Spaceflight news

— Spaceway-1 batteries (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— Firefly suffers an anomaly on the test stand. (spacenews.com) (space.com)

— Solar Orbiter mission’s launch slips several days (spaceflightnow.com) (twitter.com/torybruno)

— Tethers Unlimited’s Terminator Tape is showing promise. (spacenews.com)

Questions, comments, corrections

— Andrew via email: Phantom Express (spacenews.com)

— Scott Manley covered this as well, with more info on the AR-22, which is actually a refurbished/retooled SSME! (youtube.com)

— Espen via email: second stage might have exploded above the water??? (youtube.com)

This week in SF history

— January 29, 2003: Launch of XSS-10 (space.skyrocket.de)

— Next week in 1947: A woman’s place is preparing meals, cleaning windows and toilets…. on the Shuttle.