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) 5:49 no We've got some birthdays to celebrate today! Plus, an early mission that sent a satellite into space, that's still in orbit, sixty years later. Don't forget, you can reach me through email, john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) 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! 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) 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: James Irwin- NASA Biography (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/irwin-jb.html) Thomas Ken Mattingly- NASA Biography (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mattingly-tk.html) Ken Mattingly- NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/MattinglyTK/mattinglytk.htm) When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions- Amazon Video (https://www.amazon.com/Landing-the-Eagle/dp/B001Q4MU2U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521293718&sr=8-1&keywords=when+we+left+earth) Vanguard 1 Mission Page (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1958-002B) This website is rocking some old school web design, but it's got some good information. Geodetic Datum Overview- CU Boulder (https://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/datum/datum_f.html) What is geodesy? NOAA (https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/geodesy.html) Find out more about Geodesy in Episode 275 of The Space Shot (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/275) apollo 13, apollo 15, apollo 16, birthdays, cold war, geodesy, irwin, ken mattingly, mattingly, satellite, vanguard, vanguard 1, space podcast, space podcasts, We've got some birthdays to celebrate today! Plus, an early mission that sent a satellite into space, that's still in orbit, sixty years later. Don't forget, you can reach me through email, john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

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!

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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:

James Irwin- NASA Biography

Thomas Ken Mattingly- NASA Biography

Ken Mattingly- NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions- Amazon Video

Vanguard 1 Mission Page

This website is rocking some old school web design, but it's got some good information.

Geodetic Datum Overview- CU Boulder

What is geodesy? NOAA

Find out more about Geodesy in Episode 275 of The Space Shot

]]> We've got some birthdays to celebrate today! Plus, an early mission that sent a satellite into space, that's still in orbit, sixty years later. Don't forget, you can reach me through email, john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments to this email and I will respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

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!

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

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:

James Irwin- NASA Biography

Thomas Ken Mattingly- NASA Biography

Ken Mattingly- NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions- Amazon Video

Vanguard 1 Mission Page

This website is rocking some old school web design, but it's got some good information.

Geodetic Datum Overview- CU Boulder

What is geodesy? NOAA

Find out more about Geodesy in Episode 275 of The Space Shot

]]> Episode 279: SpaceX Launch Updates, Vanguard 2, and the IGY https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/279 5a36bdd7-d332-4836-becd-bfa49d8120a7 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 21:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 279 SpaceX Launch Updates, Vanguard 2, and the IGY full 1 John Mulnix SpaceX launch updates, Vanguard 2, and the International Geophysical Year. I will cover the IGY in greater detail soon, but for now, check out some of the links below for more information. 5:35 no SpaceX launch updates, Vanguard 2, and the International Geophysical Year. I will cover the IGY in greater detail soon, but for now, check out some of the links below for more information. 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 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) 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 (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/chap13.html) 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 (https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/sputorig.html#american) 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 (https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/siddiqi.html) The International Geophysical Year (http://www.nas.edu/history/igy/) Vanguard 2- NASA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-001A) Falcon 9 static fires at Vandenberg ahead of Paz + Starlink launch (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/falcon-9-static-fire-vandenberg-paz-starlink/) igy, international geophysical year, nasa, nasa history, spacex, spacex launches, vandenberg, vandenberg air force base, vanguard, vanguard 2, space podcast, space podcasts, SpaceX launch updates, Vanguard 2, and the International Geophysical Year. I will cover the IGY in greater detail soon, but for now, check out some of the links below for more information.

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

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

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

]]> SpaceX launch updates, Vanguard 2, and the International Geophysical Year. I will cover the IGY in greater detail soon, but for now, check out some of the links below for more information.

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

You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below.

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

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

]]> Episode 12: JFK- Part 2 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/12 06a23e85-ee5b-4c6c-a207-69bf626faf0e Fri, 26 May 2017 23:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 12 JFK- Part 2 full 1 John Mulnix The second part of three episodes covering President Kennedy's Urgent National Needs speech and the beginning of the Space Race. 7:17 no Episode Links: Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon (http://spacepolicy.net/book-review-john-f-kennedy-and-the-race-to-the-moon/) Operation Paperclip- Rethinking von Braun’s Legacy (http://spacepolicy.net/hello-world/) Kennedy, Before Choosing the Moon: 'I'm Not That Interested in Space' (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/kennedy-before-choosing-the-moon-im-not-that-interested-in-space/262287/) explorer 1, jfk, kennedy, moon, operation paperclip, rockets, space race, sputnik, v-2 rocket, vanguard, space race podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa history podcast, nasa podcast, jfk podcast, space exploration podcast, Episode Links:
Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
Operation Paperclip- Rethinking von Braun’s Legacy
Kennedy, Before Choosing the Moon: 'I'm Not That Interested in Space'

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Book Review- John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
Operation Paperclip- Rethinking von Braun’s Legacy
Kennedy, Before Choosing the Moon: 'I'm Not That Interested in Space'

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