Spaceflight News— 2023 Tipping Point selections (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov) (PDF: nasaprs.com)    — Blue Origin’s Blue Alchemist separates regolith into several important base materials (blueorigin.com)    — We talked to Kyla Edison about sintering regolith (theorbitalmechanics.com)Short &amp; Sweet— HALO’s added cost (spacenews.com)— Sierra Space builds a better engine (spacenews.com)— Contact with Voyager 2 lost, thought to be temporary (arstechnica.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 5 Aug, 2011. Launch of Juno (en.wikipedia.org) (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu)— Next week (8/8 - 8/14) in 1962: The Gemini before Gemini

Spaceflight News— 2023 Tipping Point selections (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/solicitations/tipping_points/2023_selections" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>) (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-partners-with-american-companies-on-key-moon-exploration-tech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=865886/solicitationId=%7B9987D88F-0A12-5203-FC25-423773FAF134%7D/viewSolicitationDocument=1/Tipping%20Point%202022%20AFPP_Amendment%201-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaprs.com</a>) — Blue Origin’s Blue Alchemist separates regolith into several important base materials (<a href="https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-alchemist-powers-our-lunar-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blueorigin.com</a>) — We talked to Kyla Edison about sintering regolith (<a href="https://theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/kyla-edison" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theorbitalmechanics.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— HALO’s added cost (<a href="https://spacenews.com/northrop-grumman-takes-36-million-charge-on-nasa-gateway-module/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Sierra Space builds a better engine (<a href="https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-wins-air-force-contract-for-upper-stage-engine-development/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Contact with Voyager 2 lost, thought to be temporary (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/nasa-temporarily-loses-contact-with-one-of-its-most-distant-spacecraft/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— 5 Aug, 2011. Launch of Juno (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/06/juno-good-health-decision-point-missions-end-extension/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/data_and_services/atmospheres_data/JUNO/Juno%20Spacecraft%20Description.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu</a>)— Next week (8/8 - 8/14) in 1962: The Gemini before Gemini

Episode 420: Tipping Point

Spaceflight News— A Commercial Space Station Source Selection (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (PDF: sam.gov) (news.northropgrumman.com) (sierraspace.com) (specialaerospaceservices.com) (vastspace.com)Short &amp; Sweet— Recently arrived GEO satellites in trouble (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (arstechnica.com)— China develops plan to land humans on Moon before decade’s end (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Aaron Sawdey: Centaur tank fix (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 29 July, 2014. Launch of ATV-5 George Lemaitre, the last ATV (danielmarin.naukas.com) (danielmarin.naukas.com) (esa.int) (blogs.esa.int)    — LIRIS (Laser InfraRed Imaging Sensors) (esa.int)    — Debris avoidance (blogs.esa.int)    — The shallow reentry that wasn’t (issfd.org) (blogs.esa.int)— Next week (8/1 - 8/7) in 2011: Dim Sun

Spaceflight News— A Commercial Space Station Source Selection (<a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-offers-details-on-commercial-space-capabilities-agreements/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/leo-economy/nasa-announces-second-collaborations-for-commercial-space-capabilities" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/cb2146a5a68b47f2800cc9eb17c07402/download" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sam.gov</a>) (<a href="https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-signs-agreement-with-nasa-to-design-space-station-for-low-earth-orbit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">news.northropgrumman.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.sierraspace.com/newsroom/press-releases/sierra-space-awarded-space-act-agreement-with-nasa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sierraspace.com</a>) (<a href="https://specialaerospaceservices.com/newsroom/special-aerospace-services-awarded-space-act-agreement-with-nasa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">specialaerospaceservices.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vast-is-collaborating-with-nasa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vastspace.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Recently arrived GEO satellites in trouble (<a href="https://spacenews.com/first-astranis-satellite-sidelined-by-post-deployment-glitch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8JF1_BBfdk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>) (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/viasats-new-broadband-satellite-could-be-a-total-loss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>)— China develops plan to land humans on Moon before decade’s end (<a href="https://spacenews.com/china-sets-out-preliminary-crewed-lunar-landing-plan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Aaron Sawdey: Centaur tank fix (<a href="https://discord.com/channels/137948573605036033/137948573605036033/1131335857060716544" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">discord.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— 29 July, 2014. Launch of ATV-5 George Lemaitre, the last ATV (<a href="https://danielmarin.naukas.com/files/2014/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2014-07-30-a-las-23.51.32.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">danielmarin.naukas.com</a>) (<a href="https://danielmarin.naukas.com/files/2014/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2014-07-31-a-las-13.40.01.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">danielmarin.naukas.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/ATV/ATV-5_loaded_and_locked" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">esa.int</a>) (<a href="https://blogs.esa.int/orion/2014/07/16/big-cargo-post-5-0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blogs.esa.int</a>) — LIRIS (Laser InfraRed Imaging Sensors) (<a href="https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/12/liris_on_atv-5/15105800-1-eng-GB/LIRIS_on_ATV-5_pillars.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">esa.int</a>) — Debris avoidance (<a href="https://blogs.esa.int/orion/2014/10/27/atv-5-pushes-station-out-of-way-of-debris/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blogs.esa.int</a>) — The shallow reentry that wasn’t (<a href="https://issfd.org/2015/files/downloads/papers/055_Hourtolle.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">issfd.org</a>) (<a href="https://blogs.esa.int/orion/2015/02/11/issue-on-the-atv-power-chain-number-4/#more-10405" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blogs.esa.int</a>)— Next week (8/1 - 8/7) in 2011: Dim Sun

Episode 419: Last Episode Was A Teapot

Spaceflight NewsVulcan Centaur delays (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short &amp; Sweet           —  China begins constructing VLEO constellation (spacewatch.global)— LandSpace wins the race (nasaspaceflight.com)— Janus canceled (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— An NSF tour of Astra’s rocket factory (youtube.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 18 Jul, 2011. Launch of Spektr-R radio telescope (russianspaceweb.com) (wiki)— Zenit-3M/Fregat-SB (SB - “сбрасываемые баки” or “drop tanks”) (space.skyrocket.de)Next week (7/25 - 7/31) in 2014: He was born in Belgium, and then again in Italy.

Spaceflight NewsVulcan Centaur delays (<a href="https://spacenews.com/centaur-modifications-push-first-vulcan-launch-to-fourth-quarter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/07/vulcan-centaur-anomalies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>) (<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/07/13/ula-outlines-path-to-inaugural-vulcan-launch-following-upper-stage-issues/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightnow.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet           — China begins constructing VLEO constellation (<a href="https://spacewatch.global/2023/07/china-begins-construction-of-vleo-satellite-constellation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacewatch.global</a>)— LandSpace wins the race (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/07/zhuque-2-launch2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>)— Janus canceled (<a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-cancels-janus-asteroid-smallsat-mission/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Questions, Comments, Corrections— An NSF tour of Astra’s rocket factory (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaa5ZNMGYA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— 18 Jul, 2011. Launch of Spektr-R radio telescope (<a href="https://www.russianspaceweb.com/spektr_r.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">russianspaceweb.com</a>) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spektr-R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wiki</a>)— Zenit-3M/Fregat-SB (SB - “сбрасываемые баки” or “drop tanks”) (<a href="https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_stage/fregat.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">space.skyrocket.de</a>)Next week (7/25 - 7/31) in 2014: He was born in Belgium, and then again in Italy.

Episode 418: Denial Test

Spaceflight News— Au revoir, Ariane 5 (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (Payload User’s Guide PDF: arianespace.com)— Two solids provide ~90% of Ariane 5’s thrust (esa.int)— ESA plans to lean on SpaceX launches (spacenews.com)— New test facility for Ariane 6 was built in 2019 (esa.int)Short &amp; Sweet— Varda completes pharmaceutical manufacturing test on-orbit (arstechnica.com)— Lockheed Martin completes burst test of expandable habitat (spaceref.com)— Starlink interferes with radio astronomy (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 20 Jul, 2017: Sale of Apollo 11 bag for $1.8m (collectspace.com) (collectspace.com) (kansascity.com) (sothebys.com)— Next week (7/18 - 7/24) in 2011. Radio parasol.

Spaceflight News— Au revoir, Ariane 5 (<a href="https://spacenews.com/ariane-5-launches-for-the-final-time/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/07/goodbye-ariane-5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>) (Payload User’s Guide PDF: <a href="https://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Ariane5_Users-Manual_October2016.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arianespace.com</a>)— Two solids provide ~90% of Ariane 5’s thrust (<a href="https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Launch_vehicles/Boosters_EAP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">esa.int</a>)— ESA plans to lean on SpaceX launches (<a href="https://spacenews.com/europe-leans-on-spacex-to-bridge-launcher-gap/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— New test facility for Ariane 6 was built in 2019 (<a href="https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/New_test_facility_for_Ariane_6_upper_stage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">esa.int</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Varda completes pharmaceutical manufacturing test on-orbit (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/in-space-manufacturing-startup-aces-pharma-experiment-in-orbit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>)— Lockheed Martin completes burst test of expandable habitat (<a href="https://spaceref.com/newspace-and-tech/lockheed-martin-inflatable-habitat-subscale-burst-test/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceref.com</a>)— Starlink interferes with radio astronomy (<a href="https://spacenews.com/radio-noise-from-satellite-constellations-could-interfere-with-astronomers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— 20 Jul, 2017: Sale of Apollo 11 bag for $1.8m (<a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072017b-sothebys-space-auction-moon-bag.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">collectspace.com</a>) (<a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-111820a-apollo-11-moon-dust-tape-lawsuit.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">collectspace.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article246961222.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kansascity.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2017/space-exploration-n09759.html#&amp;page=all&amp;sort=lotSortNum-asc&amp;viewMode=list&amp;lot=1&amp;scroll=1625" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sothebys.com</a>)— Next week (7/18 - 7/24) in 2011. Radio parasol.

