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 415: Unsupported Separation Type
Spaceflight News
— Starship hot staging and engine firing (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/AshleyKillip)
— