Spaceflight news

— 2018 Soyuz leak turns into a whodunnit (arstechnica.com) (HT DeltaV: arstechnica.com) (twitter.com/KathyLueders)

— Starliner Destacked (twitter.com/BoeingSpace) (twitter.com/EmreKelly) (twitter.com/BoeingSpace) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— Shuttle payload readied for restoration (space.com)

— xEVA falls behind schedule (spacenews.com)

— GSLV fails to reach orbit (https://spacenews.com/indian-gslv-launch-fails/)

Questions, comments, corrections

— Andrew Z. via email: Super Heavy landing nubs.

— Ireland’s Place in Space (podcasts.apple.com)

— From the intro: Tethers Unlimited (spacenews.com)

— Watch party! The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O’Neill. Friday Aug 27 3pm PT / 6pm ET (calendar.google.com)

This week in SF history

— 18 Aug, 1993: first flight of the DC-X delta clipper (nasa.gov) (youtube.com)

— Next week (8/24 - 8/30) in 1962: Hello, I live next door. Sorry I didn’t come and say hello sooner.