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 409: Carry a Big Stick
Spaceflight News
— China’s spaceplane makes maneuvers (spacenews.com)
— Kosmos-2562 makes maneuvers as well (twitter.com/planet4589) (russianspaceweb.com)
Short & Sweet
— Plutonium Depletion (spacenews.com)
— ULA prepares for more tests (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Vast and SpaceX shoot for first commercial space station (HT Andy Z.: techcrunch.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 16 May, 2011. Launch of STS-134 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (nasaspaceflight.com) (lidarmag.com)
— Next week (5/23 - 5/29) in 2016: Hex, one of five