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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Oct 1, 2020 • 34min
117 - STS-45
Atlantis is getting ready to fire photon torpedoes at Planet Earth! Well.. sort of.
Sep 17, 2020 • 31min
116 - STS-42
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!
Sep 3, 2020 • 35min
115 - STS-44
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.
Aug 20, 2020 • 27min
114 - STS-48
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!
Aug 6, 2020 • 27min
113 - STS-43
TDRS-E needs a ride to space, John Blaha is in command, and the middeck is full of science experiments.
Jul 23, 2020 • 30min
112 - STS-40
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.
Jul 9, 2020 • 32min
111 - STS-39
Discovery has a payload bay full of multi-spectral instruments and is ready to perform an orbital ballet.
Jun 25, 2020 • 31min
110 - STS-37
Atlantis has one heavy satellite to deploy, and the EVA crew has to evaluate some strange exercise devices in the payload bay. Sort of.
Jun 11, 2020 • 27min
109 - STS-35
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!
May 28, 2020 • 24min
108 - STS-38
STS-38 seems to be a run of the mill classified mission at first.. until someone discovers something flashing in GEO.
