The Space Above Us

JP Burke
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Oct 5, 2017 • 22min

040 - Apollo 12 (Part 2)

Pete Conrad and Alan Bean head to the surface. There are plenty of science experiments to set up, robots to vandalize, and selfies to.. not take.
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Sep 21, 2017 • 19min

039 - Apollo 12 (Part 1)

Join us as we follow the crew of Apollo 12 into lunar orbit as they prepare to land in the Ocean of Storms. Get your signal conditioning equipment ready because it's going to be a shocking launch!
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Sep 20, 2017 • 29min

Supplemental 4 - Apollo 11 Mission Audio

Listen to some of the actual audio from the Apollo 11 mission. Included is the air to ground audio and flight director loop from the powered descent and landing, as well as about 10 minutes surrounding Armstrong's first step on the surface.
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Sep 7, 2017 • 22min

038 - Apollo 11 (Part 2)

Join Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as they discuss the intense deliberations with mission control, preparations for extravehicular activities, the decision process of who walks on the moon first, Neil Armstrong's monumental descent to the moon's surface, and post-mission procedures including symbolic acts, historic phone calls, and quarantine procedures.
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Aug 24, 2017 • 25min

037 - Apollo 11 (Part 1)

Exploring the crew selection and training of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for Apollo 11, including their intense LLTV training. Delve into the technical challenges and tense moments of the historic lunar landing, such as the 1202 program alarm and the final moments before touchdown.
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Aug 10, 2017 • 20min

036 - How to Land on the Moon

Don your helmet and gloves, clip into the restraint system, and load up Program 63. It's time to learn how to land on the moon in far more detail than you wanted!
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Jul 27, 2017 • 23min

035 - Apollo 10

We is down among 'em on this second journey to the moon. Follow the crew as they fly within spitting distance of the lunar surface.
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Jul 13, 2017 • 21min

034 - Apollo 9

A Gumdrop and a Spider fly into low earth orbit.. no, this isn't the start of a bad joke, it's the start of Apollo 9!
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Jun 29, 2017 • 21min

033 - Apollo 8 (Part 2)

The stage has been set and the time has come. The crew of Apollo 8 are go for TLI. Let's go to the moon!
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Jun 15, 2017 • 22min

032 - Apollo 8 (Part 1)

Apollo 8 was humanity's first time leaving its home planet, and it was just too big to fit into one episode. Join us this week as we learn about the mission's origins, who will be flying it, and how tricky it is to plan a launch window.

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