The Space Shot

Episode 411: This Week in Space History- February 10th to the 23rd

Episode  |  February 21st, 2020  |  Season 3  |  24 mins 34 secs

arianespace, chelyabinsk, chelyabinsk meteor, dscovr, dscovr mission, eros, halca mission, halca telescope, near shoemaker spacecraft, solarmax mission, spacex, sts-82, sts-82 hubble, sts-99, vanguard 2, vega rocket, venera 1, venus, voyager 1, voyager spacecraft

Two weeks in one episode, enjoy!

Episode 291: Venusian Missions, a Hubble Servicing Mission, Two SpaceX Launches, and 340 Days in Space

Episode  |  March 1st, 2018  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 29 secs

falcon 9, hubble space telescope, scott kelly, shuttle, space podcast, space podcasts, space shuttle, spacex, venera, venus, venusian, year in space

Episode 274: Venera 1, HALCA, and We’ve Got a Budget Request

Episode  |  February 12th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 28 secs

budget, budget request, falcon heavy, halca, nasa, nasa budget, sls, space budget, space podcast, space podcasts, spacex, venera 1, venus

Episode 113: The USS Shenandoah

Episode  |  September 4th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 10 secs

airships, havoc, history, history podcast, mars, mars airship, mars podcast, nasa, shenandoah, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, stem, stem podcast, the space shot, united states navy, us navy, us navy airships, usn, uss shenandoah, venus, venus airship, wwi

Airships! On Earth, Mars, and Venus. Check out today's episode and be sure to share it with your friends!

Episode 95: Pioneer 7 & Venera 7

Episode  |  August 17th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 45 secs

history, history podcast, jpl, nasa, nasa pioneer, on this day, otd, pioneer 7, planetary geology, planetary science, planets, science, soviet launches, soviet rocket, soviet space, soviet space history, space, space history daily, space history podcast, space launches, space podcast, space shot, stem, the space shot, venera, venera 7, venus

A shorter episode today. Lots to do before traveling for the eclipse this weekend! I will also be at the Kansas Cosmosphere on Saturday, so follow @johnmulnix for live-tweets!

Episode 86: Rocket Launches, Venus, and The Expanse

Episode  |  August 8th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 15 secs

abbadon, abbadons gate, falcon 9, genesis mission, havoc, pioneer, pioneer venus, pioneer venus multiprobe, pop culture, rocket landing, rocket launch, scifi, solar wind, space, space shot, space shuttle, space shuttle columbia, space shuttle endavour, spacex, spacex falcon 9, sts, syfy, syfy expanse, the expanse, the space shot, venus, venusian

No witty title today, but three launches, a planet, and a little content for The Expanse. Subscribe to the show, so you don't miss an episode.

Episode 6: Cry HAVOC

Episode  |  May 20th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 23 secs

havoc, nasa, opa, space, the space shot, venus

Pioneer missions helped scientists map out our solar system in the early years of space exploration. Now NASA scientists are working on more exotic mission proposals than plain old orbiters.

Episode 5: Corned Beef & Venus

Episode  |  May 19th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 56 secs

apollo 10, corned beef, history, snoopy, space, venus

We've entered the coast phase of Apollo 10, so it's time for some background on the Apollo 10 astronauts. In the second part of the episode, I talk about Venus and how the odds of a probe making it to Venus in the early years of spaceflight weren't exactly in your favor.