Episode – 1993 : Europa Podcast Transcript Located around the orbit of Jupiter is the moon Europa. It is the smallest of the Gallelian moons and the second closest to […]
Episode – 1894 : The Never Ending Voyager Missions
Episode – 1894 : The Never Ending Voyager Missions Podcast Transcript In 1977, NASA took advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime alignment of the planets to send two probes to the outermost […]
Episode – 1469 : The Apollo 1 Disaster
Episode – 1469 : The Apollo 1 Disaster Podcast Transcript In the early 1960s, the United States was always a step behind the Soviet Union in the space race. By […]
Episode – 0960 : Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
Episode – 0960 : Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Podcast Transcript On January 28, 1986, an event occurred that would be remembered by almost everyone alive at the time. Seventy-three seconds […]
Episode – 0897 : NASA’s Human Computers
Episode – 0897 : NASA’s Human Computers Podcast Transcript Today computers are ubiquitous. You are listening to this podcast right now on some sort of computing device. However, before computers […]
Episode – 0891 : Apollo 13
Episode – 0891 : Apollo 13 Podcast Transcript On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the third mission to land on the moon. It […]
Episode – 0878 : The Space Shuttle
Episode – 0878 : The Space Shuttle Podcast Transcript Soon after the start of the space race, a major problem with space flight became obvious: it was really expensive. The […]
Episode – 0784 : The Artemis Program
Episode – 0784 : The Artemis Program Podcast Transcript On December 14, 1972, the last human beings left the moon’s surface. In the half-century that has passed, we have never […]
Episode – 0776 : Gemini 3 and The World’s Most Controversial Corned Beef Sandwich
Episode – 0776 : Gemini 3 and The World’s Most Controversial Corned Beef Sandwich Podcast Transcript The quest to conquer space had many problems and many unknowns that had to […]
Episode – 0770 : The History of NASA
Episode – 0770 : The History of NASA Podcast Transcript In 1958 the United States government created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA. NASA has achieved some of […]
Episode – 0654 : Apollo 18, 19, and 20
Episode – 0654 : Apollo 18, 19, and 20 Podcast Transcript In the 1960s, billions of dollars were spent and 100,000s of people worked to land a human on the […]
Episode – 0245 : The Mercury 13
Episode – 0245 : The Mercury 13 Transcript In the late 1950s, NASA recruited military test pilots to become the very first American Astronauts. They underwent an extensive battery of […]
Episode – 0185 : The Golden Record
Episode – 0185 : The Golden Record Transcript In the 1970s NASA embarked on a mission it had never attempted before. Due to a fortunate alignment of planets, they were […]
Episode – 0116 : Last Man on the Moon
Episode – 0116 : Last Man on the Moon Most things in life tend to reach their zenith near their conclusion. The Apollo program reached its zenith right at the […]
Episode – 0038 : Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
Episode – 0038 : Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Transcript Have you ever been told to follow the chain of command or else? In most organizations with a hierarchy or with a […]
Episode – 0023 : Neil Armstrong’s First Time in Space
Episode – 0023 : Neil Armstrong’s First Time in Space Transcript Everyone knows who Neil Armstrong is and why he is famous. Being the first person to set foot on […]