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After nearly six months, we are back, rebranded once more. This is now Nerds Explaining Stuff, the podcast that covers everything from astrophysics, to the lore of Minecraft, to how the NFL came to be. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/support

49 years ago, Mariner 1 reached the red planet, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a non-earth planet, today in spaceflight history. If you want to join our live launch commentary of USCV-1, join our discord server here: https://discord.gg/zW6zjM7R7k --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/support

40 years ago, the Voyager one space craft conducted its closest flyby with the planet Saturn and its moon, Titan, today, in spaceflight history --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/support

54 years ago, Gemini 12 launched carrying astronauts Buzz Aldrin and John Lovell to orbit, today in spaceflight history --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/support

Barry Sanders does great things in the NFL, today in nfl history --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/support

The old games that sparked a revolution, today in gaming history --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/support

53 years ago, the powerful Saturn V rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center's LC-39 for the first time, today in spaceflight history. Be sure to join the TiH discord here: https://discord.gg/zW6zjM7R7k --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/support

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3’s release shook the world, today, in gaming history --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/support

50 years ago today, the Pioneer 2 spacecraft prepared to launch to the moon. Learn what happened, Today in spaceflight History --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nes-pod/support