Episode 417: Mind the Launch Gap

Spaceflight News— Mars oxygen and helicopter sighting (space.com) (HT Stygarfield: nasa.gov) — Vega C delayed after engine test failure (europeanspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com)Short &amp; Sweet— Virgin Galactic completes first fully commercial flight (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— Euclid telescope prepares for launch (spacenews.com)— Dream Chaser prepares for launch (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Unc’ Willy: L2 is closer than the sun, and CMB was discovered in 1964 (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History—  July 7, 2003: The launch of MER-B (Opportunity) aboard the Delta II Heavy (en.wikipedia.org) (mars.nasa.gov) (theorbitalmechanics.com)    — ULA has an excellent payload guide for Delta II (ula.bsshost.me)— Next week (7/18 - 7/24) in 2017: Do you ever feel like a sample bag/drifting through the wind, wanting to sue again?

Spaceflight News— Mars oxygen and helicopter sighting (<a href="https://www.space.com/mars-perseverance-rover-oxygen-experiment-moxie-record" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">space.com</a>) (HT Stygarfield: <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-phones-home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>) — Vega C delayed after engine test failure (<a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/vega-c-return-to-flight-delayed-after-z40-test-failure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">europeanspaceflight.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/vega-c-suffers-setback-in-return-to-flight-effort/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Virgin Galactic completes first fully commercial flight (<a href="https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-sets-date-and-announces-crew-for-first-commercial-spaceshiptwo-flight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-completes-first-commercial-spaceshiptwo-suborbital-flight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Euclid telescope prepares for launch (<a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-to-launch-european-astronomy-mission/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Dream Chaser prepares for launch (<a href="https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-describes-long-term-plans-for-dream-chaser-and-inflatable-modules/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Unc’ Willy: L2 is closer than the sun, and CMB was discovered in 1964 (<a href="https://discord.com/channels/137948573605036033/137948573605036033/1123462973214695485" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">discord.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History—  July 7, 2003: The launch of MER-B (Opportunity) aboard the Delta II Heavy (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_(rover)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/timeline/launch/launch-window/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mars.nasa.gov</a>) (<a href="https://theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/silvia-alba?rq=opportunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theorbitalmechanics.com</a>) — ULA has an excellent payload guide for Delta II (<a href="https://ula.bsshost.me/docs/default-source/rockets/deltaiipayloadplannersguide2007.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ula.bsshost.me</a>)— Next week (7/18 - 7/24) in 2017: Do you ever feel like a sample bag/drifting through the wind, wanting to sue again?

Episode 416: Tenacious Dream Chaser

Spaceflight News— Starship hot staging and engine firing  (spacenews.com)  (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/AshleyKillip)    — Earlier description of separation flip (teslarati.com)Short &amp; Sweet— Prometheus test fire (nasaspaceflight.com)— Anti-ASAT antipathy (spacenews)— Launcher’s second OTV fails on orbit (spacenews.com) (geekwire.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 30 Jun, 2001. Launch of Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) (en.wikipedia.org) (wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov) (wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov)— Next week (7/4 - 7/10) in 2003: The mass hasn’t changed, but now it’s too heavy

Spaceflight News— Starship hot staging and engine firing  (<a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-changing-starship-stage-separation-ahead-of-next-launch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)  (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/06/ship-25-engine-testing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>) (<a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyKillip/status/1672769984655949826?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/AshleyKillip</a>) — Earlier description of separation flip (<a href="https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-new-simplicity-extremes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teslarati.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Prometheus test fire (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/06/themis-prometheus-hot-fire-test/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>)— Anti-ASAT antipathy (<a href="https://spacenews.com/more-countries-encouraged-to-commit-to-halt-destructive-asat-tests/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews</a>)— Launcher’s second OTV fails on orbit (<a href="https://spacenews.com/second-orbiter-transfer-vehicle-malfunctions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2023/spinning-spacecraft-starfish-space-docking-test/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">geekwire.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— 30 Jun, 2001. Launch of Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="https://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov</a>) (<a href="https://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/PressRelease_03-056.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov</a>)— Next week (7/4 - 7/10) in 2003: The mass hasn’t changed, but now it’s too heavy

Episode 415: Unsupported Separation Type

Spaceflight News— iROSA campaign complete, looking to next campaign (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short &amp; Sweet— ESA reserve astronaut to fly on Axiom flight (europeanspaceflight.com)— Impulse to supply propulsion for commercial space station (vastspace.com)— Rocket Lab goes suborbital (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History—  26 Jun, 1971: The third N1 test flight (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com)— Next week (6/27 - 7/3) in 2001: [audio clue]

Spaceflight News— iROSA campaign complete, looking to next campaign (<a href="https://www.americaspace.com/2023/06/15/hoburg-bowen-wrap-up-irosa-installation-fourth-set-of-iss-solar-arrays-manifested-for-2025/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">americaspace.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/06/iss_irosa_roundup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— ESA reserve astronaut to fly on Axiom flight (<a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-reserve-astronaut-secures-seat-aboard-axiom-flight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">europeanspaceflight.com</a>)— Impulse to supply propulsion for commercial space station (<a href="https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vast-selects-impulse-space-for-haven-1-space-station-propulsion?new=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vastspace.com</a>)— Rocket Lab goes suborbital (<a href="https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-launches-first-suborbital-version-of-electron/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History—  26 Jun, 1971: The third N1 test flight (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_(rocket)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="https://www.russianspaceweb.com/n1_6l.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">russianspaceweb.com</a>)— Next week (6/27 - 7/3) in 2001: [audio clue]

Episode 414: Fire Tornado

Spaceflight News— Luna-25/Luna-Glob delayed (space.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com)Short &amp; Sweet— Firefly and York both make acquisitions (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— Egypt to build space-monitoring station (africanews.space)This Week in Spaceflight History— 15th June, 1971: Launch of KH-9 Hexagon (en.wikipedia.org) (aiaa.zoom.us) (space.com)— Next week (6/20 - 6/26) in 1971: Tunguska 2.0

Spaceflight News— Luna-25/Luna-Glob delayed (<a href="https://www.space.com/russia-luna-25-moon-lander-launch-delay-august-2023" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">space.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.russianspaceweb.com/protected/luna-glob-launch.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">russianspaceweb.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.russianspaceweb.com/protected/luna-glob-design-bku.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">russianspaceweb.com</a>) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="https://www.russianspaceweb.com/luna_glob_orbiter.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">russianspaceweb.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Firefly and York both make acquisitions (<a href="https://spacenews.com/firefly-aerospace-acquires-spaceflight-inc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/york-space-systems-acquires-emergent-space-technologies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Egypt to build space-monitoring station (<a href="https://africanews.space/egypt-to-build-a-global-monitoring-station-for-tracking-satellites-and-space-debris/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">africanews.space</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— 15th June, 1971: Launch of KH-9 Hexagon (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-9_Hexagon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="https://aiaa.zoom.us/rec/play/RWT67hxbbfRyqzri6o0GQoTluNgvL_KzHK4blvXYBbOJbMsNJ_ZGC3tz5fqRGSye5vrF945gY1Eoqbv7.nRv4pBJOny_ZG0UW?continueMode=true&amp;_x_zm_rtaid=EzkW22X1Qe-mDrU0jLBq7A.1656681794236.d7ddd5a740715ee234ff2c5edf6bdf3a&amp;_x_zm_rhtaid=522" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aiaa.zoom.us</a>) (<a href="https://www.space.com/12996-secret-spy-satellites-declassified-nro.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">space.com</a>)— Next week (6/20 - 6/26) in 1971: Tunguska 2.0

Episode 413: Glob

Spaceflight News— Starliner Woes (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)    — We tracked down some info on P-213 and P-213LW fiberglass tapes. (PDF: hansford.hk) (PDF: nitto.com) (spacematdb.com)Short &amp; Sweet— UAE gives details on asteroid mission (spacewatch.global)— Commercial deep-space radar (spacenews.com) (satellitetoday.com)— North Korean launch failure (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— VAXHeadroom: Soyuz roll rate (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 8 June, 2007. Launch of STS-117 (en.wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov) (nss.org) (spaceflightnow.com) (spacecraftearth.com)— Next week (6/13 - 6/19) in 1971: A six-sided system

Spaceflight News— Starliner Woes (<a href="https://spacenews.com/parachute-and-wiring-issues-to-delay-starliner-crewed-test-flight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-and-boeing-say-preparations-continue-for-july-starliner-test-flight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHWtKLk-XH4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>) — We tracked down some info on P-213 and P-213LW fiberglass tapes. (PDF: <a href="http://www.hansford.hk/hansford/product/glass_cloth/213.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hansford.hk</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://www.nitto.com/eu/fr/others/products/file/datasheet/PDS_NA_Glass_Cloth_Tape_P-213LW_012020_EN.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nitto.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.spacematdb.com/spacemat/datasearchID.php?name=17408" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacematdb.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— UAE gives details on asteroid mission (<a href="https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/uae-mission-to-asteroid-belt-codename-max/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacewatch.global</a>)— Commercial deep-space radar (<a href="https://spacenews.com/northrop-grummans-deep-space-radar-passes-critical-design-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.satellitetoday.com/government-military/2023/05/31/northrop-grumman-completes-cdr-for-deep-space-advanced-radar-capability/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">satellitetoday.com</a>)— North Korean launch failure (<a href="https://spacenews.com/north-koreas-spy-satellite-launch-fails-with-second-stage-malfunction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Questions, Comments, Corrections— VAXHeadroom: Soyuz roll rate (<a href="https://discord.com/channels/137948573605036033/137948573605036033/1114944070972878878" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">discord.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— 8 June, 2007. Launch of STS-117 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-117" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/main/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>) (<a href="https://space.nss.org/space-shuttle-flight-118-sts-117-post-flight-presentation-video/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nss.org</a>) (<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/070227delay/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightnow.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacecraftearth.com/portfolio/iss-integrated-truss-structure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacecraftearth.com</a>)— Next week (6/13 - 6/19) in 1971: A six-sided system

Episode 412: Rocket Suture-y

Spaceflight News— HAKUTO-R failure analysis (HT deltaV: twitter.com/DJSnM) (twitter.com/jeff_foust) (ispace-inc.com) (spacenews.com)    — Apollo software modeled terrain to avoid this exact issue (PDF HT Mike: ibiblio.org)Short &amp; Sweet— Virgin Orbit assets sold off (spacenews.com)— ESA folds out a new heat shield (HT Andrew Z: esa.int) (newatlas.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 1 Jun, 1970: Launch of Soyuz 9 (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com) (chessgames.com) (astronautix.com)— Next week (6/6 - 6/12) in 2007: Chonky boi

Spaceflight News— HAKUTO-R failure analysis (HT deltaV: <a href="https://twitter.com/DJSnM/status/1662112852797431808?t=1NbMaPUQoXzCdPUcCkttkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/DJSnM</a>) (<a href="https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1662049725917409281?t=MG0RGYe0uPryChr7gptKiw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/jeff_foust</a>) (<a href="https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4691" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ispace-inc.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/software-problem-blamed-for-ispace-lunar-lander-crash/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) — Apollo software modeled terrain to avoid this exact issue (PDF HT Mike: <a href="https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/LUM147_text.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ibiblio.org</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Virgin Orbit assets sold off (<a href="https://spacenews.com/three-companies-to-buy-most-virgin-orbit-assets/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— ESA folds out a new heat shield (HT Andrew Z: <a href="https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/05/Origami_heat_shield_reusable_for_reentries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">esa.int</a>) (<a href="https://newatlas.com/space/esa-origami-heat-guard/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">newatlas.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— 1 Jun, 1970: Launch of Soyuz 9 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="https://www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz9.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">russianspaceweb.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259395" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">chessgames.com</a>) (<a href="http://www.astronautix.com/s/soyuz9.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astronautix.com</a>)— Next week (6/6 - 6/12) in 2007: Chonky boi

Episode 411: Cliff Confusion

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 in space and how unmanned craft reach farther and farther into the universe around us.

One of the best way to stay up to date on space news, very interesting and well paced

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The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Spaceflight news— Spacewalk to repair AMS (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)    — AMS overview (nasa.gov)    — Footage from the EVA        — The cover is detached from the restraint clip (youtu.be)        — Jettisoning the cover (youtu.be)        — Chris Cassidy shows off a zip tie cutter/capture device (youtu.be)Short &amp; Sweet— Hayabusa2 departs Ryugu (japantimes.co.jp)— SpaceX completes Crew Dragon Static Fire tests (spacenews.com)— Launcher gets funding from the Air Force. (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Win a book!    — Zach and Kelly Weinersmith wrote Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything.    — We have signed copies to give away! In honor of the alternate first words featured on the new TV show For All Mankind, tweet at us with what your first words on Mars would be.    — Random winners selected from Twitter and email.— Episode 2 is missing!    — Do you have a copy of episode-2.mp3 lying around? Squarespace ate our copy!This week in SF history— November 19, 1956 Birth of Eileen Collins (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1964: The cold, dead 1%

Spaceflight news— Spacewalk to repair AMS (<a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-prepares-for-complex-series-of-spacewalks-to-repair-ams/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37b2Z6J0zKc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>) — AMS overview (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ams_how_it_works.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>) — Footage from the EVA — The cover is detached from the restraint clip (<a href="https://youtu.be/evaBhht5uGA?t=13548" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtu.be</a>) — Jettisoning the cover (<a href="https://youtu.be/evaBhht5uGA?t=13604" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtu.be</a>) — Chris Cassidy shows off a zip tie cutter/capture device (<a href="https://youtu.be/evaBhht5uGA?t=17581" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtu.be</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Hayabusa2 departs Ryugu (<a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/13/national/science-health/japans-hayabusa2-leaves-asteroid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">japantimes.co.jp</a>)— SpaceX completes Crew Dragon Static Fire tests (<a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-tests-crew-dragon-abort-thrusters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Launcher gets funding from the Air Force. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/launcher-af-pitch-award/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— Win a book! — Zach and Kelly Weinersmith wrote Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything. — We have signed copies to give away! In honor of the alternate first words featured on the new TV show For All Mankind, tweet at us with what your first words on Mars would be. — Random winners selected from Twitter and email.— Episode 2 is missing! — Do you have a copy of episode-2.mp3 lying around? Squarespace ate our copy!This week in SF history— November 19, 1956 Birth of Eileen Collins (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Collins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)— Next week in 1964: The cold, dead 1%

Episode 236: Panel jettison

Martin Elvis

Spaceflight news— ISRO confirms plans for Chandrayaan-3 (spacenews.com)    — Chandrayaan-2 imagery (nasa.gov)Short &amp; Sweet— SpaceX plans a moveable tower for pad 39A (spaceflightnow.com)— Christina Koch breaks a record (spaceflightnow.com)— Early signs of the Clean Space age: Iridium announces willingness to pay for third party cleanup of failed satellites (spacenews.com)Interview: Dr. Martin Elvis, Senior Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics and Smithsonian— harvard.edu/~elvis— Simulated population of asteroids from Mikael Granvik (helsinki.fi)This week in SF history— 10 January 2015: first droneship landing attempt (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1977: Black side down

Spaceflight news— ISRO confirms plans for Chandrayaan-3 (<a href="https://spacenews.com/india-confirms-plans-for-second-lunar-lander-mission/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) — Chandrayaan-2 imagery (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/vikram-lander-found" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— SpaceX plans a moveable tower for pad 39A (<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/03/spacex-drawing-up-plans-for-mobile-gantry-at-launch-pad-39a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightnow.com</a>)— Christina Koch breaks a record (<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/30/koch-marks-record-stay-in-space-for-female-astronaut/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightnow.com</a>)— Early signs of the Clean Space age: Iridium announces willingness to pay for third party cleanup of failed satellites (<a href="https://spacenews.com/iridium-would-pay-to-deorbit-its-30-defunct-satellites-for-the-right-price/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Interview: Dr. Martin Elvis, Senior Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics and Smithsonian— <a href="http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~elvis/briefbio.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">harvard.edu/~elvis</a>— Simulated population of asteroids from Mikael Granvik (<a href="https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/mgranvik/professional/Home.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">helsinki.fi</a>)This week in SF history— 10 January 2015: first droneship landing attempt (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)— Next week in 1977: Black side down

Episode 242: DOWNLINK--Dr. Martin Elvis

Ella Atkins

This week in SF history— August 17, 1962: Carl Sagan advocates for sterilizing spacecraft (spacemedicineassociation.org) (PDF: pnas.org)Spaceflight news— Rocketlab reuse (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) (youtube.com)Short &amp; Sweet— First ion thruster use on a 1U cubesat (spacenews.com)Interview-- Ella Atkins— Thanks to IEEE for arranging this interview! (IEEE.org)— Dr. Atkins’ profile and CV (umich.edu)— (robotics.umich.edu)— (aiaa.org)

This week in SF history— August 17, 1962: Carl Sagan advocates for sterilizing spacecraft (<a href="https://spacemedicineassociation.org/history1962/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacemedicineassociation.org</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/46/4/396.full.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pnas.org</a>)Spaceflight news— Rocketlab reuse (<a href="https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-to-attempt-to-reuse-electron-first-stage/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/heres-why-rocket-lab-changed-its-mind-on-reusable-launch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIaDWCK2Bmk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— First ion thruster use on a 1U cubesat (<a href="https://spacenews.com/electric-thrusters-changed-attitude-of-university-wurzburg-cubesat/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Interview-- Ella Atkins— Thanks to IEEE for arranging this interview! (<a href="https://www.ieee.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IEEE.org</a>)— Dr. Atkins’ profile and CV (<a href="https://aero.engin.umich.edu/people/ella-atkins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">umich.edu</a>)— (<a href="https://robotics.umich.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">robotics.umich.edu</a>)— (<a href="https://www.aiaa.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aiaa.org</a>)

Episode 223: DOWNLINK--Ella Atkins

Jason Batt

Spaceflight news— ASAP report on CST-100 Starliner (arstechnica.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)— Astra Space emerges from stealth mode (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) (astra.com) (bloomberg.com)Short &amp; Sweet— SpaceX likely to spinoff Starlink business. (bloomberg.com).— Cape Canaveral is getting a name change. (spaceflightnow.com)Interview -- Jason Batt, Editorial and Creative Director, 100 Year Starship— 100yss.org— One Sky project (space.com) (nationalgeographic.com)— Onliest, J Daniel Batt (amazon.com)This week in SF history— 16 February 1965, launch of Pegasus 1 (wikipedia.org) (astronautix.com)— Next week in 1932: Dammit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a…

Spaceflight news— ASAP report on CST-100 Starliner (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/boeings-starliner-problems-may-be-worse-than-we-thought/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>) (<a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2020/02/07/nasa-shares-initial-findings-from-boeing-starliner-orbital-flight-test-investigation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blogs.nasa.gov</a>)— Astra Space emerges from stealth mode (<a href="https://spacenews.com/astra-unveils-plans-for-frequent-low-cost-launches/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/at-astra-space-failure-is-an-option/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>) (<a href="https://astra.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astra.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-astra-rocket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bloomberg.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— SpaceX likely to spinoff Starlink business. (<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/spacex-likely-to-spin-off-starlink-business-and-pursue-an-ipo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bloomberg.com</a>).— Cape Canaveral is getting a name change. (<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/02/08/florida-launch-base-to-be-renamed-cape-canaveral-space-force-station/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightnow.com</a>)Interview -- Jason Batt, Editorial and Creative Director, 100 Year Starship— <a href="http://www.100yss.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100yss.org</a>— One Sky project (<a href="https://www.space.com/mae-jemison-look-up-apollo-app.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">space.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/look-up-together-skyfie-mobile-app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nationalgeographic.com</a>)— Onliest, J Daniel Batt (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Onliest-J-Daniel-Batt-ebook/dp/B081MBG2PJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazon.com</a>)This week in SF history— 16 February 1965, launch of Pegasus 1 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="http://www.astronautix.com/p/pegasussatellite.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astronautix.com</a>)— Next week in 1932: Dammit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a…

Episode 247: DOWNLINK--Jason Batt

Laura Forczyk

This week in SF history— June 8, 1965: Launch of Luna 6 (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Stratolaunch rumors (reuters.com)— OmegA failure (youtube.com) (space.com)Short &amp; Sweet— All 60 Starlink satellites are doing well. (spacenews.com)— Hayabusa2 successfully deploys target marker after earlier aborted attempt (twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa)— An update on the Crew Dragon anomaly. (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Let us know what you’d like to see in our RSS feed.— Buy a paper Falcon Heavy! Use code ORBITAL for free shipping. (worldflightstore.com)Interview: Laura Forczyk— Astralytical.com— twitter.com/astralytical— twitter.com/lauraforczyk— linkedin.com/in/lauraforczyk

This week in SF history— June 8, 1965: Launch of Luna 6 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)Spaceflight news— Stratolaunch rumors (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-stratolaunch-exclus/exclusive-space-firm-founded-by-billionaire-paul-allen-closing-operations-sources-idUSKCN1T12FD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reuters.com</a>)— OmegA failure (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mTCxpGSIbI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.space.com/northrop-grumman-test-fires-omega-rocket.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">space.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— All 60 Starlink satellites are doing well. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-says-all-60-starlink-satellites-functioning-so-far/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Hayabusa2 successfully deploys target marker after earlier aborted attempt (<a href="https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1133925530477031424" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa</a>)— An update on the Crew Dragon anomaly. (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/nasa-briefly-crew-dragon-anomaly-spacex-schedule/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— Let us know what you’d like to see in our RSS feed.— Buy a paper Falcon Heavy! Use code ORBITAL for free shipping. (<a href="https://worldflightstore.com/collections/spacecraft/products/space-x-falcon-heavy-1-160-paper-model" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">worldflightstore.com</a>)Interview: Laura Forczyk— <a href="http://www.astralytical.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Astralytical.com</a>— <a href="https://twitter.com/astralytical" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/astralytical</a>— <a href="https://twitter.com/lauraforczyk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/lauraforczyk</a>— <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraforczyk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/lauraforczyk</a>

Episode 213: DOWNLINK--Laura Forczyk answers employment questions

This week in SF history— October 17, 1956: Birth of Mae Jemison (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Battery replacement EVAs (americaspace.com)— Commercial crew update (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com)    — Eric Berger says "full panic has ensued" (twitter.com/SciGuySpace)    — Dragon done in 10 weeks? (twitter.com/elonmusk)Short &amp; Sweet— Virgin Orbit announces potential Martian cubesat missions. (theverge.com)— Stratolaunch is now under new ownership. (spacenews.com)— The Jason-2 mission has ended, but its satellite will remain. (spacenews.com)

This week in SF history— October 17, 1956: Birth of Mae Jemison (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)Spaceflight news— Battery replacement EVAs (<a href="https://www.americaspace.com/2019/10/07/spacewalkers-begin-three-week-eva-marathon-to-replace-space-station-batteries/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">americaspace.com</a>)— Commercial crew update (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/spacex-targeting-abort-test-late-this-year-crew-flight-soon-after/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-and-spacex-agree-commercial-crew-development-is-the-highest-priority/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) — Eric Berger says "full panic has ensued" (<a href="https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1181572161917607948" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/SciGuySpace</a>) — Dragon done in 10 weeks? (<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1181579173388673025" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/elonmusk</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Virgin Orbit announces potential Martian cubesat missions. (<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/9/20906657/virgin-orbit-mars-vehicle-deep-space-satellite-missions-launcherone-satrevolution?bxid=5d892338fc942d4788847f4d&amp;cndid=&amp;esrc=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theverge.com</a>)— Stratolaunch is now under new ownership. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/stratolaunch-gets-mystery-new-owner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— The Jason-2 mission has ended, but its satellite will remain. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/decommissioned-earth-science-satellite-to-remain-in-orbit-for-centuries/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)

Episode 232: Full Panic Ensued

This week in SF history— August 21, 1959. Little Joe 1 failure (pao.ksc.nasa.gov) (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Linkspace hover test (spacenews.com)— ESA confirms second Exomars parachute test has failed (spacenews.com)— Vector Launch closes its doors (spacenews.com) (PDF: vector-launch.com)Short &amp; Sweet— OSIRIS-REx mission selects candidate sampling sites (nasa.gov)— Robonaut returns to Station. (https://spacenews.com/robonaut-to-return-to-iss/)— BEAM to stay on ISS (spacenews.com)— Virgin Galactic updates (parabolicarc.com) (engadget.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Come play an RPG with us! Friday August 30 at 5.30pm PT/8.30pm ET (patreon.com)

This week in SF history— August 21, 1959. Little Joe 1 failure (<a href="http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/lj-1/lj-1.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pao.ksc.nasa.gov</a>) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Joe_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)Spaceflight news— Linkspace hover test (<a href="https://spacenews.com/chinese-linkspace-reaches-300-meters-with-launch-and-landing-test/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— ESA confirms second Exomars parachute test has failed (<a href="https://spacenews.com/esa-confirms-second-exomars-parachute-test-failure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Vector Launch closes its doors (<a href="https://spacenews.com/vector-replaces-ceo-amid-reports-of-financial-problems/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://vector-launch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/vector-statement.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vector-launch.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— OSIRIS-REx mission selects candidate sampling sites (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-mission-selects-final-four-site-candidates-for-asteroid-sample-return" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>)— Robonaut returns to Station. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/robonaut-to-return-to-iss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://spacenews.com/robonaut-to-return-to-iss/</a>)— BEAM to stay on ISS (<a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-planning-to-keep-beam-module-on-iss-for-the-long-haul/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Virgin Galactic updates (<a href="http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/08/14/virgin-galactic-completes-wing-for-third-spaceshiptwo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">parabolicarc.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/15/virgin-galactic-spaceport-america-vms-eve/?guccounter=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">engadget.com</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— Come play an RPG with us! Friday August 30 at 5.30pm PT/8.30pm ET (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/rpg-night-28311838" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com</a>)

Episode 224: Downward Vector

Spaceflight news— SpaceX plans a mobile service tower (twitter.com/Falcon9Block5) (space.com)    — Starship SN-1 suffered pressure failure (twitter.com/JohnRand0061) (youtube.com)— Artemis changes? (arstechnica.com)    — “This is not the plan.” says Bridenstine re Moon 2024 Mission Manifest (twitter.com/JimBridenstine)Short &amp; Sweet— NASA's safety advisory panel finds Boeing didn't perform end-to-end software check prior to Starliner demo mission. (orlandosentinel.com) (twitter.com/ChabeliH) (twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF)— OmegA’s second stage has been test fired. (spacenews.com)— MEV-1 performs first ever docking between commercial spacecraft. (c4isrnet.com) (twitter.com/northropgrumman)Questions, comments, corrections— Paul via email: Lousma pronounced like “lousy.”— Jason Friesen via email: Skylab rescue was a totally different mission from Skylab-4! (en.wikipedia.org)This week in SF history— March 10, 2006: MRO enters Mars orbit (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1934: Puppetteer

Spaceflight news— SpaceX plans a mobile service tower (<a href="https://twitter.com/Falcon9Block5/status/1233783998972911625" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/Falcon9Block5</a>) (<a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-rocket-launch-rate-boost-mobile-service-tower.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">space.com</a>) — Starship SN-1 suffered pressure failure (<a href="https://twitter.com/JohnRand0061/status/1233747423060746240" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/JohnRand0061</a>) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYeVnGL7fgw&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>)— Artemis changes? (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/nasa-planning-document-may-offer-clues-to-changes-in-artemis-program/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>) — “This is not the plan.” says Bridenstine re Moon 2024 Mission Manifest (<a href="https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1233190552826515456" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/JimBridenstine</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— NASA's safety advisory panel finds Boeing didn't perform end-to-end software check prior to Starliner demo mission. (<a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/space/os-bz-boeing-safety-commercial-crew-20200226-bgvthodnjzgmlc36hsxcaopahu-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">orlandosentinel.com</a>) (<a href="https://twitter.com/ChabeliH/status/1232724789183352833" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/ChabeliH</a>) (<a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1233429945369726976?s=19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF</a>)— OmegA’s second stage has been test fired. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/northrop-grumman-completes-static-fire-test-of-omega-rockets-second-stage/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— MEV-1 performs first ever docking between commercial spacecraft. (<a href="https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/02/26/is-this-the-beginning-of-on-orbit-satellite-servicing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">c4isrnet.com</a>) (<a href="https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1232729546383859714?s=19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/northropgrumman</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— Paul via email: Lousma pronounced like “lousy.”— Jason Friesen via email: Skylab rescue was a totally different mission from Skylab-4! (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab_Rescue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>)This week in SF history— March 10, 2006: MRO enters Mars orbit (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)— Next week in 1934: Puppetteer

Episode 250: This Is Not the Plan

This week in SF history— 10 July, 1992: Giotto flies past 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup (wikipedia.org)    — Ten instruments onboard (nature.com)    — Magnetometer experiment results (articles.adsabs.harvard.edu)Spaceflight news— Orion Abort test is a success (spacenews.com)— Three Starlink satellites goes silent (spacenews.com)    — Jeff Bezos files with FCC for Kuiper constellation (geekwire.com)Short &amp; Sweet— ExoMars 2020 suffers parachute problem (spacenews.com)— DSCOVR is in safehold. (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Andrew Zdanowicz via email: Dragonfly - why not a helicopter?

This week in SF history— 10 July, 1992: Giotto flies past 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giotto_(spacecraft)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Ten instruments onboard (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/321313a0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nature.com</a>) — Magnetometer experiment results (<a href="http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1993A%26A...268L...5N&amp;data_type=PDF_HIGH&amp;whole_paper=YES&amp;type=PRINTER&amp;filetype=.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">articles.adsabs.harvard.edu</a>)Spaceflight news— Orion Abort test is a success (<a href="https://spacenews.com/orion-abort-system-passes-in-flight-abort-test/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Three Starlink satellites goes silent (<a href="https://spacenews.com/contact-lost-with-three-starlink-satellites-other-57-healthy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) — Jeff Bezos files with FCC for Kuiper constellation (<a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazon-asks-fcc-approval-project-kuiper-broadband-satellite-operation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">geekwire.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— ExoMars 2020 suffers parachute problem (<a href="https://spacenews.com/european-mars-lander-suffers-parachute-damage-in-test/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— DSCOVR is in safehold. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/dscovr-spacecraft-in-safe-mode/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— Andrew Zdanowicz via email: Dragonfly - why not a helicopter?

Episode 218: Low-flying Starlink

Spaceflight news— Starliner OFT (nasaspaceflight.com) (collectspace.com)    — IR video (twitter.com/NASA)    — Re-entry video from the ground (twitter.com/MrTutskey)Short &amp; Sweet— Omega has a payload. (spaceflightinsider.com)— ULA selected to launch next GOES mission. (satellitetoday.com)— SpaceX announces yet another Starlink launch. (teslarati.com)This week in SF history— December 23, 1968. Apollo 8 enters Lunar SOI (wikipedia.org)— Two weeks ahead in 2015: running out of juice

Spaceflight news— Starliner OFT (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/12/starliner-mission-shortening-failure-successful-launch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>) (<a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-122219a-boeing-starliner-oft-landing.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">collectspace.com</a>) — IR video (<a href="https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1208735543657320448" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/NASA</a>) — Re-entry video from the ground (<a href="https://twitter.com/MrTutskey/status/1208184010377170944" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/MrTutskey</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Omega has a payload. (<a href="https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/northrop-grumman/first-fight-of-omega-rocket-to-carry-ssn-payload/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightinsider.com</a>)— ULA selected to launch next GOES mission. (<a href="https://www.satellitetoday.com/government-military/2019/12/19/nasa-selects-ula-for-goes-t-mission/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">satellitetoday.com</a>)— SpaceX announces yet another Starlink launch. (<a href="https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellite-constellation-expands/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teslarati.com</a>)This week in SF history— December 23, 1968. Apollo 8 enters Lunar SOI (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)— Two weeks ahead in 2015: running out of juice

Episode 241: Clock Kerfuffle

This week in SF history— July 2, 1952: birth of Linda Godwin (wikipedia.org)    — STS-37 (wikipedia.org)    — STS-59 (wikipedia.org)    — STS-76 (wikipedia.org)    — STS-108 (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Dragonfly (planetary.org) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (jhuapl.edu)— Falcon Heavy successfully flies STP-2 mission (spacenews.com) (teslarati.com)    — Center core TVC failure (twitter.com/elonmusk)    — Ms. Tree caught half a fairing (twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/)Questions, comments, corrections— Help name the Mars 2020 rover! (futureengineers.org)— twitter.com/hashtag/Mars2020— Clara Ma’s winning entry for Curiosity (nasa.gov)— twitter.com/call_him_bob

This week in SF history— July 2, 1952: birth of Linda Godwin (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_M._Godwin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — STS-37 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-37" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — STS-59 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-59" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — STS-76 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-76" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — STS-108 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-108" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)Spaceflight news— Dragonfly (<a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/nasa-greenlights-dragonfly.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">planetary.org</a>) (<a href="https://www.americaspace.com/2019/06/27/nasas-dragonfly-mission-will-soar-the-skies-of-titan-in-search-of-lifes-origins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">americaspace.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-selects-titan-drone-for-next-new-frontiers-mission/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="http://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/docs/34_03-Lorenz.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jhuapl.edu</a>)— Falcon Heavy successfully flies STP-2 mission (<a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-to-demonstrate-falcon-heavy-capabilities-in-difficult-test-flight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-surprise-falcon-heavy-booster-landing-distance-record/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teslarati.com</a>) — Center core TVC failure (<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1143690145255841797" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/elonmusk</a>) — Ms. Tree caught half a fairing (<a href="https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1143426488307462144" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— Help name the Mars 2020 rover! (<a href="https://www.futureengineers.org/registration/judge/nametherover" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">futureengineers.org</a>)— <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars2020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/hashtag/Mars2020</a>— Clara Ma’s winning entry for Curiosity (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/essay-20090527.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>)— <a href="https://twitter.com/call_him_bob" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/call_him_bob</a>

Episode 217: Ms. Tree Snags the Fly!

This week in SF history— 9 August 2005: Landing of STS-114 (wikipedia.org)(space.com)Spaceflight news— Cause of GOES-17 satellite issue identified by NOAA+NASA (satellitetoday.com, nasa.gov)    — Issue first publicly declared in May 2018 (arstechnica.com)    — GOES-West live data (goes.noaa.gov)Short &amp; Sweet— Elon Musk to give update on Starship in three weeks (arstechnica.com)— OneWeb opens for production in Florida. (spaceflightinsider.com)— EDRS shows off its abilities. (parabolicarc.com)

This week in SF history— 9 August 2005: Landing of STS-114 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-114#6_August" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)(<a href="https://www.space.com/1346-nasa-returns-flight-discovery-reaches-orbit.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">space.com</a>)Spaceflight news— Cause of GOES-17 satellite issue identified by NOAA+NASA (<a href="https://www.satellitetoday.com/imagery-and-sensing/2019/08/02/nasa-noaa-discover-cause-of-goes-17-issue/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">satellitetoday.com</a>, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/goes-17_mib_releasable_summary_final.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>) — Issue first publicly declared in May 2018 (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/newest-noaa-weather-satellite-suffers-critical-malfunction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>) — GOES-West live data (<a href="https://www.goes.noaa.gov/goes-w.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goes.noaa.gov</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Elon Musk to give update on Starship in three weeks (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/elon-musk-will-update-the-status-of-starship-development-on-august-24/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>)— OneWeb opens for production in Florida. (<a href="https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/commercial/oneweb-and-airbus-open-facility-for-mass-production-of-communication-satellites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightinsider.com</a>)— EDRS shows off its abilities. (<a href="http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/08/02/european-space-data-relay-system-shows-its-speed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">parabolicarc.com</a>)

Episode 222: Heat Sunk

This week in SF history— 26 May 1951. Birth of Sally Ride    — Rogers Commission (wikipedia.org) (PDF: spaceflight.nasa.gov)    — Columbia Accident Investigation Board (wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov)Spaceflight news— Starlink deployment begins (spacenews.com) (youtu.be/riBaVeDTEWI)    — N2YO is a good satellite tracking resource (n2yo.com)    — Visibility concerns (vimeo.com) (twitter.com/Alex_Parker/) (twitter.com/cgbassa)    — Auto-avoidance (ieee.org)— Hayabusa2 aborts second marker deployment (planetary.org)Short &amp; Sweet— Student-built Rocket Reaches Space (PDF: squarespace.com) (uscrpl.com)— OSIRIS-REx Citizen Science (asteroidmission.org) (bennu.cosmoquest.org)— Vulcan passes its critical design review. (spaceflightinsider.com)— Long March 4 suffers a failure. (spacenews.com)

This week in SF history— 26 May 1951. Birth of Sally Ride — Rogers Commission (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Commission_Report" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/outreach/SignificantIncidents/assets/rogers_commission_report.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflight.nasa.gov</a>) — Columbia Accident Investigation Board (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Accident_Investigation_Board" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-107/investigation/CAIB_medres_full.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>)Spaceflight news— Starlink deployment begins (<a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-60-starlink-satellites-begins-constellation-buildout/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://youtu.be/riBaVeDTEWI?t=4504" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtu.be/riBaVeDTEWI</a>) — N2YO is a good satellite tracking resource (<a href="https://www.n2yo.com/?s=74001" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">n2yo.com</a>) — Visibility concerns (<a href="https://vimeo.com/338361997" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vimeo.com</a>) (<a href="https://twitter.com/Alex_Parker/status/1132335640605945856" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/Alex_Parker/</a>) (<a href="https://twitter.com/cgbassa/status/1132557290681360384" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/cgbassa</a>) — Auto-avoidance (<a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/spacex-preps-selfdriving-satellites-for-launch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ieee.org</a>)— Hayabusa2 aborts second marker deployment (<a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/hayabusa2-snag-second-target-marker.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">planetary.org</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Student-built Rocket Reaches Space (PDF: <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/549ce89be4b0cddb26c4894b/t/5ce58210e4966b7fc63fbe10/1558544951210/Traveler-IV-Whitepaper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">squarespace.com</a>) (<a href="http://www.uscrpl.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uscrpl.com</a>)— OSIRIS-REx Citizen Science (<a href="https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=nasa-invites-public-help-asteroid-mission-choose-sample-site" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">asteroidmission.org</a>) (<a href="https://bennu.cosmoquest.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bennu.cosmoquest.org</a>)— Vulcan passes its critical design review. (<a href="https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/ula/vulcan-clears-final-review-could-fly-as-early-as-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightinsider.com</a>)— Long March 4 suffers a failure. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/china-appears-to-have-suffered-a-long-march-launch-failure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)

Episode 212: Cosmic Choo-Choo

This week in SF history— 28 June 1969. First flight of Black Arrow (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Upcoming non-Earth science missions    — 2019        — Chandrayaan-2 (wikipedia.org)        — Spektr-RG (wikipedia.org)        — CHEOPS (wikipedia.org)        — Chang’e 5 (wikipedia.org)        — Lunar Scout / MX-1E (wikipedia.org)    — 2020        — Solar Orbiter (wikipedia.org)        — PROBA-3 (wikipedia.org)        — Aditya-L1 (wikipedia.org)        — Exomars (wikipedia.org/Rosalind_Franklin, wikipedia.org/Kazachok)        — Hope Mars Mission (wikipedia.org)        — Mars 2020 (en.wikipedia.org)        — Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (wikipedia.org)    — 2021        — Astrobotic M1 (wikipedia.org)        — Luna 25 (wikipedia.org)        — SLIM (wikipedia.org)        — XRISM (wikipedia.org)        — IXPE (wikipedia.org)        — JWST (wikipedia.org)        — Double Asteroid Redirection Test (wikipedia.org)        — ASTER (wikipedia.org)        — Lucy (wikipedia.org)    — 2022        — PUNCH (wikipedia.org)        — EUCLID (wikipedia.org)        — MOM 2 (wikipedia.org)        — TEREX (wikipedia.org)        — DESTINY+ (wikipedia.org)        — Psyche (wikipedia.org)        — JUICE (wikipedia.org)— Comet Interceptor mission approved (spaceflightnow.com)Short &amp; Sweet— Stratolaunch is up for sale (cnbc.com)— Firefly is offering free rides. (spaceflightnow.com)— Worries raised about U.K. spaceport site in Scotland (bbc.com)Questions, comments, corrections— arahanga.space

This week in SF history— 28 June 1969. First flight of Black Arrow (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)Spaceflight news— Upcoming non-Earth science missions — 2019 — Chandrayaan-2 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Spektr-RG (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spektr-RG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — CHEOPS (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHEOPS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Chang’e 5 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Lunar Scout / MX-1E (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Express" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — 2020 — Solar Orbiter (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Orbiter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — PROBA-3 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROBA-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Aditya-L1 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditya-L1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Exomars (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin_(rover)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org/Rosalind_Franklin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazachok" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org/Kazachok</a>) — Hope Mars Mission (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Mars_Mission" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Mars 2020 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) — Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Pathfinder_Lunar_Orbiter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — 2021 — Astrobotic M1 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobotic_Technology#Lunar_missions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Luna 25 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — SLIM (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Lander_for_Investigating_Moon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — XRISM (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Imaging_and_Spectroscopy_Mission" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — IXPE (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging_X-ray_Polarimetry_Explorer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — JWST (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Double Asteroid Redirection Test (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — ASTER (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASTER_(spacecraft)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Lucy (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — 2022 — PUNCH (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarimeter_to_Unify_the_Corona_and_Heliosphere" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — EUCLID (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid_(spacecraft)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — MOM 2 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission_2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — TEREX (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tera-hertz_Explorer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — DESTINY+ (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DESTINY%2B" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — Psyche (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyche_(spacecraft)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) — JUICE (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Explorer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)— Comet Interceptor mission approved (<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/06/21/european-space-mission-to-get-close-up-view-of-new-comet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightnow.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Stratolaunch is up for sale (<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/14/vulcan-selling-stratolaunch-worlds-largest-airplane-for-400-million.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cnbc.com</a>)— Firefly is offering free rides. (<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/06/18/firefly-offering-free-launch-for-research-and-educational-payloads/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightnow.com</a>)— Worries raised about U.K. spaceport site in Scotland (<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-48667772" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bbc.com</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— <a href="https://www.arahanga.space/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arahanga.space</a>

Episode 216: Look to Windward

This week in SF history— May 10, 1967. Famous M2-F2 crash (wikipedia.org)(check-six.com)Spaceflight news— Dragon was destroyed prior to SuperDraco firing (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com)Short &amp; Sweet— CRS-17 makes it to Station after several setbacks. (spaceflightinsider.com)— Firefly successfully tests Alpha rocket's upper stage (arstechnica.com)Data Relay: Brazilian Space Program— Thanks to Anderson da Nova for researching and presenting this topic!    — twitter.com/DaSupaNova    — Unrelated, but fun resource discovered while researching (nakka-rocketry.net)— "Smith Plan" resulted in the construction of 2 institutions; the ITA and the IPD (periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br) (fab.mil.br)— Perspective paper (seer.cgee.org.br)    — Brazil’s first launch complex was CLBI (Barreira do Inferno Launch Center) (clbi.cta.br)    — Nike-Apache was the first rocket launched here (wikipedia.org)— Sonda rocket family (I II, III, IV) (wikipedia.org) (astronautix.com)    — Sonda II was a new design (mtc-m12.sid.inpe.br)    — IAE (Aeronautics and Space Institute) (iae.cta.br)— Alcantara Launch Center (CLA) (astronautix.com) (goo.gl/maps)— Satellite Launching Vehicle (VLS) (wikipedia.org)— Dove-OSCAR 17 (skyrocket.de)— Data Collecting Satellite (SCD-1 and 2) - (inpe.br)— SACI-2 spacecraft (skyrocket.de) (PDF: researchgate.net)— Operation São Luis - VLS-1 disaster (PDF: aereo.jor.br)— CBERS (wikipedia.org)— Crewed space program (tecnoblog.net)    — Marcos Pontes was the first Brazilian in space! (twitter.com/astro_pontes)    — Contributions to the ISS (gizmodo.uol.com.br)— Alcântara Cyclone Space (ACS) (parabolicarc.com)    — Launched Cylone-4 (npointercos.jp)— Amazônia-1 (skyrocket.de)— Programa Cruzeiro do Sul (pt.wikipedia.org)— L75 Rocket Engine (researchgate.net)— Heroes of the Brazilian Space Program who died in Aug 22nd 2003    — Amintas Rocha Brito    — Antonio Sergio Cezarini    — Carlos Alberto Pedrini    — Cesar Augusto Costalonga Varejão    — Daniel Faria Gonçalves    — Eliseu Reinaldo Moraes Vieira    — Gil Cesar Baptista Marques    — Gines Ananias Garcia    — Jonas Barbosa Filho    — José Aparecido Pinheiro    — José Eduardo De Almeida    — José Eduardo Pereira    — José Pedro Claro Peres Da Silva    — Luis Primon De Araujo    — Mário César De Freitas Levy    — Massanobu Shimabukuro    — Mauricio Biella De Souza Valle    — Roberto Tadashi Seguchi    — Rodolfo Donizetti De Oliveira    — Sidney Aparecido De Moraes    — Walter Pereira JuniorQuestions, comments, corrections— Lee Stevens via email: Starlink orbit advantages

This week in SF history— May 10, 1967. Famous M2-F2 crash (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_M2-F2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)(<a href="http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/NASA-803-1967" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">check-six.com</a>)Spaceflight news— Dragon was destroyed prior to SuperDraco firing (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/dragon-was-destroyed-just-before-the-firing-of-its-superdraco-thrusters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-offers-new-details-on-crew-dragon-test-anomaly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— CRS-17 makes it to Station after several setbacks. (<a href="https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/space-exploration-technologies/spacex-crs-17-dragon-launches-to-iss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightinsider.com</a>)— Firefly successfully tests Alpha rocket's upper stage (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/firefly-has-successfully-tested-the-upper-stage-of-its-alpha-rocket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>)Data Relay: Brazilian Space Program— Thanks to Anderson da Nova for researching and presenting this topic! — <a href="https://twitter.com/DaSupaNova" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/DaSupaNova</a> — Unrelated, but fun resource discovered while researching (<a href="https://www.nakka-rocketry.net/softw.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nakka-rocketry.net</a>)— "Smith Plan" resulted in the construction of 2 institutions; the ITA and the IPD (<a href="https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rbi/article/view/8648963/15510" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br</a>) (<a href="http://www.fab.mil.br/noticias/mostra/24333/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fab.mil.br</a>)— Perspective paper (<a href="http://seer.cgee.org.br/index.php/parcerias_estrategicas/article/viewFile/730/670" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">seer.cgee.org.br</a>) — Brazil’s first launch complex was CLBI (Barreira do Inferno Launch Center) (<a href="http://www.clbi.cta.br/internet/index.php/historico" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">clbi.cta.br</a>) — Nike-Apache was the first rocket launched here (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike-Apache" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)— Sonda rocket family (I II, III, IV) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonda_(rocket)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="http://www.astronautix.com/s/sonda.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astronautix.com</a>) — Sonda II was a new design (<a href="http://mtc-m12.sid.inpe.br/col/sid.inpe.br/jeferson/2003/07.02.08.39/doc/publicacao.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mtc-m12.sid.inpe.br</a>) — IAE (Aeronautics and Space Institute) (<a href="http://www.iae.cta.br/index.php/historico" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iae.cta.br</a>)— Alcantara Launch Center (CLA) (<a href="http://www.astronautix.com/a/alcantara.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astronautix.com</a>) (<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/ipUs3avLb5y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/maps</a>)— Satellite Launching Vehicle (VLS) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLS-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)— Dove-OSCAR 17 (<a href="https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dove.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">skyrocket.de</a>)— Data Collecting Satellite (SCD-1 and 2) - (<a href="http://www.inpe.br/scd1/site_scd/scd1/osatelite.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inpe.br</a>)— SACI-2 spacecraft (<a href="https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/saci-2.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">skyrocket.de</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ijar_Da_Fonseca/publication/228400240_SACI-2_Attitude_Control_Subsystem/links/0046352b9ffab283cf000000/SACI-2-Attitude-Control-Subsystem.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">researchgate.net</a>)— Operation São Luis - VLS-1 disaster (PDF: <a href="http://www.aereo.jor.br/downloads/VLS-1_V03_Relatorio_Final.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aereo.jor.br</a>)— CBERS (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Brazil_Earth_Resources_Satellite_program" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)— Crewed space program (<a href="https://tecnoblog.net/265986/astronauta-marcos-pontes-ministro-ciencia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tecnoblog.net</a>) — Marcos Pontes was the first Brazilian in space! (<a href="https://twitter.com/astro_pontes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/astro_pontes</a>) — Contributions to the ISS (<a href="https://gizmodo.uol.com.br/made-brazil-o-brasil-na-estacao-espacial-internacional/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gizmodo.uol.com.br</a>)— Alcântara Cyclone Space (ACS) (<a href="http://www.parabolicarc.com/tag/alcantara-cyclone-space/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">parabolicarc.com</a>) — Launched Cylone-4 (<a href="http://www.npointercos.jp/Cyclone4.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">npointercos.jp</a>)— Amazônia-1 (<a href="https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/amazonia-1.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">skyrocket.de</a>)— Programa Cruzeiro do Sul (<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programa_Cruzeiro_do_Sul" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pt.wikipedia.org</a>)— L75 Rocket Engine (<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270217153_Development_Status_of_the_L75_A_Brazilian_Liquid_Propellant_Rocket_Engine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">researchgate.net</a>)— Heroes of the Brazilian Space Program who died in Aug 22nd 2003 — Amintas Rocha Brito — Antonio Sergio Cezarini — Carlos Alberto Pedrini — Cesar Augusto Costalonga Varejão — Daniel Faria Gonçalves — Eliseu Reinaldo Moraes Vieira — Gil Cesar Baptista Marques — Gines Ananias Garcia — Jonas Barbosa Filho — José Aparecido Pinheiro — José Eduardo De Almeida — José Eduardo Pereira — José Pedro Claro Peres Da Silva — Luis Primon De Araujo — Mário César De Freitas Levy — Massanobu Shimabukuro — Mauricio Biella De Souza Valle — Roberto Tadashi Seguchi — Rodolfo Donizetti De Oliveira — Sidney Aparecido De Moraes — Walter Pereira JuniorQuestions, comments, corrections— Lee Stevens via email: Starlink orbit advantages

Episode 209: DATA RELAY--Brazil Space

This week in SF history— August 30, 1931. Birth of Jack Swigert (wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1914: You know what might have killed Swigert….Spaceflight news— Uncrewed Soyuz aborts docking. (spacenews.com)    — Second attempt delayed to free up a new docking port. (twitter.com/roscosmos)Short &amp; Sweet— Astrobotic chooses ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket to deliver its lunar lander (astrobotic.com)— Sierra-Nevada selects ULA. (spacenews.com)— Europa Clipper passes Key Decision Point-C (arstechnica.com)Data Relay—Hot Structures— Thanks to Ben Crews for researching and presenting this topic! (linkedin.com)— X-15 Hardware Design Challenges (PDF: nasa.gov)— NASA solicitation for research on hot structures (sbir.gov)— Multifunctional Hot Structure (HOST) Heat Shield (techbriefs.com)— Heat Shield Concepts and Materials for Reentry Vehicles (includes some familiar lifting-body vehicle form proposals!) (PDF: dtic.mil)— Advances in Hot Structure Development (Brief with link to PDF: nasa.gov)— Thermal-Structural Optimization of Integrated Tanks for RLV (embedded PDF: aiaa.org)— Tim Dodd’s discussion on Starship transpiration cooling (youtube.com)/— u/spacerfirstclass speculates on Spaceship’s use of hot structures. (reddit.com/r/spacex)

This week in SF history— August 30, 1931. Birth of Jack Swigert (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Swigert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)— Next week in 1914: You know what might have killed Swigert….Spaceflight news— Uncrewed Soyuz aborts docking. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/uncrewed-soyuz-aborts-iss-docking/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) — Second attempt delayed to free up a new docking port. (<a href="https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1165297078987317248" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/roscosmos</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Astrobotic chooses ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket to deliver its lunar lander (<a href="https://www.astrobotic.com/2019/8/19/astrobotic-selects-united-launch-alliance-vulcan-centaur-rocket-to-launch-its-first-mission-to-the-moon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astrobotic.com</a>)— Sierra-Nevada selects ULA. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/sierra-nevada-corp-selects-ula-vulcan-for-dream-chaser-missions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Europa Clipper passes Key Decision Point-C (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/the-ambitious-europa-clipper-has-cleared-an-important-step-toward-flight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>)Data Relay—Hot Structures— Thanks to Ben Crews for researching and presenting this topic! (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-crews-966778101/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linkedin.com</a>)— X-15 Hardware Design Challenges (PDF: <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910010760.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>)— NASA solicitation for research on hot structures (<a href="https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1547839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sbir.gov</a>)— Multifunctional Hot Structure (HOST) Heat Shield (<a href="https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/techbriefs/mechanics-and-machinery/27691" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">techbriefs.com</a>)— Heat Shield Concepts and Materials for Reentry Vehicles (includes some familiar lifting-body vehicle form proposals!) (PDF: <a href="https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/439449.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dtic.mil</a>)— Advances in Hot Structure Development (Brief with link to PDF: <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20060020757" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>)— Thermal-Structural Optimization of Integrated Tanks for RLV (embedded PDF: <a href="https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2004-1931" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aiaa.org</a>)— Tim Dodd’s discussion on Starship transpiration cooling (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LogE40_wR9k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>)/— u/spacerfirstclass speculates on Spaceship’s use of hot structures. (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/a4l6pp/the_new_design_is_metal_could_spacex_be_using/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reddit.com/r/spacex</a>)

Episode 225: DATA RELAY--Hot Structures

This week in SF history— May 25, 2008: Phoenix lands on Mars (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— SpaceX engages in internal competition (arstechnica.com) (forum.nasaspaceflight.com)Short &amp; Sweet— Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Identifies Beresheet Lander’s Crash Site (www.planetary.org) (lroc.sese.asu.edu)— Landspace assembles a methalox engine. (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Artur via email: I’m the son of one of those killed in the VLS disaster

This week in SF history— May 25, 2008: Phoenix lands on Mars (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(spacecraft)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)Spaceflight news— SpaceX engages in internal competition (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/spacex-plans-to-ab-test-its-starship-rocketship-builds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>) (<a href="https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=48158.0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">forum.nasaspaceflight.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Identifies Beresheet Lander’s Crash Site (<a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2019/lro-beresheet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.planetary.org</a>) (<a href="http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1101" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lroc.sese.asu.edu</a>)— Landspace assembles a methalox engine. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/landspace-assembles-methalox-engine-signs-international-agreements/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— Artur via email: I’m the son of one of those killed in the VLS disaster

Episode 211: Making a Mark

This week in SF history— May 15, 1963, launch of MA-9 (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Dragon had a parachute failure (spacenews.com)— Blue Moon (spacenews.com)    — Earlier articles (washingtonpost.com) (aviationweek.com)Short &amp; Sweet— Virgin Galactic is coming to Spaceport America. (spacenews.com)— Sixty Starlink satellites to launch on Wednesday. (twitter.com/elonmusk)

This week in SF history— May 15, 1963, launch of MA-9 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)Spaceflight news— Dragon had a parachute failure (<a href="https://spacenews.com/crew-dragon-parachutes-failed-in-recent-test/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Blue Moon (<a href="https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-unveils-lunar-lander/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) — Earlier articles (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/02/an-exclusive-look-at-jeff-bezos-plan-to-set-up-amazon-like-delivery-for-future-human-settlement-of-the-moon/?utm_term=.13420beed18f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">washingtonpost.com</a>) (<a href="https://aviationweek.com/space/blue-origin-developing-10000-lb-lunar-polar-lander?NL=AW-05&amp;Issue=AW-05_20170306_AW-05_576&amp;sfvc4enews=42&amp;cl=article_5&amp;elq2=d8ad4beebdfa470eb10a9015f7a68d6d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aviationweek.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Virgin Galactic is coming to Spaceport America. (<a href="https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-prepares-to-move-vehicles-staff-to-spaceport-america/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— Sixty Starlink satellites to launch on Wednesday. (<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1127388838362378241" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/elonmusk</a>)

Episode 210: Free Two-Day to Luna

This week in SF history— 22 June 1978. Discovery of Pluto’s moon Charon by John Christy (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Psyche review/preview (spacenews.com)    — Just passed Key Decision Point C (PDF: nasa.gov)    — Multispectral Imager is based on MSL’s Mastcam, MAHLI, and MARDI (hou.usra.edu)    — Deep space laser communication demo (wikipedia.org)Short &amp; Sweet— India’s Chandrayaan-2 has launch date (theprint.in)— India has plans for its own space station. (parabolicarc.com)— SOFIA improvements (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Valentin Frank: follow up on Tereshkova’s head injury— /u/MomoSapiensAD: Herschel mission time correction (reddit.com/r/orbitalpodcast)— Apollo / Mariner / Viking / Voyager oral history (twitter.com/jccwrt)— Support the Rocket Cat fund! (gofundme.com)

This week in SF history— 22 June 1978. Discovery of Pluto’s moon Charon by John Christy (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)Spaceflight news— Psyche review/preview (<a href="https://spacenews.com/psyche-mission-clears-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) — Just passed Key Decision Point C (PDF: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_systems_engineering_handbook_0.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>) — Multispectral Imager is based on MSL’s Mastcam, MAHLI, and MARDI (<a href="https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2016/pdf/1366.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hou.usra.edu</a>) — Deep space laser communication demo (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Optical_Communications" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— India’s Chandrayaan-2 has launch date (<a href="https://theprint.in/science/why-chandrayaan-2-is-isros-most-complex-mission-so-far/249252/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theprint.in</a>)— India has plans for its own space station. (<a href="http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/06/15/india-eyes-space-station-earth-orbit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">parabolicarc.com</a>)— SOFIA improvements (<a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-to-adjust-sofia-operations-to-improve-productivity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— Valentin Frank: follow up on Tereshkova’s head injury— /u/MomoSapiensAD: Herschel mission time correction (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/orbitalpodcast/comments/bzgcnq/episode_214_spitzering_nails/er0na11/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reddit.com/r/orbitalpodcast</a>)— Apollo / Mariner / Viking / Voyager oral history (<a href="https://twitter.com/jccwrt/status/1139384759719624706" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/jccwrt</a>)— Support the Rocket Cat fund! (<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/rocket-cat-medical-fund" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gofundme.com</a>)

Episode 215: Shibboleth

This week in SF history— 23 April 1957: Vandenberg established (wikipedia.org) (astronautix.com)Spaceflight news— Dragon 2 Capsule Explodes during testing (twitter.com/EmreKelly) (nasaspaceflight.com)    — Scott Manley’s speculations (slightly outdated) (youtube.com)    — A BFRC isn’t great. (theorbitalmechanics.com)        — Seen on radar (twitter.com/GISRockstar)    — Explosion video (twitter.com/Astronut099)    — Unconfirmed reports indicated that the capsule was destroyed. (floridatoday.com/)Short &amp; Sweet— SpaceX loses a booster to rough seas (spaceflightnow.com)— An update on Beresheet (spaceflightnow.com)— Intelsat-29e is declared a total loss (spacenews.com)Interview -- Keri Bean, Systems Engineer— twitter.com/planetarykeri— keribean.com

This week in SF history— 23 April 1957: Vandenberg established (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="http://astronautix.com/v/vandenberg.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astronautix.com</a>)Spaceflight news— Dragon 2 Capsule Explodes during testing (<a href="https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/1119721013166657536" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/EmreKelly</a>) (<a href="https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/04/spacexs-crew-dragon-spacecraft-anomaly-static-fire-testing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasaspaceflight.com</a>) — Scott Manley’s speculations (slightly outdated) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl3Jcczz5PY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>) — A BFRC isn’t great. (<a href="https://theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/hypergolics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theorbitalmechanics.com</a>) — Seen on radar (<a href="https://twitter.com/GISRockstar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/GISRockstar</a>) — Explosion video (<a href="https://twitter.com/Astronut099/status/1119825093742530560" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/Astronut099</a>) — Unconfirmed reports indicated that the capsule was destroyed. (<a href="https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2019/04/20/smoke-seen-miles-spacex-crew-dragon-suffers-anomaly-cape-canaveral/3531086002" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">floridatoday.com/</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— SpaceX loses a booster to rough seas (<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/04/15/falcon-heavy-core-booster-lost-in-rough-seas-after-drone-ship-landing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightnow.com</a>)— An update on Beresheet (<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/04/18/errant-command-doomed-israeli-moon-lander-officials-vow-to-try-again/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spaceflightnow.com</a>)— Intelsat-29e is declared a total loss (<a href="https://spacenews.com/intelsat-29e-declared-a-total-loss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Interview -- Keri Bean, Systems Engineer— <a href="https://twitter.com/planetarykeri" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/planetarykeri</a>— <a href="http://keribean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">keribean.com</a>

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