The Space Above Us

JP Burke
  • 5.0 (3)
  • HISTORY
  • TWICE-A-MONTH SERIES

A podcast about the history of NASA human spaceflight. New episodes every other Thursday. (ish)

  1. 001 - Introduction

    05/05/2016

    001 - Introduction

    The Space Above Us is a new podcast about the history of NASA human spaceflight.

    17 min
  2. 002 - Before the Rise of Mercury

    05/05/2016

    002 - Before the Rise of Mercury

    A brief look at the buildup to crewed flights in Project Mercury.

    19 min
  3. 003 - Freedom 7

    05/05/2016

    003 - Freedom 7

    Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space as he pilots Freedom 7.

    24 min
  4. Supplemental 1 - Freedom 7 Mission Audio

    05/05/2016

    Supplemental 1 - Freedom 7 Mission Audio

    The complete air to ground transmissions, plus PAO commentary, for the Freedom 7 mission. Thanks to YouTube user lunarmodule5 for the audio. You can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/lunarmodule5

    19 min

  5. 19/05/2016

    004 - Liberty Bell 7

    Gus Grissom flies the second and final suborbital flight of Project Mercury.

    20 min

  6. 19/05/2016

    Supplemental 2 - Liberty Bell 7 Mission Audio

    The complete air to ground transmissions of Mercury-Redstone 4: the flight of Liberty Bell 7.

    18 min

  7. 02/06/2016

    005 - Friendship 7

    John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth and has a close call with a potential heat shield problem.

    35 min

  8. 16/06/2016

    006 - Aurora 7

    Science moves to the forefront and Scott Carpenter moves several hundred miles past the landing zone on Aurora 7.

    25 min
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A podcast about the history of NASA human spaceflight. New episodes every other Thursday. (ish)

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