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 401: Ring Around the Heatshield
Spaceflight News
— Stoke Space prepares for hopper landing trial (HT Andrew Z: twitter.com/stoke_space) (youtube.com)
Short & Sweet
— NASA announces $1B deorbit tug for ISS (spacenews.com)
— Virgin Orbit’s operational pause (spacenews.com)
— Axiom reveals the Artemis EVA suit (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— March 24, 2006: The first launch of Falcon 1 (space.com) (space.com) (en.wikipedia.org)
— Next week (3/28 - 4/3) in 1993. Low-power mode.