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The Space Shot

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Episode 70: The Chandra Observatory and Smartphone Maps

The Space Shot ·

2017/07/24

Episode Links: Timelapse- Google Earth Engine (https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/) NASA- STS-93 Deploys Chandra X-Ray Observatory (https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-93/) Chandra Top 10 Facts (http://chandra.harvard.edu/about/top_ten.html) NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory Homepage (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/main/index.html) Eileen Collins- NASA Biography (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/collins.html) NASA Administrator Bridenstine? His name’s in the mix

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Episode 69: Space Dogs and Star Trek

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2017/07/23

Episode Links: Oh, and I forgot to mention that Harcourt "Harry" Mudd makes an appearance in the newest Discovery trailer. He's portrayed by "The Office" actor Rainn Wilson who played Dwight. It will be interesting to see how a minor character from the Original Series gets worked into Star Trek: Discovery. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Casts Rainn Wilson as Original Series Character Harry Mudd (http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/star-trek-discovery-rainn-wilson-harry-mudd-1202019986/) Star Trek:

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6:39

Episode 68: Wheels Stop

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2017/07/22

Episode Links: On Atlantis’ anniversary, USA’s future space fleet closing in on maiden flights- Chris Bergin NASA SpaceFlight.com (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/07/americas-future-space-fleet-maiden-flights/) I didn't mention this in the episode, but I will discuss this in a future episode. The Liberty Bell 7 Capsule was restored by SpaceWorks the restoration team at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. Here's an old CNN.com article from the day the capsule was recovered from the ocean

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Episode 67: That's One Small Step...

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2017/07/21

Episode Links: Apollo 11 Mission Overview (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html) Apollo 11 Mission Report (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11MIssionReport_1971015566.pdf) If you're wondering where I found the coffee related quotes, here is the document. It's definitely worth checking out the spacecraft commentary link. Apollo 11 Spacecraft Commentary (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/AS11_PAO.PDF) Apollo 11 Flight Plan

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Episode 66: The X-15- the First Civilian in Space

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2017/07/20

Episode Links: NASA Biography- Joseph A. Walker (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/Biographies/Pilots/bd-dfrc-p019.html) I will talk more about Walker in a future episode because I want to make sure I can pay tribute to his accomplishments. NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: X-15 Hypersonic Research Program (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-052-DFRC.html) NASA Biography- Neal Armstrong (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html)

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5:36

Episode 65: Gemini X

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2017/07/19

Also, a huge shout out to all of the new listeners from Australia, Latvia, Germany, and Japan. The show is now being listened to in over a dozen countries! Hello and thank you to everyone around the world that's listening! Episode Links: Gemini X Set Records for Rendezvous, Altitude Above Earth (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/gemini-x-set-records-for-rendezvous-altitude-above-earth) Gemini X Mission Report (https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750067644.pdf) Gemini X Time Lapse

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Episode 64: Robert Goddard, Apollo-Soyuz, and SpaceX

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2017/07/18

Episode Links: NASA- Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/history/dr_goddard.html) President Ford Calls Apollo-Soyuz Crew (https://youtu.be/oF9STEG2r9w) The Apollo-Soyuz Mission (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo-soyuz/astp_mission.html) SpaceX CRS-9 Dragon Mission- Press Kit (http://www.spacex.com/press/2016/07/15/press-kit-crs-9-dragon-mission) CRS-9 Hosted Webcast (Starts at T- 10 seconds) (https://youtu.be/ThIdCuSsJh8?t=16m46s)

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Episode 63: Apollo 11- the Launch of the Century

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2017/07/17

Episode Links: Apollo 11 Mission Report- PDF Link (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11MIssionReport_1971015566.pdf) NASA Apollo 11 Crew Training Summaries (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/A11CrewTraining.html) [Lunar Landing Training Vehicle }(https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LLTV-952.html) Unconventional, Contrary, and Ugly: The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-LLRV.html) Apollo 11 Mission Overview

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Episode 62: Pioneer, Apollo-Soyuz, and Dawn

