The Space Show

2024.03.06 | Reflections from the Moon


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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 6 March 2024:

Optimus takes flight:

The Australian company Space Machine's satellite Optimus was launched yesterday on the SpaceX Transporter 10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. (Inserts courtesy SpaceX)

Odysseus — End of Mission:

Details of Intuitive Machine's Odysseus's semi-hard landing on the higher-than-planned site near Malapert A; the rush to rewrite and upload control software; the role of CSIRO's Parkes Radio Astronomy Telescope in receiving data from Odysseus; the problem of multi-path radio signals from the lunar south polar region; the NASA experiments - plan and achievement; mission 'firsts'; SLIM revived after lunar night; and the end of the IM-1 mission. (Inserts courtesy NASA JSC)

Vale Richard Truly:

Noting the death of former astronaut and NASA Administrator Richard Truly featuring the "Pigs In Space" skit played for him aboard STS-2.

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The Space ShowBy Andrew Rennie for the Space Association of Australia