The Space Above Us

Latest Episodes:

118 - Space Shuttle Endeavour Oct 15, 2020

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Before diving into the next mission, we take a quick detour to introduce a bunch of spacefarers, including one who will fly twenty-five times. We'll also learn a bit about why the next mission was necessary in the first place.

117 - STS-45 Oct 01, 2020

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Atlantis is getting ready to fire photon torpedoes at Planet Earth! Well.. sort of.

116 - STS-42 Sep 17, 2020

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Space Shuttle Discovery is packed with so much science it's practically bursting at the seams, but don't forget to take some time to look out the window!

115 - STS-44 Sep 03, 2020

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For a simple IUS-based deploy mission, I sure found a lot to say about this mission! We've got nuclear bombs, caterpillar men, pranks, and multiple near-collisions in the air and in space.

114 - STS-48 Aug 20, 2020

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Discovery has the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite in the payload bay, and it's ready to learn all about the stratosphere and mesosphere! This episode was originally going to have a story about the mission commander trying to ski in space but I ran out of time!

113 - STS-43 Aug 06, 2020

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TDRS-E needs a ride to space, John Blaha is in command, and the middeck is full of science experiments.

112 - STS-40 Jul 23, 2020

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It seems like this human spaceflight thing might be here to stay, so we better do some life sciences experiments and learn more about the impact of microgravity on the human body. Also, Space Shuttle Columbia carries more jellyfish into space than it ever has before.

111 - STS-39 Jul 09, 2020

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Discovery has a payload bay full of multi-spectral instruments and is ready to perform an orbital ballet.

110 - STS-37 Jun 25, 2020

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Atlantis has one heavy satellite to deploy, and the EVA crew has to evaluate some strange exercise devices in the payload bay. Sort of.

109 - STS-35 Jun 11, 2020

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Columbia has a tricky time getting off the launchpad, but once it does, it performs some fancy astronomy that can only be done in space!