Every week we cover the latest spaceflight news, discuss past, current and future exploration efforts, and take a look at upcoming events. Tune in to hear about how humans get to space, how they stay in space and how unmanned craft reach farther and farther into the universe around us.
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Episode 400: Dramatic Dogleg
Spaceflight News
— VV22 investigation (HT Sam: esa.int) (spacenews.com) (arianespace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
Short & Sweet
— IBEX mission overcomes computer glitch (space.com)
— ISS dodges a satellite (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: H3’s first flight results (nasaspaceflight.com)
Data Relay: STS-400
— STS-400 (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Two gap fillers removed during EVA on STS-114 (spaceflightnow.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 14 March 1986: Giotto flies past 1P/Halley. (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org)
— Thanks to Peter for suggesting this topic (twitter.com/PeterMcMally)
— Next week (3/21 - 3/27) in 2006: It’s fine. It’s in what we call a “storage orbit”