Weird, short episode here, but it still feels weird to not start the show by saying “and I’m Ben.”

So, we’ve had a personal emergency here on the crew. All three of us are fine, and we will let you know more about what’s happened, but for right now, this week’s episode is delayed. Hopefully it’ll be coming out later this week, but I don’t know. It may take a little while for things to get back to normal, but hopefully not too long. We just need a little bit of time to cope, and then we can figure out what our plans are.

Thank you guys for listening, and you know, I miss y’all.

Spaceflight News

— Starship Block 2: 0 for 3 (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)

— Block 3 Update (nasaspaceflight.com)

Short & Sweet

— Xodiac flies final time (arstechnica.com)

— China successfully tests vertical-takeoff vertical-landing rocket (cgtn.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

ii May 24, 1962: Fourth flight of Project Mercury (en.wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov)

— Next week (6/10 - 6/16) in 1973: Dos equis

Spaceflight News

— Neutron update (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— China announces mission to Venus (ieee.org)

Tianhe to be expanded (spacenews.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 14 May, 1973. Launch of Skylab (historicspacecraft.com) (PDF: nasa.gov)

— Next week (5/20 - 5/26) in 1962: Kickin’ up fireflies.

Spaceflight News

— Firefly Nozzle Anomaly (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)

Short & Sweet

— Efforts continue to rescue Lunar Trailblazer (spacenews.com)

— ISS avoids space debris (space.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Kosmos 482’s parachutes dangling out? (space.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— May 10, 1994: Last contact with the Clementine Spacecraft (en.wikipedia.org) (researchgate.net) (nap.nationalacademies.org) (klabs.org)

— Next week (5/13 - 5/19) in 1973: It’s the final countdown

Spaceflight News

— Sierra Space impact test (asdnews.com)

— Atmos reentry test of PHOENIX-1 (spacenews.com) (europeanspaceflight.com)

Short & Sweet

— Kosmos 482’s deorbit update (sattrackcam.blogspot.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— Blue Origin tank failure? (HT ArcadeEngineer: fixupx.com/kerballistic07)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 1 May, 1979: Enterprise rolled out to 39A (nasa.gov)

— Next week (5/6 - 5/12) in 1994: Lost and gone forever, in orbit

Spaceflight News

— The Riskiest Period of ISS’ Existence (spacenews.com)

— Enginefest

— Latitude (europeanspaceflight.com)

— Pangea Aerospace (europeanspaceflight.com)

— Venus Aerospace (prnewswire.com)

Short & Sweet

— Building destroyed in explosion at Northrop Grumman test site (space.com)

— Seat barter agreement extended through 2027 (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— Unc’ Willy: “First flight” is a better term (discord.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— April 24, 1970: Launch of Dong Fang Hong (astronautix.com) (en.wikipedia.org)

— Next week (4/29 - 5/5) in 1979: Heading out for a three-month stay

Spaceflight News

— Confirming Isaacman (spacenews.com) (law.cornell.edu) (aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org)

— One of the Lunar Terrain Vehicles unveiled (lunaroutpost.com)

Short & Sweet

— New addition to DSN (space.com)

— DOD hires Astroscale (satellitetoday.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Jonathan McDowell retiring (archive.ph)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 18 Apr, 2001. Maiden flight of GSLV Mk. I (a.k.a GSLV-D1) (isro.gov.in) (astronautix.com) (PDF: sci-hub.se)  (planet4589.org)

— Next week (4/22 - 4/28) in 1970: Is the national anthem really 20 days long?

Spaceflight News

— Two more PAMs (spacenews.com) (sam.gov)

Short & Sweet

— Fram2 launches and lands (arstechnica.com) (space.com)

— SpinLaunch turns to broadband (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Starliner shakeup (spaceflightnow.com)

— From Espen Urkedal: FTS vs VTS

This Week in Spaceflight History

— April 10, 1979: Launch (and early return) of Soyuz 33 (en.wikipedia.org) (blazingbulgaria.wordpress)

— Next week (4/15 - 4/21) in 2001: Stumbling 58 minutes short of the finish orbit

Spaceflight News

— Security Space (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com)

Interview -- Joseph Marlin, Deputy Chief Engineer, Blue Ghost Lunar Program

— linkedin.com/in/josephmarlin

— fireflyspace.com

This Week in Spaceflight History

— Apr 4, 1983. Launch of STS-6 (americaspace.com)

— Next week (4/8 - 4/14) in 1979: Stumbling a mile before the finish line

Spaceflight News

— Still sticking with Starliner (spacenews.com) (aviationweek.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— Starlab starts new phase (space.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— Blaise via email: SRTM gravity gradients

This Week in Spaceflight History

— March 31, 1972: Launch of Kosmos 482 (en.wikipedia.org) (spacereview.com) (leonarddavid.com)

— Next week (4/1 - 4/7) in 1983: Orbital structural test article