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

Spaceflight News

— China’s Mars Sample Return open to International Cooperation (cgtn.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— Several Russian sats on the move (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (defence-blog.com)

— X-37B lands after record-breaking mission (arstechnica.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: leaked starship photos: (HT The Orbital Index: reddit.com) (HT The Orbital Index: reddit.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 18 Mar, 1980. Plesetsk launch pad disaster (plesetzk.ru) (russianspaceweb.com) (bbc.co.uk) (en.wikipedia.org)

— Tangent on GRAU indices (en.wikipedia.org)

— Next week (3/25 - 3/31) in 1972: Much closer, much easier, but 53 years late

Spaceflight News

— IM-2 lunar landing (intuitivemachines.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (intuitivemachines.com) (youtube.com)

Short & Sweet

— Voyager turns off further instruments (space.com)

— A Falcon 9 loses a leg (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: ISS too clean (newsbreak.com) (cell.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 15 Mar, 1976. Launch of Lincoln Experimental Satellite 8 and 9 (LES-8 and -9) (skyrocket.de) (wikipedia.org) (ll.mit.edu)

— Next week (3/18 - 3/24) in 1980: Wait nine years until “openness”