The Space Above Us

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**The Space Above Us**

A podcast about the history of NASA human spaceflight. New episodes every other Thursday. (ish)

Latest Episodes:

071 - STS-4 Dec 13, 2018

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Ken Mattingly and Hank Hartsfield were apparently born in a barn, because they can't get the door closed!

070 - STS-3 Nov 29, 2018

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Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton fly Columbia on its third mission, carrying a whole bunch of shuttle-inspecting experiments with them.

069 - STS-2 Nov 15, 2018

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Joe Engle and Dick Truly are ready to take Columbia for a ride and usher in the era of reusable spacecraft.

068 - STS-1 Nov 01, 2018

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John Young and Bob Crippen strap in and fly Columbia on its first mission. But how will mission control deal with missing tiles on the heat shield?

067 - The Road to STS-1 Oct 18, 2018

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This week we discuss three of the biggest challenges to getting the space shuttle off the ground: the engines, the computers, and the tiles. Oh, and we meet 54 new friends.

066 - Approach and Landing Tests Oct 04, 2018

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The Space Shuttle would be NASA's first spacecraft to land on a runway. So it's probably a good idea to make sure it's up to the task.

065 - Space Shuttle Orbiter Sep 20, 2018

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With our tour of the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters complete, it's time to take a look at what they're getting into orbit: the Space Shuttle Orbiter.

064 - Shuttle ET and SRBs Sep 06, 2018

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Now that the Space Shuttle has been approved, it's time to figure out what the vehicle will actually look like. With that in mind, we take a close look at the two major support players of the STS: the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters.

063 - Origins of the Space Shuttle Aug 23, 2018

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As Apollo hit its stride, NASA was trying to figure out what it was going to do next. The answer requires a significant amount of historical context, so let's see if we can provide it as we try to answer the question: where did the Space Shuttle come from?

062 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Aug 09, 2018

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Tom Stafford, Vance Brand, and Deke Slayton (yes, Deke Slayton) take the last Apollo CSM up to meet with some new friends from out of town.

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