Spaceflight News

— Stoke Space reveals Andromeda 2 (stokespace.com)

Short & Sweet

— Long March 8A completes first flight (spacenews.com)

— Germany provides funds for new launch facility (europeanspaceflight.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Blue Origin Layoffs (spacenews.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 24 Feb, 1996. Launch of POLAR satellite (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov) (eyes.nasa.gov) (nasaspaceflight.com)

— Next week (2/25 - 3/3) in 1960: The copper touch

Spaceflight News

— The most amazing little rocket that will have ever built (spacenews.com) (aas.org) (aas.org) (aas.org) (PDF: hou.usra.edu)

Short & Sweet

— Starbase Update (nasaspaceflight.com)

— Thales Alenia to build an airlock (europeanspaceflight.com)

Vast reschedules Haven-1 (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: ThrustMe pushes into US market (spacenews.com) (thrustme.fr)

— Unc’ Willy: Frustums, and NGLR (discord.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 11 Feb, 2000: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission launched on STS-99 (en.wikipedia.org) (airandspace.si.edu VIA web.archive.org) (PDF: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

— Next week (2/18 - 2/24) in 1996: Goes where it says on the tin.

Spaceflight News

— Blue Ghost M1 (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (fireflyspace.com) (gsfc.nasa.gov) (baas.aas.org) (hou.usra.edu) 

Short & Sweet

— Starliner investigation nears completion (spacenews.com)

— AstroForge announces first target (space.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: IRNSS-1K launch failure (thehindu.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— Feb. 6, 1995: STS-63 approaches within 11 meters of Mir (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (thespaceabove.us)

— Next week (2/11 - 2/17) in 2000: Tail-first and burning fast

Spaceflight News

— NICER repair on EVA 91 (nasaspaceflight.com) (svs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (science.nasa.gov) (svs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Short & Sweet

— ESA to vote on future of Space Rider spacecraft (europeanspaceflight.com)

— China hops higher, maybe (spacenews.com) (bilibili.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: New Shepard’s lunar gravity mission (spacenews.com)

— Hydraq via email: CH4 hydrodynamics in Starship

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 3 Feb, 1994: The launch of STS-60 (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (nss.org)

Next week (2/4 - 2/10) in 1995: Hey, it’s me again. I’m outside.

Spaceflight News

— Starship FT-7 (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (bsky.app/profile/derekdotspace.bsky.social) (space.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— ISRO successfully docks in space (spacenews.com)

— RFA granted license for vertical launch from UK (europeanspaceflight.com) 

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: New Glenn First Flight (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)

— DarthMooMoo: Varda launched on F9, not Electron (discord.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 22 Jan 1997: Space debris hits a person for the first and only time on record. (HT SciKyle: en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: deepblue.lib.umich.edu) (PDF: apps.dtic.mil) (foxnews.com)

— Next week (1/28 - 2/3) in 1994: Call before you come over

Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode!

Spaceflight News

— Mars Sample Return redesign (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— China tests mission extension tech on-orbit (spacenews.com)

— X-37B’s latest mission passes one-year in space (space.com)

— Pale Blue Propulsion (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Eaton/Pallisades fire relief for JPL workers (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (securelb.imodules.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— Jan. 17, 2005: US-China Orbital Debris Event (space.com) (PPT: celestrak.org) (spaceref.com) (PDF: orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov)

— Next week (1/21 - 1/27) in 1997: A tap on the shoulder

Spaceflight News

— Starship TF-7 (spacenews.com) (ringwatchers.com) (spacex.com) (twitter.com)

Short & Sweet

— India launches space docking demo mission (nasaspaceflight.com) (space.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (isro.gov.in)

— Launches gaining frequency (spacenews.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 10 Jan, 1968: Surveyor 7 lands on the moon (nasa.gov) (ntrs.nasa.gov) (ntrs.nasa.gov)

— Next week (1/14 - 1/20) in 2005: Was that the Aurora Australis?

Spaceflight News

— K2 Space wins contract (spaceinsider.tech) (spacenews.com) (addtheegg.com)

Short & Sweet

— Contracts awarded for NASA’s Near Space Network (spacenews.com)

— Record breaking spacewalk set by Shenzhou-19 crew (spacenews.com)

— Crew-10 delayed (spacenews.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 2 Jan, 1959. Launch of Luna 1, first spacecraft to reach the Moon (en.wikipedia.org) (smithsonianmag.com) (mentallandscape.com) (smithsonianmag.com)

— Next week (1/7 - 1/13) in 1968: Highlander - there can be only one (of seven)

Spaceflight News

— Orion’s heat shield (americaspace.com) (nasa.gov)

Short & Sweet

— Tests of Russian Orbital Station core module announced (interfax.com)

— Ingenuity’s Crash Investigation (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— Joel Rogers via email: Young and Crippen didn’t fly on Enterprise.

This Week in Spaceflight History

— December 17, 2012: Grasshopper makes its first real hop (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org)

— Next week (1/1 - 1/6) in 1959: To the moon! Uh... to the Sun!

Spaceflight News

— Swirl-dominated chambers (payloadspace.com) (https://www.sierraspace.com) (Pic, from researchgate.net) (PDF: nasa.gov)

Short & Sweet

— So long Sutherland Spaceport (satellitetoday.com)

Further delays to Artemis program announced (spacenews.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 12 Dec, 1970. Launch of Uhuru (nasa.gov) (PDF: jhuapl.edu)

— Next week (12/17 - 12/23) in 2012: Ride ‘em, cowboy