157 - STS-79 - Blaha to Go (Lucid/Blaha Mir Swap)
Shannon Lucid has been waiting for her ride home and John Blaha is ready to swap in as America's next long duration spacefarer. We'll also fix our SRBs, try to heat up some metal, and enjoy some barbe...
14 Mai 202229min
156 - STS-78 - International Space.. Shuttle (LMS)
On this flight we'll be setting new duration records, studying the muscles of the crew, and waking up to some on-theme music. Let's just hope there's enough fuel to make it to orbit! Show notes: https...
28 Apr 202228min
155 - STS-77 - Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tube Satellite (IAE, PAMS, SPACEHAB)
On STS-77, we've got one of the strangest shuttle payloads I've ever seen, a satellite that's passively stabilized by aerodynamic forces (mostly), a bunch of SPACEHAB experiments, and a blast from the...
9 Apr 202228min
154 - Dan Tani Interview - Astronaut Early Career
Astronaut Dan Tani joins us once again and talks about what the astronaut interview process was like, what day to day life was like before being assigned to a mission, wearing the "astronaut suit", wh...
24 Mar 20221h 22min
153 - NASA-2 - M&Ms and Russian Friends (Lucid on Mir)
Shannon Lucid is ready to become the second American to perform a long duration aboard the Russian space station Mir. All she'll need to do is survive Russian language class, memorize a few bolt names...
10 Mar 202239min
152 - STS-76 - Mirwalking (MEEP, Lucid to Mir)
On STS-76, the space shuttle will finally shuttle someone to space! Plus the first American EVA outside a space station in 22 years, antics in the SPACEHAB tunnel, and thoughts about 1996 web design. ...
19 Feb 202222min
151 - STS-75 - Tethers in Space are a Snap (TSS-1R)
On STS-75 we'll take another try at the Tethered Satellite System. It didn't work so great on STS-46, but with much of the same crew and a little luck, maybe it will go better. Also on this flight, st...
6 Feb 202237min
150 - Galileo at Jupiter
After checking in with it for years, Galileo has finally arrived at Jupiter. For the 150th episode of The Space Above Us, let's find out what the Galileo orbiter and probe did while they were out ther...
23 Jan 202230min
