The Space Above Us

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128 - STS-57 Mar 04, 2021

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Space Shuttle Endeavour is here with STS-57, which brings us a little piece of much of what the shuttle program has to offer. Satellite captures, EVAs, technology demonstrations, commercial space stuff, mysterious loud booming noises.. wait, mysterious loud booming noises?

127 - STS-55 Feb 18, 2021

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Germany is back together and back in orbit with their second shuttle flight, the D-2 Spacelab mission. I wonder what sort of science they have in store for us? We also wonder who's squeezing the bag under the middeck.

126 - STS-56 Feb 04, 2021

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ATLAS is back in the payload bay for round two of the ongoing series of Earth observation missions. And TAGS gets some competition!

125 - STS-54 Jan 21, 2021

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TDRS-F needs a ride to orbit, NASA needs more EVA experience, and we all need to figure out what's up with soft x-rays. Good thing Endeavour's on the pad for its third flight!

124 - STS-53 Jan 07, 2021

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STS-53 is here and with it we've got a secret satellite, a fictional hot tub, and a space shuttle full of dogs. I promise that sentence will make sense at the end of the episode.

123 - STS-52 Dec 24, 2020

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Space Shuttle Columbia has a disco ball, a container full of helium, and some cool glowing lights outside. Are we sure this isn't a party?

122 - STS-47 Dec 10, 2020

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What do you get when you mix four frogs, one hundred and eighty hornets, two carp, and a crew of seven astronauts? STS-47, the 50th Space Shuttle mission!

121 - STS-46 Nov 26, 2020

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Space Shuttle Atlantis has 20 kilometers of tether in the backseat.. but does it know how to use it?

120 - STS-50 Nov 12, 2020

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Columbia is hauling the US Microgravity Laboratory for almost two weeks, and Commander Richards wishes his wife left her cell phone on.

119 - STS-49 Oct 29, 2020

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Space Shuttle Endeavour flies for the first time. But if we're going to capture this satellite, we're going to need all hands on deck. Or on payload bay.

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