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2017/07/16

Episode Links: Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/pioneer/index.html) Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page (https://web.archive.org/web/20041105100336/spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNhome.html) The Pioneer Missions (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.html) Dawn- NASA JPL Website (https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/) NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website (https://sec353ext.jpl.nasa.gov/ep/) The Prius of Space

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5:39

Episode 61: New Horizons Arrives at Pluto

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2017/07/14

Episode Links: New Horizons- NASA Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html) New Mysteries Surround New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-mysteries-surround-new-horizons-next-flyby-target) New Horizons Returns Last Bits of 2015 Flyby Data to Earth (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-returns-last-bits-of-2015-flyby-data-to-earth) New Horizons Data Collection (http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Mission/Spacecraft/Data-Collection.php) New

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Episode 60: Falcon 1- The Final Countdown

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2017/07/13

Episode Links: NASA’s TDRS-M Space Communications Satellite Begins Final Testing (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-s-tdrs-m-space-communications-satellite-begins-final-testing) Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Fleet (https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/services/networks/txt_tdrs_fleet.html) Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaIDooc8Og) Falcon 1- Flight 5 (http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/12/falcon-1-flight-5)

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Episode 59: Inflatable Space Stations & Telstar Part...

The Space Shot ·

2017/07/13

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

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Episode 58: The Skylab is Falling and Telstar Part Two

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2017/07/12

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

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Episode 57: Telstar and Juno

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2017/07/11

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

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Episode 56: Starfish Prime & Tron

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2017/07/10

Episode Links: Starfish Prime- CTBTO Website (https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/9-july-1962starfish-prime-outer-space) Starfish Prime Video (https://youtu.be/KZoic9vg1fw?t=12m45s) United States High-Altitude Test Experiences- Los Alamos Monograph (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015086460626) A "Quick Look" at the Technical Results of Starfish Prime (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a955411.pdf) Operation Dominic Test Sites- Google Maps

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7:40

Episode 55: All Good Things...

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2017/07/09

Episode Links: STS-135 NASA Mission Information (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) STS-65 NASA Mission Information (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-65.html) STS-65 Press Release (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-65/sts-65-press-kit.txt) STS-65 Experiments

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Episode 54: The Roswell Incident

The Space Shot ·

2017/07/08

Episode Links: Wreckage in the Desert Was Odd but Not Alien (http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/us/wreckage-in-the-desert-was-odd-but-not-alien.html) Project Gutenberg- ROSWELL UFO INCIDENT (http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/Roswell_UFO_incident?View=embedded%27) Roswell UFO Festival (http://www.ufofestivalroswell.com/) The Internet Archive- Robert A. Heinlein (https://web.archive.org/web/20120722084039/http://www.empmuseum.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=938) X-Files Theme Song

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Episode 53: Same Song, Different Administration

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2017/07/07

Episode Links: Jetsons: The Movie (https://youtu.be/-nr_9wDHVZ0) Pence says NASA to reorient towards human spaceflight (http://spacenews.com/pence-says-nasa-to-reorient-towards-human-spaceflight/) Here is a link to a great piece by John Logsdon on the history of the councils in their various forms. Is creating a National Space Council the best choice? (http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3137/1) Whitehouse.gov- Presidential Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council

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Episode 52: We Choose to Talk About Presidential...

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2017/07/06

Episode Links: JFK Rice University Speech (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/MkATdOcdU06X5uNHbmqm1Q.aspx) JFK Urgent National Needs (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx) President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle (https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/stsnixon.htm) Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech (https://youtu.be/Qa7icmqgsow) President Obama's April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century

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Episode 51: A Star-Spangled Launch, Mars Pathfinder,...

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2017/07/05

Episode Links: STS-121 NASA Mission Information Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts121/main/index.html) NASA Mars Pathfinder Website (old school page) (https://mars.nasa.gov/MPF/index0.html) Mars Pathfinder- Introduction to the Microrover (https://mars.nasa.gov/MPF/rovercom/rovintro.html) JPL Press Release- NASA Renames Mars Lander in Honor of Late Carl Sagan (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/97/sagansta.html) STS-4 Landing Anniversary Pictures

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