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 411: Cliff Confusion
Spaceflight News
— HAKUTO-R failure analysis (HT deltaV: twitter.com/DJSnM) (twitter.com/jeff_foust) (ispace-inc.com) (spacenews.com)
— Apollo software modeled terrain to avoid this exact issue (PDF HT Mike: ibiblio.org)
Short & Sweet
— Virgin Orbit assets sold off (spacenews.com)
— ESA folds out a new heat shield (HT Andrew Z: esa.int) (newatlas.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 1 Jun, 1970: Launch of Soyuz 9 (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com) (chessgames.com) (astronautix.com)
— Next week (6/6 - 6/12) in 2007: Chonky boi