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Liftoff episodes

June 20, 2019101: Behind the Back Fence
The Artemis Budget is becoming more and more real, as NASA promotes the number of companies involved in building its hardware. Elsewhere, ESA is preparing to go to Jupiter with the JUICE robotic mission and Bigelow has big plans for the ISS.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Paying for Artemis: How much will it cost to go back to the moon? - SpaceNews.com Bridenstine estimates Artemis cost at $20–30 billion - SpaceNews.com NASA's 2020 Mars Rover Gets Its 1st Wheels, and a Mast, Too (Ahoy!) | Space 2020 Mars Helicopter Could Open Alien Skies to Exploration | Space Michigan Company Helps Build NASA Moon Rocket, Accelerate Moon Mission | NASA NASA | Exploration Systems Suppliers in America New report finds NASA awarded Boeing large fees despite SLS launch slips | Ars Technica NASA’s future Moon rocket will probably be delayed and over budget again - The Verge Arianespace and ESA announce the JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) launch contract – Arianespace ESA Science & Technology: Science Payload NASA is opening the ISS to commercial business and more private astronauts - The Verge Bigelow announces plans for private astronaut flights to space station – Spaceflight Now
38 min
June 06, 2019100: There's Nobody in Charge
Jason and Stephen discuss the debate around Starlink and its impact on astronomy, cover the latest GAO report and talk about the importance of Commercial Moon Landing Services.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership SpaceX says all 60 Starlink satellites functioning so far - SpaceNews.com Astronomy group calls for urgent action on SpaceX Starlink satellites | New Scientist After SpaceX Starlink Launch, a Fear of Satellites That Outnumber All Visible Stars - The New York Times Supercomputer to undergo autopsy after returning from the space station - The Verge With End in Sight, Spitzer Telescope Releases Glorious Nebula Images | Space Exclusive: Space firm founded by billionaire Paul Allen closing operations - sources - Reuters Tracking Down JoAnn Morgan, a Semi-Hidden Figure of U.S. Space History | Vanity Fair Potential Exomoon Discovery Sparks Debate - The Atlantic NASA’s Space Launch System passes key milestone for Moon mission | TechCrunch NASA Reaches New Milestone on Complex, Large Rocket | NASA JWST and SLS drive up cost and schedule growth on NASA programs - SpaceNews.com NASA selects companies for commercial Moon landing services - SpaceFlight Insider BBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon
53 min
May 21, 201999: Apollo 10
In May 1969, Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan took their Apollo spacecraft within 48,000 feet of the lunar service.
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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
50 Years Ago: Apollo 10 to Sort Out the Unknowns | NASA Apollo 10 | NASA In Depth | Apollo 10 – NASA Solar System Exploration APOLLO 10 - NASA History Apollo 10 (AS-505) | National Air and Space Museum Apollo 10: Lunar Landing Dress Rehearsal | Space ‎Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 on Apple TV Apollo 10: "Son of a B—!" - Space Artifacts The floating turd mystery that still haunts NASA - Vox The Search for 'Snoopy': Astronomers & Students Hunt for NASA's Lost Apollo 10 Module | Space Why Apollo 10 Stopped Just 47,000 Feet From the Moon - The New York Times
37 min
May 07, 201998: The Moon is Having a Moment
This fortnight: checking in on the SLS' test procedures and the on-going planning to return to the moon in 2024, and then a dose of planetary defense.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Real-time satellite imagery on your desktop with Downlink - Main Engine Cut Off Downlink – 512 Pixels Dragon was destroyed just before the firing of its SuperDraco thrusters | Ars Technica The Hunt for Rocket Boosters in Russia's Far North | WIRED Andrew Jones on Twitter on Chinese launches NASA to perform key test of the SLS rocket, necessitating a delay in its launch | Ars Technica NASA outlines plan for 2024 lunar landing - SpaceNews.com Facing 2024 deadline, NASA issues a report defending the Lunar Gateway | Ars Technica "Why Gateway" PDF The Race to Develop the Moon | The New Yorker What If an Asteroid Was Going to Hit Earth? NASA Will Make Believe This Week | Space A Fake Asteroid Headed to Earth Can Really Make You Think | Space News | NASA, FEMA, International Partners Plan Asteroid Impact Exercise Planetary Defense Conference Exercise - 2019 Hera adds objectives to planetary defense test mission – NASASpaceFlight.com Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment mission / Hera / Space Safety / Our Activities / ESA
49 min
April 23, 201997: The Titans Who Live There
