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The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Every week we cover the latest spaceflight news, discuss past, current and future exploration efforts, and take a look at upcoming events. Tune in to hear about how humans get to space, how they stay ... Read more

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Episode 236: Panel jettison

Episode 236: Panel jettison

Spaceflight news— Spacewalk to repair AMS (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) — AMS overview (nasa.gov) — Footage from t... Read more

20 Nov 2019

43mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 242: DOWNLINK--Dr. Martin Elvis

Episode 242: DOWNLINK--Dr. Martin Elvis

Spaceflight news— ISRO confirms plans for Chandrayaan-3 (spacenews.com) — Chandrayaan-2 imagery (nasa.gov)Short &... Read more

8 Jan 2020

1hr 8mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 223: DOWNLINK--Ella Atkins

Episode 223: DOWNLINK--Ella Atkins

This week in SF history— August 17, 1962: Carl Sagan advocates for sterilizing spacecraft (spacemedicineassociation.org)... Read more

14 Aug 2019

Ranked #4

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Episode 247: DOWNLINK--Jason Batt

Episode 247: DOWNLINK--Jason Batt

Spaceflight news— ASAP report on CST-100 Starliner (arstechnica.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)— Astra Space emerges from stealth ... Read more

12 Feb 2020

1hr 31mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 213: DOWNLINK--Laura Forczyk answers employment questions

Episode 213: DOWNLINK--Laura Forczyk answers employment questions

This week in SF history— June 8, 1965: Launch of Luna 6 (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Stratolaunch rumors (reuters.co... Read more

4 Jun 2019

1hr 9mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 232: Full Panic Ensued

Episode 232: Full Panic Ensued

This week in SF history— October 17, 1956: Birth of Mae Jemison (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Battery replacement EVA... Read more

15 Oct 2019

40mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 224: Downward Vector

Episode 224: Downward Vector

This week in SF history— August 21, 1959. Little Joe 1 failure (pao.ksc.nasa.gov) (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Links... Read more

20 Aug 2019

35mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 250: This Is Not the Plan

Episode 250: This Is Not the Plan

Spaceflight news— SpaceX plans a mobile service tower (twitter.com/Falcon9Block5) (space.com) — Starship SN-1 suffere... Read more

4 Mar 2020

31mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 218: Low-flying Starlink

Episode 218: Low-flying Starlink

This week in SF history— 10 July, 1992: Giotto flies past 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup (wikipedia.org) — Ten instruments onbo... Read more

10 Jul 2019

31mins

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Episode 241: Clock Kerfuffle

Episode 241: Clock Kerfuffle

Spaceflight news— Starliner OFT (nasaspaceflight.com) (collectspace.com) — IR video (twitter.com/NASA) — Re-entry ... Read more

24 Dec 2019

45mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 217: Ms. Tree Snags the Fly!

Episode 217: Ms. Tree Snags the Fly!

This week in SF history— July 2, 1952: birth of Linda Godwin (wikipedia.org) — STS-37 (wikipedia.org) — STS-59 (wi... Read more

3 Jul 2019

1hr

Ranked #12

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Episode 222: Heat Sunk

Episode 222: Heat Sunk

This week in SF history— 9 August 2005: Landing of STS-114 (wikipedia.org)(space.com)Spaceflight news— Cause of GOES-17 ... Read more

6 Aug 2019

32mins

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Episode 212: Cosmic Choo-Choo

Episode 212: Cosmic Choo-Choo

This week in SF history— 26 May 1951. Birth of Sally Ride — Rogers Commission (wikipedia.org) (PDF: spaceflight.nasa.... Read more

28 May 2019

44mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 216: Look to Windward

Episode 216: Look to Windward

This week in SF history— 28 June 1969. First flight of Black Arrow (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Upcoming non-Earth s... Read more

26 Jun 2019

50mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 209: DATA RELAY--Brazil Space

Episode 209: DATA RELAY--Brazil Space

This week in SF history— May 10, 1967. Famous M2-F2 crash (wikipedia.org)(check-six.com)Spaceflight news— Dragon was des... Read more

7 May 2019

1hr 12mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 225: DATA RELAY--Hot Structures

Episode 225: DATA RELAY--Hot Structures

This week in SF history— August 30, 1931. Birth of Jack Swigert (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1914: You know what might ... Read more

27 Aug 2019

52mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 211: Making a Mark

Episode 211: Making a Mark

This week in SF history— May 25, 2008: Phoenix lands on Mars (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— SpaceX engages in internal... Read more

21 May 2019

35mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 210: Free Two-Day to Luna

Episode 210: Free Two-Day to Luna

This week in SF history— May 15, 1963, launch of MA-9 (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Dragon had a parachute failure (s... Read more

14 May 2019

37mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 215: Shibboleth

Episode 215: Shibboleth

This week in SF history— 22 June 1978. Discovery of Pluto’s moon Charon by John Christy (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news—... Read more

18 Jun 2019

44mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 207: DOWNLINK--Keri Bean

Episode 207: DOWNLINK--Keri Bean

This week in SF history— 23 April 1957: Vandenberg established (wikipedia.org) (astronautix.com)Spaceflight news— Dragon... Read more

23 Apr 2019

1hr 6mins

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