The Space Above Us
JP Burke
A podcast about the history of NASA human spaceflight. New episodes every other Thursday. (ish)
Episodes
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Sep 8, 2016 • 25min
012 - Project Gemini Introduction
Project Gemini was America's second major manned spaceflight program and will take this podcast clear into 2017. Come learn the basics about Project Gemini before we launch into detailed looks at each mission.
Aug 25, 2016 • 13min
011 - X-15 Flight 91
We follow the X-15 on one more parabolic arc through space and learn more about the pilots who flew it and some of the amazing results of the program.
Aug 11, 2016 • 18min
010 - X-15 Flight 90
High above the United States desert, the X-15 becomes America's second manned spacecraft and Joe Walker becomes the 7th American to fly in space.
Jul 28, 2016 • 33min
009 - Project Mercury Wrap-up and To the Moon
We revisit Project Mercury while trying to put it into a larger context and examine President Kennedy's decision to send us to the Moon.
Jul 14, 2016 • 21min
008 - Faith 7
Gordon Cooper becomes the first astronaut to spend a full day in space and brings a successful conclusion to Project Mercury.
Jun 30, 2016 • 23min
007 - Sigma 7
Wally Schirra and Sigma 7 show us how it's done and pave the way for the one day mission.
Jun 16, 2016 • 25min
006 - Aurora 7
Science moves to the forefront and Scott Carpenter moves several hundred miles past the landing zone on Aurora 7.
Jun 2, 2016 • 35min
005 - Friendship 7
John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth and has a close call with a potential heat shield problem.
May 19, 2016 • 18min
Supplemental 2 - Liberty Bell 7 Mission Audio
The complete air to ground transmissions of Mercury-Redstone 4: the flight of Liberty Bell 7.
May 19, 2016 • 20min
004 - Liberty Bell 7
Gus Grissom flies the second and final suborbital flight of Project Mercury.
