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April 07, 2020121: Apollo 13
In the spring of 1970, NASA launched what would be the third mission to walk on the moon, but almost nothing went to plan, putting the crew in peril until the moment they splashed down.
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Our Apollo Episodes:
Apollo 1
Apollo 4 & 5
Apollo 6
Apollo 7
Apollo 8
Apollo 9
Apollo 10
Apollo 11
Apollo 12
Apollo 13
Apollo 14
Apollo 15
Apollo 16
Apollo 17
Apollo 13 | NASA Apollo 13 Accident Apollo 13: Home Safe - NASA on YouTube Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: Chapter 13 Apollo 13 Flight Journal - Index Page Apollo 13 (AS-508) | National Air and Space Museum The Recipe for Apollo 13's Disaster | Popular Science 45 years after Apollo 13: Ars looks at what went wrong and why | Ars Technica Apollo 13: An Accident in Space | The New Yorker Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got a Problem - YouTube Apollo 13 Accident - Flight Director Loop Part 1 - YouTube Your Questions about Apollo 13 Answered by Jerry Woodfill - Universe Today More of Your Apollo 13 Questions Answered by Jerry Woodfill - Universe Today Apollo 13 in Real Time website offers new insight into mission, 50 years later | collectSPACE As it Happened - Apollo 13 "Houston We've Had A Problem" - YouTube The Apollo 13 Mission and Rescue: How much plutonium was added to the Earth's environment? Apollo 13 (1995) - IMDb BBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon Houston, we have a problem - Wikipedia Apollo 13: Lovell, Jim, Kluger, Jeffrey - Amazon.com Apollo 50th on Twitter: "Damage caused to the first car from the fire..." The Incomparable: Apollo 13
1 hr 12 min
March 24, 2020120: Everything Got Jumbled and Fell Down
The entire space industry is reeling from effects of the current global pandemic, and NASA remembers Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership NASA fixes Mars lander by hitting it with a shovel - CNN NASA targets May for Crew Dragon test flight - SpaceNews.com SpaceX launches Starlink satellites, misses booster landing for second time - SpaceNews.com Scientists trace famed 1987 supernova to weird blue supergiant star | Space Life on the Planet Mercury? ‘It’s Not Completely Nuts’ - The New York Times NASA and the Coronavirus — Where Things Stand – SpacePolicyOnline.com Bigelow Aerospace lays off entire workforce - SpaceNews.com NASA Response Framework (PDF) NASA is suspending development of its future deep-space rocket during coronavirus pandemic - The Verge NASA confirms work stoppage on James Webb Space Telescope – Spaceflight Now NASA's Mars rover Perseverance still on track for July launch despite coronavirus outbreak | Space How NASA is preparing to launch humans to space as coronavirus pandemic worsens - The Verge ESA scales down science mission operations amid pandemic Astronauts know how to handle isolation: Here are tips from Scott Kelly, Peggy Whitson and more. | Space Alfred M "Al" Worden | NASA Apollo astronaut Al Worden dies at 88 – Spaceflight Now Remembering Apollo 15’s Al Worden - The Vintage Space - Medium Alfred Worden, 88, Dies; Orbited Moon and Walked in Deep Space - The New York Times
40 min
March 10, 2020119: A Rovey McRoverface Situation
Mars 2020 has a name, Voyager 2 can't call home and SpaceX is doing SpaceX things. Then, results from the initial Starliner investigation and a look at VIPER.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership News | Virginia Middle School Student Earns Honor of Naming NASA's Next Mars Rover NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Gets New, Official Name: Perseverance - The New York Times When Voyager 2 Calls Home, Earth Soon Won’t Be Able to Answer - The New York Times DSN Now Inside Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week—and settle Mars | Ars Technica SpaceX launches the last flight of its original Dragon cargo capsule - The Verge NASA Update on Orbital Flight Test Independent Review Team – Commercial Crew Program NASA still doesn’t know if it wants Boeing to perform another test flight of its passenger spacecraft - The Verge NASA is Planning to Build a Lunar Rover With a 1-Meter Drill to Search for Water Ice - Universe Today NASA Asks Commercial Moon Delivery Partners to Fly Rover to Moon | NASA VIPER | NASA BBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon - Downloads
36 min
February 28, 2020118: A Reusable Buddy Satellite
