The Space Above Us
@thespaceabove.us
A NASA human spaceflight history podcast, covering everything from Freedom 7 to STS-135 in chronological order, one mission at a time. New episodes every other Thursday (ish)
More details at the show's website: https://thespaceabove.us
More details at the show's website: https://thespaceabove.us
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New episode! On STS-102 we've got what looks like a pretty simple mission but all sorts of complexities abound. Let's just hope that we don't have to hit that ominous red button on the control stick!
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
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New episode! On STS-102 we've got what looks like a pretty simple mission but all sorts of complexities abound. Let's just hope that we don't have to hit that ominous red button on the control stick!
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New episode! On STS-102 we've got what looks like a pretty simple mission but all sorts of complexities abound. Let's just hope that we don't have to hit that ominous red button on the control stick!
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
New episode! On STS-102 we've got what looks like a pretty simple mission but all sorts of complexities abound. Let's just hope that we don't have to hit that ominous red button on the control stick!
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New episode! On STS-102 we've got what looks like a pretty simple mission but all sorts of complexities abound. Let's just hope that we don't have to hit that ominous red button on the control stick!
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
Show notes with photos, video, links, transcript, etc are here: thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
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I'd like to try to be more active on this account, so here's a fun fact: the PlayStation 2 was released in North America one week before human occupation of the ISS began. If you had asked me the dates, I would have known that, but somehow it feels weird to think about how close in time they are.
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'd like to try to be more active on this account, so here's a fun fact: the PlayStation 2 was released in North America one week before human occupation of the ISS began. If you had asked me the dates, I would have known that, but somehow it feels weird to think about how close in time they are.
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From the makers of the Apollo in Real Time websites comes a new experience with 500 times more data.
ISS in Real Time offers the chance to explore more than 9,000 days of photos, video and audio transmitted during the 25 years of continuous human residency on the International Space Station.
ISS in Real Time offers the chance to explore more than 9,000 days of photos, video and audio transmitted during the 25 years of continuous human residency on the International Space Station.
25 years, one website: 'ISS in Real Time' captures quarter-century on space station
With the milestone just days away, you are likely to hear this week that there has now been a continuous human presence on the International Space Station (ISS) for the past 25 years. But what does th...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
From the makers of the Apollo in Real Time websites comes a new experience with 500 times more data.
ISS in Real Time offers the chance to explore more than 9,000 days of photos, video and audio transmitted during the 25 years of continuous human residency on the International Space Station.
ISS in Real Time offers the chance to explore more than 9,000 days of photos, video and audio transmitted during the 25 years of continuous human residency on the International Space Station.
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New episode! After years of planning and building the early International Space Station, the first long duration crew is here! Let's meet them, get a taste of life aboard the station, and wonder where to get bootleg movies on the streets of Moscow. thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1... #Expedition1
June 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
New episode! After years of planning and building the early International Space Station, the first long duration crew is here! Let's meet them, get a taste of life aboard the station, and wonder where to get bootleg movies on the streets of Moscow. thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1... #Expedition1
New episode! After years of planning and building the early International Space Station, the first long duration crew is here! Let's meet them, get a taste of life aboard the station, and wonder where to get bootleg movies on the streets of Moscow. thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1... #Expedition1
June 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
New episode! After years of planning and building the early International Space Station, the first long duration crew is here! Let's meet them, get a taste of life aboard the station, and wonder where to get bootleg movies on the streets of Moscow. thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1... #Expedition1
Alright, for real this time, the Expedition 1 episode will be going up soon. The plan is to record tomorrow and have it posted by the end of the weekend. So if you wanted to get back up to speed, re-listening to the STS-98 episode wouldn't be the worst idea! thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
May 31, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Alright, for real this time, the Expedition 1 episode will be going up soon. The plan is to record tomorrow and have it posted by the end of the weekend. So if you wanted to get back up to speed, re-listening to the STS-98 episode wouldn't be the worst idea! thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep1...
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#OTD 1969. Apollo 9.
Such is the resolution, once enhanced, the tiny 0.6mm dot on this half-century old film frame reveals the Saturn V 3rd stage (S-IVB) as it is remotely fired into an orbit around the Sun.
McDivitt: ‘It's just like a bright star disappearing into the distance.’
Such is the resolution, once enhanced, the tiny 0.6mm dot on this half-century old film frame reveals the Saturn V 3rd stage (S-IVB) as it is remotely fired into an orbit around the Sun.
McDivitt: ‘It's just like a bright star disappearing into the distance.’
March 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#OTD 1969. Apollo 9.
Such is the resolution, once enhanced, the tiny 0.6mm dot on this half-century old film frame reveals the Saturn V 3rd stage (S-IVB) as it is remotely fired into an orbit around the Sun.
McDivitt: ‘It's just like a bright star disappearing into the distance.’
Such is the resolution, once enhanced, the tiny 0.6mm dot on this half-century old film frame reveals the Saturn V 3rd stage (S-IVB) as it is remotely fired into an orbit around the Sun.
McDivitt: ‘It's just like a bright star disappearing into the distance.’
