The Space Above Us

@thespaceabove.us

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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

A black and white photo of Robert Goddard standing next to his liquid fueled rocket.
The crew of STS-107 poses in the white room just outside Space Shuttle Columbia.
A photo of the crew of STS-51L.
Photo of the Apollo 1 crew in their flight suits, standing near the launchpad.
Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko floating inside the cavernous Multi-Purpose Logistics Module on STS-102.
The crew of Expedition 1: Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, and Sergei Krikalev, pose for a photo before launch. They are wearing white and blue Sokol launch and entry suits.
Expedition 1 crew members Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, and Sergei Krikalev put their hands together in a "go team" display before their launch into orbit.
A page full of hand-written calculations converting Keplerian elements into inertial position and velocity vectors.
The screenshot shows two columns of text: the episode subject, and the "Location" field that was on Twitter while that episode was the latest. Below is the same text, with a colon separating the columns: STS-83 : Anxiously watching FC2's CPM STS-84 : Not shaking hands in doorways NASA-5 Pt1 : Approaching Spektr at 3m/s NASA-5 Pt2 : Slicing through insulation STS-94 : Experiencing deja vu on STS-94 STS-85 : Grooving to the Astroboy theme STS-86 : Getting grilled by Congress NASA-6 Pt1 : Crawling behind Mir's panels NASA-6 Pt2 : Stuck in Kvant-2's Airlock STS-87 : Chasing AERCam around the PLB STS-89 : Admiring the fish in CEBAS NASA-7 : Breaking wrenches on Mir STS-90 : Spinning round the Crazy Chair Dad : Not forcing it STS-91 : Bending around AMS-01's magnet Phase One Retro : Looking for my free taco STS-95 : Zero G and I still feel fine STS-88 : Hidden from view behind Node 1 STS-96 : Flying with cargo bags in PMA2 STS-93 : Dodging golden bullets STS-103 : Carrying high smack over Texas STS-99 : 60 meters from Endeavour STS-101 : Waiting for GOES-L Dr. Kim Broadwell : Floating on a KC-135 STS-106 : Translating up Zvezda STS-92 : Attached to Unity's zenith CBM STS-97 : Scared of heights on P6 STS-98 : Crashing into the robot arm
An intentionally over-saturated and over-contrasted photo of the first ever Falcon Heavy launch, clearly showing how the center core was intentionally throttled down compared to the side cores.
A vector diagram from an orbital mechanics homework assignment.