Little satellites are helping larger ones, InSight's mole is causing problems, the SLS is slipping and Venus is up for a mission as a Hot Jupiter may be being ripped apart. Just another fortnight of space news!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Mac Power Users #524: Photographing the Stars, with Andrew Burwell - Relay FM Mac Observatory InSight to try to push mole into Martian surface - SpaceNews.com A Year of Surprising Science From NASA's InSight Mars Mission | NASA Publications | Science – NASA's InSight Mars Lander Delay seems likely as parachute problems plague European Mars lander | Ars Technica Boeing didn’t perform full end-to-end test of Starliner - Orlando Sentinel William Gerstenmaier joins SpaceX, and that’s a really big deal | Ars Technica An Orbital Rendezvous Demonstrates a Space Junk Solution - The New York Times This 'hot Jupiter' alien planet is dancing with death with its 18-hour year | Space China’s Rover Finds Layers of Surprise Under Moon’s Far Side - The New York Times Sunspots and Stranded Whales: A Bizarre Correlation - The New York Times Final Test of Orion Motor Critical to Astronaut Safety a Success | NASA SLS debut slips to April 2021, KSC teams working through launch sims - NASASpaceFlight.com NASA’s next science missions will head for Venus, Io, or Triton - The Verge One of NASA’s greatest mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, has died | Ars Technica Liftoff #48: Hidden Figures - Relay FM Julius Montgomery, Who Broke a Space-Age Race Barrier, Dies at 90 - The New York Times
57 min
February 11, 2020117: Things Bumping Against Other Things
Boeing's Starliner issues run deeper than it first appeared, CHEOPS is operation and the Solar Orbiter is on its way to our start. That, and a look at the White House's proposed NASA budget for 2021.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Ungeniused #98: NACA - Relay FM NASA Shares Initial Findings from Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test Investigation – Commercial Crew Program Boeing’s Starliner problems may be worse than we thought | Ars Technica NASA confirms two Boeing Starliner issues would’ve led to spacecraft loss without intervention | TechCrunch Does NASA Trust Boeing? - The Atlantic Europe's planet-hunting CHEOPS telescope beams down first image. It's better than expected | Space Bad Astronomy | First light for the exoplanet hunter mission CHEOPS goes tetrahedral Solar Orbiter Launch Takes Solar Science to New Heights | NASA Solar Orbiter | NASA We are entering the Golden Age of studying our Sun | Ars Technica News | Voyager 2 Engineers Working to Restore Normal Operations Liftoff #44: Voyager - Relay FM Trump administration calls for big budget increases for NASA to fund Moon program - The Verge White House requests significant NASA budget increase to fund Artemis program - SpaceNews.com NASA FY 2021 Budget Request (PDF) Fiscal Year 2020 Budget (PDF)
NASA's budget appears on page 92.
43 min
January 28, 2020 116: Remembering Challenger
On January 28, 1986, seven astronauts lost their lives aboard the space shuttle Challenger, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. This week, Jason and Stephen talk about the disaster, its causes and how it changed NASA, after discussing the current House NASA Authorization Bill and more.
Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership SpaceX releases preliminary results from Crew Dragon abort test – Spaceflight Now Starliner’s thruster performance receiving close scrutiny from NASA | Ars Technica Spitzer telescope to be decommissioned after 16 years - SpaceFlight Insider NASA prepares to shut down Spitzer Space Telescope - SpaceNews.com A TV satellite is about to explode following 'irreversible' battery damage | Live Science Doubletree by Hilton Chocolate Chip Cookie First Food Baked in Space | Hilton Press Center We finally know what happens when you bake cookies in space | Space Is the Moon a Stepping Stone or a Cornerstone for Mars? | The Planetary Society House introduces NASA authorization bill that emphasizes Mars over moon - SpaceNews.com NASA Authorization Bill Update – Administrator Jim Bridenstine Delta-v - Kindle edition by Daniel Suarez. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Remembering Space Shuttle Challenger | NASA Teacher in Space Project - Wikipedia Watch The Challenger Disaster | Prime Video 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion: CNN's live broadcast - YouTube Rogers Commission Report - Wikipedia Barbara Morgan - Wikipedia
1 hr 11 min
January 14, 2020115: A Mannequin is Not an Astronaut
2020 is here, as are updates on the James Webb telescope and SLS. NASA has inducted some new astronauts and the star Betelgeuse is getting weird.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership James Webb Space Telescope on Track for March 2021 Launch, NASA Says | Space An Earth-size planet in the habitable zone? New NASA discovery is one special world. | Space How the Sun's 11-Year Solar Cycle Works | Live Science First New Sunspots in 40 Days Herald Coming Solar Cycle | Live Science First look at LEGO Ideas International Space Station set (21321) – Jay's Brick Blog SpaceX continues to blast satellites into orbit as the space community worries - The Verge Find Starlink SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test Launch Date Update – Commercial Crew Program Timer Glitch Means No Space Station Docking for Boeing’s Starliner – SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA/Boeing Team to Look for Root Cause of Starliner’s Mission Elapsed Timer Issue – SpacePolicyOnline.com Sierra Nevada explores other uses of Dream Chaser - SpaceNews.com Astronaut Christina Koch Breaks Record for Longest Space Mission by a Woman | Space NASA’s Newest Astronauts Ready for Space Station, Moon & Mars Missions | NASA Just a Fainting Spell? Or Is Betelgeuse About to Blow? - The New York Times Bright Star Betelgeuse Might Be Harboring a Deep, Dark Secret | Live Science The Incomparable 497 - For All Mankind
