The Space Shot

Episode Links: Ranger Mission Links- Ranger 7- NASA Ranger 7 Mission Page Surveyor 1 Empire State Building Crash- B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building in 1945 On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th NASA Aviation Safety and Technology- NASA Office of Safety & Mission Assurance NASA One Hundred Years of Powered Flight Synthetic Vision Changes Pilot Views A Clear View for Pilots For...

Episode Links: NASA Press Release- Statement on Foam Shedding From External Tank STS-114 Status Report #03 STS-114 NASA Mission Archives NASA to Ground Shuttles Again Flightglobal Archive- Comet Historical Article May We Never Forget the First Jet Airliner, The De Havilland Comet Royal Air Force- Nimrod MR2

Episode Links: STS-114 Video Highlights- National Space Society STS-114 Return To Flight- NASA Webpage NASA Apollo 15 Mission Page Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal Syncom 2- NASA Satellite Information Page The Expanse Series- Amazon.com The Expanse- SyFy.com

Episode Links: Mars 5 Mars 5- Mission Monographs Caption of JPL Viking Press Release P-17384 Unmasking the Face on Mars Roscosmos- The History of Spcae Development. Svetlana Savitskaya

Episode Links: The Ninety-Nines Amelia Earhart- NASA.gov Will the Search for Amelia Earhart Ever End?- Smithsonian.com Winglets- Dryden Flight Research Center Apollo 11 Comes Home

Episode Links: Timelapse- Google Earth Engine NASA- STS-93 Deploys Chandra X-Ray Observatory Chandra Top 10 Facts NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory Homepage Eileen Collins- NASA Biography NASA Administrator Bridenstine? His name’s in the mix for Trump’s space team (PDF) NASA 2017 Budget Estimates Landsat 1 NASA Mission Page

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 Star Trek:...

Episode Links: On Atlantis’ anniversary, USA’s future space fleet closing in on maiden flights- Chris Bergin NASA SpaceFlight.com 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 f...

Episode Links: Apollo 11 Mission Overview Apollo 11 Mission Report 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 Apollo 11 Flight Plan 1202- Apollo 11 Program Alarms Apollo 11 Pictures- NASA Flickr Archive.org NASA Audio from Apollo 11 NASA Historical Audio Archiv...

Episode Links: NASA Biography- Joseph A. Walker 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 NASA Biography- Neal Armstrong

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 Gemini X Mission Report Gemini X Time Lapse Gemini 10 Mission Profile

Episode Links: NASA- Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer President Ford Calls Apollo-Soyuz Crew The Apollo-Soyuz Mission SpaceX CRS-9 Dragon Mission- Press Kit CRS-9 Hosted Webcast (Starts at T- 10 seconds)

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

Episode Links: Pioneer Mission Home Page- NASA Pioneer 10 Archived Mission Page The Pioneer Missions Dawn- NASA JPL Website NASA JPL Electric Propulsion Website The Prius of Space Apollo Soyuz Test Project- Archived NASA Website Thomas P Stafford- Johnson Space Center Oral History 1997 Welcome to Houston- The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Episode Links: New Horizons- NASA Mission Page New Mysteries Surround New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target New Horizons Returns Last Bits of 2015 Flyby Data to Earth New Horizons Data Collection New Horizons Current Position New Horizons Returns First of the Best Images of Pluto Pluto Fact Sheet

Episode Links: NASA’s TDRS-M Space Communications Satellite Begins Final Testing Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Fleet Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission- Highlights Falcon 1- Flight 5

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

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

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-space...

Episode Links: Starfish Prime- CTBTO Website Starfish Prime Video United States High-Altitude Test Experiences- Los Alamos Monograph A "Quick Look" at the Technical Results of Starfish Prime Operation Dominic Test Sites- Google Maps USS Agerholm (DD-826) USS Agerholm Nuclear Test Operation Dominic- nuclearweaponarchive.org Tron- Disney.com Tron- Light Cycle Battle

Episode Links: STS-135 NASA Mission Information STS-135 The Final Voyage STS-65 NASA Mission Information STS-65 Press Release STS-65 Experiments

Episode Links: Wreckage in the Desert Was Odd but Not Alien Project Gutenberg- ROSWELL UFO INCIDENT Roswell UFO Festival The Internet Archive- Robert A. Heinlein X-Files Theme Song

Episode Links: Jetsons: The Movie 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? Whitehouse.gov- Presidential Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council Remarks by the President Signing an Executive Order on the National Spa...

Episode Links: JFK Rice University Speech JFK Urgent National Needs President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech President Obama's April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century President Obama Speech Transcript NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center Trump Executive Order on R...

Episode Links: STS-121 NASA Mission Information Page NASA Mars Pathfinder Website (old school page) Mars Pathfinder- Introduction to the Microrover JPL Press Release- NASA Renames Mars Lander in Honor of Late Carl Sagan STS-4 Landing Anniversary Pictures Astronauts Mattingly and Hartsfield appear with President Reagan and the First Lady President Reagan's Remarks at Edwards Air Force Base STS-4 Mi...