Stephen and Jason talk the news, from blackholes to Beresheet, and spacesuits to backronyms. Then, a bit about the Crew Dragon anomaly.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership SpaceX's Center Core Booster for Falcon Heavy Rocket Is Lost at Sea | Space International Conference on Environmental Systems New details emerge about Titan's methane lakes - SpaceFlight Insider ACRONYM: Acronym CReatiON for You and Me (PDF) GitHub: ACRONYM (Acronym CReatiON for You and Me) The Incomparable | Turn Left at the Asteroid (Episode 453) Software Command to Fix Faulty Sensor Doomed Beresheet | The Planetary Society David Copperfield’s Secrets - The Technology Behind His Greatest Illusions - Are Locked in a Vault That Just Crash-Landed on the Moon Did NASA Experiment Survive on Failed Israeli Moon Lander? Black Hole Image Makes History; NASA Telescopes Coordinate Observation | NASA Exploring Black Holes | National Science Foundation Seeing a black hole with half a ton of hard drives - Six Colors Katie Bouman: The woman behind the first black hole image - BBC News How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman - YouTube The black hole image and Katie Bouman: the sexist backlash against her, explained - Vox Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the Crew Dragon accident | Ars Technica SpaceX turned to fast-igniting fuel for its capsule escape system. That could be part of the accident probe - Los Angeles Times
51 min
April 09, 201996: Probably Not Space Cows
Rocket Lab has a new satellite platform, while methane cycles have been measured on Mars. Elsewhere, NASA continues to work through the details of its new 2024 lunar goal and 2007 OR10 needs a name.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership SpaceX just fired up the engine on its test Starship vehicle for the first time - The Verge Apocalypse Next? Astronomers Find a Chunk of Planet Around a Distant, Dead Star - The New York Times Ungeniused #72: The Future of Earth - Relay FM Rocket Lab unveils Photon smallsat bus - SpaceNews.com Something on Mars Is Producing Gas Usually Made by Living Things on Earth - The New York Times 2007 OR10 Needs a Name! | The Planetary Society Help Name 2007 OR10 NASA is figuring out how much money it needs to meet a faster lunar return - The Verge Advisory group seeks role evaluating NASA’s lunar plans - SpaceNews.com Human Landing System - Ascent Element - Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities Expected Soon: First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole - The New York Times Opinion | At Long Last, a Glimpse of a Black Hole - The New York Times SpaceX's 2nd Falcon Heavy to launch Arabsat-6A - SpaceFlight Insider
49 min
March 26, 201995: The Red Flag
Vice President Mike Pence has challenged NASA to return to the moon within five years.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Tested Interview with Todd Miller A Huge Collection of Apollo 11 Press Kits NASA is no longer planning to conduct its first all-women spacewalk this week - The Verge It’s unfortunate NASA canceled the all-female EVA, but it’s the right decision | Ars Technica Mary Robinette Kowal on Twitter: "Let's talk about spacesuits..." NASA Office of Inspector General 2017 Report on SpaceSuits (PDF) Starhopper progressing toward Static Fire test; Starship/Superheavy updates – NASASpaceFlight.com NASA TV to Broadcast Fifth Meeting of the National Space Council | NASA NASA Moon and Mars Budget of NASA - Wikipedia Neptune’s Moon Triton Is Destination of Proposed NASA Mission - The New York Times
42 min
March 26, 2019 94: A Planned Countdown Hold
The guys talk through a few stories that didn't make Episode 95, including what's going on with Boeing's Starliner and Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser, as well as Bennu's habit of spewing material into space.
Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Boeing delays by months test flights for U.S. human space program: sources | Reuters Boeing Delays 1st Test Flight of Crew Capsule to August: Report | Space Dream Chaser passes latest NASA development milestone - SpaceFlight Insider OSIRIS-REx sees Bennu spewing stuff into space | The Planetary Society OSIRIS-REx finds its asteroid is spewing material and is much more rugged than expected - The Verge Asteroid Bennu has Already Thrown Material off into Space 11 Times Since OSIRIS-REx Arrived - Universe Today Liftoff #95: The Red Flag - Relay FM
22 min
March 12, 201993: Budget Season
Stephen and Jason get into the details of the proposed 2020 NASA budget, the future of the SLS rocket, then review the film Apollo 11.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Commercial Crew Program | NASA Crew Dragon undocking and departure - YouTube ESA on Twitter: "Ready to take new @Space_Station crew into space this Thursday at 19:14 GMT (20:14 CET).… " Zurbuchen Cancels Europa Clipper Instrument Due to Cost Overruns – SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA: Moon to Mars NASA unveils $21 billion Trump administration fiscal year 2020 budget request – Spaceflight Now New White House budget spells trouble for NASA’s SLS rocket | Ars Technica NASA budget proposal targets SLS - SpaceNews.com Trump’s NASA budget slashes programs and cancels a powerful rocket upgrade - The Verge Inside the Making of the Mind-Blowing ‘Apollo 11’ Doc – Rolling Stone Moonwalk One - Wikipedia
1 hr 7 min
February 26, 201992: Apollo 9
In March 1969, Jim McDivitt, Dave Scott and Rusty Schweickart were the first astronauts to fly the Lunar Module, proving that this vital spacecraft was ready to take a crew to the moon — and help bring them home.
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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 9 | NASA Apollo 9: The Lunar Module Flies | Space Apollo 9 (AS-504) | National Air and Space Museum Apollo 9 Flight Journal - Index Page On Apollo 9, a Jammed Camera Changed Spacewalking Astronaut's Life (Video) | Space 50 Years Ago: The Apollo Lunar Module | NASA Peeking Inside a Messy Lunar Module - Vintage Space Neil Armstrong: LM Simulator Crash - YouTube
43 min

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