1 hr
December 17, 2019114: A Pentagon of Storms
2019 is coming to a close, but the news rolls on: NASA is close to having a new budget, Commercial Crew makes another step in the right direction and Jason ends things with a holiday message.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership SpaceX successfully launches and lands its rocket, misses catching its nosecone - The Verge Vector files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - SpaceNews.com Bad Astronomy | Jupiter is still *really* weird: A new monster storm has formed around its south pole How an Icy Moon of Saturn Got Its Stripes - The New York Times Cascading parallel fractures on Enceladus | Nature Astronomy Boeing's Starliner capsule cleared for milestone uncrewed test flight to space station - CBS News Boeing rolls out Starliner passenger spacecraft ahead of December flight - The Verge House Passes $738 Billion Military Bill With Space Force and Parental Leave - The New York Times NASA to receive $22.6 billion in fiscal year 2020 spending bill - SpaceNews.com Artemis Wins Only Lukewarm Support in Final NASA FY2020 Appropriation – SpacePolicyOnline.com Another Day, Another Exoplanet, and Scientists Just Can't Keep Up | Space The Site Has Been Chosen! Here's Where OSIRIS-REx is Going To Take a Sample from Bennu - Universe Today NASA’s Osiris-Rex Selects Target Asteroid Landing Site - The New York Times The Interstellar Comet Has Arrived in Time for the Holidays - The New York Times
48 min
December 03, 2019113: Barbecue Freezer
Commercial Crew is moving forward, Vikram's crash site has been found, and there's a big black hole in the news. There are also claims of a new particle, but questions surround the announcement.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Launch of first Starliner orbital test flight slips to Dec. 19 – Spaceflight Now Russia's status as a space power will end with the start of NASA's commercial crew | TheHill NASA Engineers Are Trying To Figure Out Why It's So Hard To Dig Mars : NPR NASA spacecraft finds crash site of Indian lunar lander - The Verge Amateur sleuth helps locate crash site of India’s Vikram moon lander – Spaceflight Now 1969 Chevrolet "Astrovette" Classic Drive - Motor Trend Classic - Motor Trend The Grand Tour Game Neil Armstrong’s Corvette Full Documentary (Grand Tour Game Chevrolet Corvette) - YouTube All four RS-25 Shuttle veterans installed into SLS Core Stage - NASASpaceFlight.com NASA Certifies SLS Laboratory to Test Flight Software for Artemis | NASA ESA Commits to ISS Extension, Cooperation on Gateway – SpacePolicyOnline.com This Newfound Monster Black Hole Is Too Big for Theories to Handle | Space Old NASA Moon Orbiter Finds New Life for Artemis Lunar Landing Project | Space This Is Why The 'X17' Particle And A New, Fifth Force Probably Don't Exist New Boson Claim Faces Scrutiny | Quanta Magazine
53 min
November 19, 2019112: Apollo 12
Apollo 12 forever lives in the shadow of the mission before it, but it shouldn't. Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon and Al Bean made plenty of their own history, with some terror and plenty of laughs along the way.
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Links and Show Notes:
Our Apollo Episodes:
Apollo 1
Apollo 4 & 5
Apollo 6
Apollo 7
Apollo 8
Apollo 9
Apollo 10
Apollo 11
Apollo 12
Apollo 13
Apollo 14
Apollo 15
Apollo 16
Apollo 17
Apollo 12 (AS-507) | National Air and Space Museum Apollo 12 Mission - LPI Apollo 12: The Pinpoint Mission - YouTube Apollo 12's Launch Day Sandwiches - YouTube Apollo 12: The electrifying return to the Moon Apollo 12 - SCE to AUX - YouTube What Does "Set SCE To AUX" Mean Anyway - Apollo 12's Lightning Strike Explained - YouTube What Happened on Board when Apollo 12 was Struck by Lightning - YouTube Apollo 12 Was Struck By Lightning Right After Launch ... Twice! (Video) | Space Apollo 12 Was Struck By Lightning Right After Launch ... Twice! (Video) | Space NASA's Analysis Of Apollo 12 Lightning Incident (PDF) How Curiosity, Luck, and the Flip of a Switch Saved the Moon Program - VICE Why Tuna Really Mattered on Apollo 12 - YouTube Playmates on the Moon - YouTube The Second Moon Landing Was Much Rowdier - The Atlantic Down the Ladder Surveyor 3 - Wikipedia
46 min

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Liftoff was a podcast about space, the universe, and everything. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand the major developments as explained by enthusiastic space fans Stephen Hackett…