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By David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
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The podcast currently has 581 episodes available.
Spaceflight News
— Zvezda leak disagreement (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)
Short & Sweet
— NGR is in the building! (spacenews.com)
— Bye bye ABL (from launch anyway) (arstechnica.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 24 Nov, 1970. Launch of Kosmos 379 (astronautix.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (russianspaceweb.com)
— Next week (11/26 - 12/2) in 1983: And then there were six
Spaceflight News
— CRS-2 extended (spacenews.com) (sam.gov)
Short & Sweet
— Gilmour ups and Bowen downs (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)
— LignoSat to be deployed from ISS (popsci.com) (nanosats.eu)
— Long March 9: Starship (arstechnica)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: LEO safety study (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 12 Nov, 1981: The launch of STS-2 (en.wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov) (historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov)
— Next week (11/19 - 11/25) in 1970: LELO: Low-Earth “Lunar” Orbit
Spaceflight News
— Shenzhou-19 reaches Tiangong (spaceflightnow.com)
— Mirror platform for Tiangong (news.cgtn.com) (youtube.com)
— Low-cost Tiangong cargo S/C (spacenews.com)
— “Kinetica-2 [selected] as top launcher choice” (twitter.com/cas_space)
— Crewed moon rover (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/YuqiiQian)
Short & Sweet
— Artemis heat shield chunks (spacenews.com)
— Liquid water on Mars (nature.com VIA nasaspaceflight.com) (news.berkeley.edu)
— California startup develops ABEP system (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— November 8, 2004: First launch of a Soyuz 2 carrier rocket (en.wikipedia.org) (v2rockethistory.com)
— Next week (11/12 - 11/18) in 1981: 40% of the mission, 90% of the objectives.
Spaceflight News
— Starship Flight 5 Review “Leaked” (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (spacenews.com) (HT DennisO: x.com/StarshipGazer)
Short & Sweet
— Crew-8 post-landing medical issue (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)
— Companies to bring commercial launch to Ireland (europeanspaceflight.com)
— ACS-3’s a little crooked (space.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)
— Mars Sample Revision (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Aerojet 260 solid rocket test (en.wikipedia.org)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 3 Nov, 1994. Launch of STS-66 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (nss.org) (youtu.be)
— Next week (11/5 - 11/11) in 2004: A blind bowling ball
Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode!
Spaceflight News
— Intelsat 33e loses power and blows up (spacenews.com) (x.com/S4S_SDA) (reddit.com)
Short & Sweet
— Sirius Space hot fire (europeanspaceflight.com)
— A Firefly to launch a Jackal (satellitetoday.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— Ross Peterson: Super Heavy’s reentry heating
— Taylor S Marks: ISS graveyard orbit (discord.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 27 Oct, 1992. Launch of the Znamya 2 solar power antenna (en.wikipedia.org) (thespacereview.com) (qsl.net) (skypub.com VIA web.archive.org)
— Next week (10/29 - 11/4) in 1994: holding the weight of LEO on your shoulders
Spaceflight News
— Worries about ISS making a splash (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (space.com)
Short & Sweet
— X-37B to perform aerobraking maneuver (defenseone.com)
— Rocket Lab wins Mars Sample Return concept award (spacenews.com)
— Vast unveils details on Haven-1 (payloadspace.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Starship Flight Test 5 (youtu.be) (nasaspaceflight.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— October 17, 1974: Founding of OTRAG (en.wikipedia.org) (youtube.com) (youtube.com) (bernd-leitenberger.de)
— Next week (10/22 - 10/28) in 1992: To shreds, you say!
Spaceflight News
-- Vulcan anomaly (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/dwisecinema) (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
-- Voyager 2 turns off science instrument (inverse.com)
-- Super bright Qianfan satellites (spacenews.com)
-- NASA reduces rate of ISS leak (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
-- Unc’ Willy: Crossfield’s employer (discord.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
-- 8 Oct, 2012: The launch of CRS-1 (en.wikipedia.org) (nasaspaceflight.com)
-- Next week (10/15 - 10/21) in 1974: The original SpaceX
Spaceflight News
-- VIPER opinions (spacenews.com) (sam.gov)
Short & Sweet
-- Chinese lunar spacesuit revealed (cgtn.com) (space.com)
-- Upper stage anomaly grounds Falcon 9 (space.com) (spacenews.com)
-- MaiaSpace moves in (spacenews)
This Week in Spaceflight History
-- 2 Oct, 1921. Birth of Scott Crossfield (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: govinfo.gov) (magazine.washington.edu)
-- Next week (10/8 - 10/14) in 2012: A boxy box delivery
Spaceflight News
-- ISRO rising (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
-- Iran successfully launches research satellite (almayadeen.net)
-- Ariane 6 software fix (spacenews.com)
-- Yutu 2 turns six (space.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
-- From the intro: Sirius Space will launch from Australia (europeanspaceflight.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
-- Launch of Shenzhou 7 (神舟七号) (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nescacademy.nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (youtube.com)
-- Next week (10/1 - 10/7) in 1921: Flying with Michael Burnham
Spaceflight News
-- Landspace lands (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)
Short & Sweet
-- New Glenn to attempt landing (HT Chris Radcliff: https://twitter.com/davill)
-- Chang’e-6 extended mission (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
-- From the intro: Polaris Dawn spacewalk (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
-- 22 Sep, 2006. Launch of Hinode (日の出) (nasa.gov) (eoportal.org) (esa.int) (en.wikipedia.org)
-- Next week (9/24 - 9/30) in 2008: And then there were three
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