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📸🎂 The best view in the world turns 15 today: happy birthday Cupola! 🎉
🚀 #OTD in 2010, the European-built module was launched to the International Space Station on the Space Shuttle mission STS-130.
👨🚀 Video by @esa.int project astronaut Marcus Wandt.
🌍 Beautiful views of Earth, 24/7.
🚀 #OTD in 2010, the European-built module was launched to the International Space Station on the Space Shuttle mission STS-130.
👨🚀 Video by @esa.int project astronaut Marcus Wandt.
🌍 Beautiful views of Earth, 24/7.
February 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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He was a worthy adversary. He will be missed.
February 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
He was a worthy adversary. He will be missed.
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#OTD in 1967, NASA lost the crew of Apollo 1 in a fire on the launch pad during a test.
In exploration, risk is a key ingredient for achieving great things.
But so also is diligence, and in even greater measure.
#NeverForget #NASARemembers
In exploration, risk is a key ingredient for achieving great things.
But so also is diligence, and in even greater measure.
#NeverForget #NASARemembers
January 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#OTD in 1967, NASA lost the crew of Apollo 1 in a fire on the launch pad during a test.
In exploration, risk is a key ingredient for achieving great things.
But so also is diligence, and in even greater measure.
#NeverForget #NASARemembers
In exploration, risk is a key ingredient for achieving great things.
But so also is diligence, and in even greater measure.
#NeverForget #NASARemembers
Interesting article about early reconnaissance satellites that collected radio signals to pinpoint Soviet ships: spectrum.ieee.org/reconnaissan...
A Spy Satellite You’ve Never Heard of Helped Win the Cold War
Engineers at the Naval Research Lab launched a spy satellite program called Parcae and revolutionized signals intelligence at the height of the Cold War. The program relied on computers to sift throug...
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January 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Interesting article about early reconnaissance satellites that collected radio signals to pinpoint Soviet ships: spectrum.ieee.org/reconnaissan...
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NASA has designated today as 'Remembrance Day' You can read my thoughts about it here:
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After Ten Years: Enduring Lessons
From the Rogers Commission to reading Dr. Diane Vaughn’s book The Challenger Launch Decision took me 17 years. For all those years I had learned the wrong lesson about the loss of Challenger. The…
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January 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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I found this old #NASA video that describes a typical #Apollo mission profile. Its a no BS, no marketing buzzwords look at what a Apollo mission might look like. I honestly wish such a thing existed for #Artemis. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXY4...
1960’S NASA ANIMATED " APOLLO LUNAR MISSION PROFILE ” OVERVIEW OF MOON MISSION EXPLAINER XD48854
YouTube video by PeriscopeFilm
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January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I found this old #NASA video that describes a typical #Apollo mission profile. Its a no BS, no marketing buzzwords look at what a Apollo mission might look like. I honestly wish such a thing existed for #Artemis. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXY4...
Interesting analysis about the demographics of spacefarers: www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever...
Everyone Who Has Ever Been to Space, Charted
Space traveler demographics have shifted over time
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January 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Interesting analysis about the demographics of spacefarers: www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever...
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Apollo 17 has just gone behind the moon and is about to shoot some 16mm film of what they see. Landing tomorrow.
Follow along live:
apolloinrealtime.org/17/
Follow along live:
apolloinrealtime.org/17/
Apollo 17 in Real Time
A real-time interactive journey through the last landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1972.
apolloinrealtime.org
December 10, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Apollo 17 has just gone behind the moon and is about to shoot some 16mm film of what they see. Landing tomorrow.
Follow along live:
apolloinrealtime.org/17/
Follow along live:
apolloinrealtime.org/17/
Super cool use of InSAR. Too bad STS-59 and STS-68 didn't fly before 1992!
New signatures of underground nuclear tests revealed by satellite radar interferometry
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November 27, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Super cool use of InSAR. Too bad STS-59 and STS-68 didn't fly before 1992!
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Jonathan's Space Report No. 839 published at planet4589.org/jsr.html
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November 18, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Jonathan's Space Report No. 839 published at planet4589.org/jsr.html
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This shot is a week or two old, but I thought you guys might enjoy it. The new methane tank starting its voyage out to California for SLC3. #VulcanRocket
November 16, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This shot is a week or two old, but I thought you guys might enjoy it. The new methane tank starting its voyage out to California for SLC3. #VulcanRocket
Oh, y'know, typical Friday night. (Just a few more weeks..)
November 16, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Oh, y'know, typical Friday night. (Just a few more weeks..)
One thing that didn't survive the migration from Twitter was the "location" field. I'd be surprised if anyone noticed, but for the last two years I updated my "Location" with a tiny joke based on the current episode. Sometimes tough with only 30 characters! So here's the whole list for posterity:
November 14, 2024 at 11:56 PM
One thing that didn't survive the migration from Twitter was the "location" field. I'd be surprised if anyone noticed, but for the last two years I updated my "Location" with a tiny joke based on the current episode. Sometimes tough with only 30 characters! So here's the whole list for posterity: