The Orbital Mechanics Podcast
Episodes
Episode 511: LOS
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 510.2: Abort Abort Abort
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well, after last week's short episode, I suspect that a lot of you anticipated this short episode would be coming out.I'm going to use some language t...
Episode 510.1: Hold hold hold
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Weird, short episode here, but it still feels weird to not start the show by saying “and I’m Ben.”So, we’ve had a personal emergency here on t...
Episode 510: Leakspin
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starship Block 2: 0 for 3 (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)— Block 3 Update (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— Xodiac flies f...
Episode 509: Hungry Hopping Hippos
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Neutron update (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— China announces mission to Venus (ieee.org)Tianhe to be expanded (spacenews.com...
Episode 508: North of Antarctica
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Firefly Nozzle Anomaly (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Efforts continue to rescue Lunar Trailblazer (spacenews.c...
Episode 507: Prolate Marshmallow
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Sierra Space impact test (asdnews.com)— Atmos reentry test of PHOENIX-1 (spacenews.com) (europeanspaceflight.com)Short & Swe...
Episode 506: ISS at Risk
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— The Riskiest Period of ISS’ Existence (spacenews.com)— Enginefest — Latitude (europeanspaceflight.com) — Pangea Aero...
Episode 505: Confirming Isaacman
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Confirming Isaacman (spacenews.com) (law.cornell.edu) (aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org)— One of the Lunar Terrain Vehicles unveiled (l...
Episode 504: Mark Soyuzworth
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Two more PAMs (spacenews.com) (sam.gov)Short & Sweet— Fram2 launches and lands (arstechnica.com) (space.com)— SpinLaunch t...
Episode 503: DOWNLINK -- Joseph Marlin
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Security Space (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com)Interview -- Joseph Marlin, Deputy Chief Engineer, Blue Ghost Lunar Program— lin...
Episode 502: Still Sticking
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Still sticking with Starliner (spacenews.com) (aviationweek.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Starlab starts new phase (spa...
Episode 501: MSR China
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— China’s Mars Sample Return open to International Cooperation (cgtn.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Several Russian sats...
Episode 500: Quincentennial
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— IM-2 lunar landing (intuitivemachines.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (intuitivemachines.com) (youtube....
Episode 499: Wicked Shimmy
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starship TF7 bounced to pieces (Paywall: aviationweek.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Two payloads on IM-2 launch sufferi...
Episode 498: Decimation
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Stoke Space reveals Andromeda 2 (stokespace.com)Short & Sweet— Long March 8A completes first flight (spacenews.com)— Germa...
Episode 497: Frustrating Frustum
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— The most amazing little rocket that will have ever built (spacenews.com) (aas.org) (aas.org) (aas.org) (PDF: hou.usra.edu)Short &a...
Episode 496: Next-Gen Corner Cube
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Blue Ghost M1 (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (fireflyspace.com) (gsfc.nasa.gov) (baas.aas.org) (hou.usra.edu) Short...
Episode 495: NICER than orange slices
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— NICER repair on EVA 91 (nasaspaceflight.com) (svs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (science.nasa.gov) (svs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov)Sho...
Episode 494: Debris Cross-Range
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starship FT-7 (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (bsky.app/profile/derekdotspace.bsky.social) (space.com) (spacenews.com)Short ...
Episode 493: Two Satellites Enter! Five Satellites Leave!
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode!Spaceflight News— Mars Sample Return redesign (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sw...
Episode 492: Lotta Scoopin'
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starship TF-7 (spacenews.com) (ringwatchers.com) (spacex.com) (twitter.com)Short & Sweet— India launches space docking demo ...
Episode 491: Everest Space
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— K2 Space wins contract (spaceinsider.tech) (spacenews.com) (addtheegg.com)Short & Sweet— Contracts awarded for NASA’s Near...
Episode 490: PhageX
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Orion’s heat shield (americaspace.com) (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Tests of Russian Orbital Station core module announced (in...
Episode 489: Swirl Domination
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Swirl-dominated chambers (payloadspace.com) (https://www.sierraspace.com) (Pic, from researchgate.net) (PDF: nasa.gov)Short & ...
Episode 488: Chonky Copter
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Epsilon can’t stop exploding (space.com) (youtu.be) (PDF: jaxa.jp)— A Dragonfly on a Falcon Heavy (satellitetoday.com)Short &a...
Episode 487: What's that smell?
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Global grasshoppers — Russia’s hopper (arstechnica.com) — EU’s hopper (europeanspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— ...
Episode 486: 300mm of Mercury
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Zvezda leak disagreement (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet— NGR is in the building! (spacenews....
Episode 485: Shuttle Sandwich
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— CRS-2 extended (spacenews.com) (sam.gov)Short & Sweet— Gilmour ups and Bowen downs (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— LignoS...
Episode 484: Runaway Ramp
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Shenzhou-19 reaches Tiangong (spaceflightnow.com)— Mirror platform for Tiangong (news.cgtn.com) (youtube.com)— Low-cost Tiango...
Episode 483: 100 Abort Criteria
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starship Flight 5 Review “Leaked” (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (spacenews.com) (HT DennisO: x.com/StarshipGazer)Shor...
Episode 482: Geostationary Explosive Orbit
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode!Spaceflight News— Intelsat 33e loses power and blows up (spacenews.com) (x.com/S4S_SDA) (reddit....
Episode 481: Deorbit Strategies
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Worries about ISS making a splash (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (space.com)Short & Sweet— X-37B to perform...
Episode 480: Phenolic Burnthrough
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Vulcan anomaly (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/dwisecinema) (spacenews.com)Short &a...
Episode 479: VIPER Sting
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- VIPER opinions (spacenews.com) (sam.gov) Short & Sweet-- Chinese lunar spacesuit revealed (cgtn.com) (space.com)-- Upper s...
Episode 478: ISRO Audit
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- ISRO rising (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet-- Iran successfully launches research satellite (almayadeen.net)-- Ariane 6 software f...
Episode 477: Land Ahoy
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Landspace lands (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet-- New Glenn to attempt landing (HT Chris Radcliff: https://twitter.c...
Episode 476: Qrbital MeQaniQs
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- BepiColombo insertion delayed (europeanspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (esa.int)Short & Sweet-- EscaPADE DelAYED...
Episode 475: Falcon Crunch
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- B1062 lost (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.co...
Episode 474: Another Six Months
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Starliner crew to return on Dragon (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet-- EscaPADE arrives in Florida (spacenews....
Episode 473: DOWNLINK--Rocket Lab's EscaPADE Team
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- First polar-orbiting crewed mission announced (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet-- New solid rocket game in town (b...
Episode 472: Megadebris
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Megadebris? (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (slingshot.space)Short & Sweet-- NEOWISE ends operations (space.com) (spaceflightno...
Episode 471: Rubber Baby Whipple Bumper
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- ADRAS-J rendezvous (HT Zach: twitter.com/CRD2_JAXA) (astroscale.com) (PDF: astroscale.com VIA astroscale.com)Short & Sweet-- PO...
Episode 470: DOWNLINK--Martin Frederick
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Falcon 9 Return to Flight (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet-- ABL Static...
Episode 469: Runk
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- NASA nixes VIPER (spacenews.com) (newscientist.com)European Short & Sweet-- Ariane 6 may carry crew (europeanspaceflight.com)--...
Episode 468: Upper Stage Downer
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Falcon 9 Failure (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com)-- Ariane 6 anomaly (europeanspaceflight.com) (spaceflightnow.com)-- Hyp...
Episode 467: DOWNLINK--MSI-DFAT
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Luch (Olymp) 2 “caught” snooping (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (thespacereview.co...
Episode 466: All Aboard?
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- The Vulcan train is leaving the station (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet-- Starliner’s extended-er ISS stay (spacenews.com)-- A n...
Episode 465: Reflown Don
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Long March 10 hot firing (spacenews.com) (weixin.qq.com) (youtube.com) (spacenews.com)-- Latest taikonaut class selected (space.com...
Episode 464: Starliner Seep
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Starliner OFT (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenew...
Episode 463: The Camera That Could
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- Starship Test Flight 4 (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) (spacey.space/@spmttracker)Short & Sweet-- Vast plan...
Episode 462: Oh, Dear, No Moon
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- ThinkSubOrbital (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (sbir.gov) (sbir.gov)Short & Sweet-- Starliner sc...
Episode 461: DOWNLINK--Justin Fiaschetti
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- More Starliner Delays (spacenews.com) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/jeff_foust) (spacenews.com) (HT deltaV: https://arstechnica.com)Short...
Episode 460: 90 years, 105 km
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News-- NASA Joins Rosalind Franklin Team (spacenews.com)-- Unknown Russian sat launched (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (russianspaceweb.com)Sh...
Episode 459: DOWNLINK--Adam Higginbotham
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Chang’e-6 mission underway (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nature.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Starliner delayed (s...
Episode 458: Precise Ballpark
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Artemis I Lessons (spacenews.com) (PDF: oig.nasa.gov VIA oig.nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Thunder from down under (abc.net.au) (a...
Episode 457: DOWNLINK--Jeff Williams, Exum Instruments
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Voyager is communicative! (blogs.nasa.gov)— ESA debris removal mission finds a new target (satellitetoday.com)Short & Sweet—...
Episode 456: Now With Trailer
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Lunar buggy selection (spacenews.com) (PDF: sam.gov VIA sam.gov) (twitter.com/DubnHG1) (nikkei.com)Short & Sweet— Dragonfly ...
Episode 455: Cabbage Ditch
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Last Delta IV heavy (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: ulalaunch.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Swe...
Episode 454: Expendable Launchpad
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Broken records and Starship’s near future (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— New Sh...
Episode 453: Bleached?
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Orbital Reef Rundown (nature.com) (PDF: star.spaceops.org VIA star.spaceops.org) (genesisesi.com)— Artemis 3 now has 3 experimen...
Episode 452: Sticky PEZ
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starship IFT-3 (spacenews.com) (twitter.com) (youtu.be)Short & Sweet— Euclid spacecraft addresses ice-buildup on optics (asd...
Episode 451: DOWNLINK--Prof. Dante Lauretta
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Interview — Professor Dante Lauretta— The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System (hachettebookgroup.com)— face...
Episode 450: Propane Rocket Accessories
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Stoke Space focusing on first stage (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtu.be)Short & Sweet— Tianhe’s solar arrays patched (space.co...
Episode 449: All Jacked Up
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Last big IM-1 update (arstechnica.com) (twitter.com/jeff_foust)Short & Sweet— Orion has hatch problems (spacenews.com)— IS...
Episode 448: Remove Before Flight
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— IM-1 landing follow-up (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— ISRO completes human-rating of engine (isro...
Episode 447: Meta Moon
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— IM-1 launch (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: intuitivemachines.co...
Episode 446: No Dana Only Zoozve
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Dream Chaser readies for first flight (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— Viasat-3 pushes forward (spa...
Episode 445: E-CLPS
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— CLPS’ second try (spacenews.com)— Collins completes Crew Capability Assessment (prnewswire.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (youtube....
Episode 444: The Little Helo That Could
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Ingenuity Down (HT deltaV: twitter.com/AndySaunders_1) (spacenews.com) (mars.nasa.gov)— Slim Upside-Down (spacenews.com) (spacen...
Episode 443: SLIM Chances
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— SLIM landing attempt (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (youtube.com) (PDF: global.jaxa.jp)S...
Episode 442: Lunar Otamatone
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Peregrine Failure (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/astrobotic...
Episode 441: Future Tech Christmas
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— NIAC 2024 Phase One (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— India launches X-ray space observatory (spaceflightnow.com)— Space...
Episode 440: 99 Landings and a Tough Ride
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— B1058 lost at sea (spaceflightnow.com) (twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) (youtube.com) (ventusky.com) (twitter.com/edwards345) (spacee...
Episode 439: A Period of Time
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— China launches spaceplane for third time (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) (youtube.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet—...
Episode 438: Serbatoi Mancanti
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Vega propellant tank mishap (arstechnica.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (eoportal.org) (PDF: arianespace.com) — AVUM 4t...
Episode 437: Shtuff
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starship Shtuff (payloadspace.com) (americaspace.com) (twitter.com/ThePrimalDino)Short & Sweet— JAXA cyber attacked (payload...
Episode 436: Boldly Going Nowhere
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starliner Crewed Flight Test stays on schedule (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Looking ...
Episode 435: Purple Flame
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starship Flight 2 (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (twitter.com/thejackbeyer) (twitter.com/p...
Episode 434: DOWNLINK--Benchmark
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Rocket Lab Failure Analysis (spacenews.com) (space.com) (rocketlabusa.com) (PDF: q4cdn.com VIA en.wikipedia.org)Short & Sweet—...
Episode 433: Dinkinesh and Dinkynesh
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Lucy flies past Dinkinesh and also Dinkinesh (nasa.gov) (lucy.swri.edu) (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov VIA ntrs.nasa.gov) — Aerojet Rock...
Episode 432: DOWNLINK--Orbit Fab
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— ABL Dusts Itself Off (spacenews.com) (harryohanley.substack.com)Short & Sweet— NASA struggles to open asteroid sample contai...
Episode 431: Roller Coaster Tycoon
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Gaganyaan in-flight abort test (youtube.com) (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (HT: Jatan’s Space PDF: gov.in) (HT DeltaV: twitter.c...
Episode 430: Iron Sponge
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Psyche launch and mission preview (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (scitechdaily.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (...
Episode 429: DOWNLINK--Ben Reed
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Tiangong’s expansion (hindustantimes.com) (cnn.com)— Northrop Grumman joins Starlab team (nasa.gov)— Orbital Reef may be aba...
Episode 428: Actual Human Ballast
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Electron suffers upper stage failure (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (youtu.be)Short & Sweet— Stoke Space hops (spacene...
Episode 427: Pre-Dawn
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Dawn Aerospace discusses future plans (parabolicarc.com)Short & Sweet— Artemis-II gets its engines (nasaspaceflight.com)— ...
Episode 426: Studyin’ The Sun
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Aditya-L1 studyin’ the Sun (space.com) (eoportal.org) (PDF: iiap.res.in)Short & Sweet— Starship stands corrected (spacenew...
Episode 425: Ding Log
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— OSIRIS-REx prep (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— New Frontiers competition delayed (spacene...
Episode 424: DOWNLINK--IEEE Senior Member David Witkowski
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Chandrayaan-3 landing (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (isro.gov.in) (indianexpress.com VIA 12ft.io)Questions, C...
Episode 423: Angular Velocity
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Luna-25 (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.com/katlinegrey) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (Paywall: russianspaceweb.com)Short & Swe...
Episode 422: Clogged Flashlight
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Lunar Flashlight failure (spacenews.com) (PDF: mstl.atl.calpoly.edu VIA web.archive.org) (PDF: ssdl.gatech.edu) (PDF: digitalcommo...
Episode 421: Promethean Ejection
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Astra Layoffs (spacenews.com) (cnbc.com)Short & Sweet— Starship Activities (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk)— C...
Episode 420: Tipping Point
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— 2023 Tipping Point selections (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov) (PDF: nasaprs.com) — Blue Origin’s Blue Alchemist separates regolith in...
Episode 419: Last Episode Was A Teapot
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— A Commercial Space Station Source Selection (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (PDF: sam.gov) (news.northropgrumman.com) (sierraspace.com)...
Episode 418: Denial Test
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight NewsVulcan Centaur delays (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short & Sweet  ...
Episode 417: Mind the Launch Gap
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Au revoir, Ariane 5 (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (Payload User’s Guide PDF: arianespace.com)— Two solids provide ~90%...
Episode 416: Tenacious Dream Chaser
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Mars oxygen and helicopter sighting (space.com) (HT Stygarfield: nasa.gov) — Vega C delayed after engine test failure (euro...
Episode 415: Unsupported Separation Type
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— Starship hot staging and engine firing (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/AshleyKillip) — Earlier...
Episode 414: Fire Tornado
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceflight News— iROSA campaign complete, looking to next campaign (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— ESA reserve astrona...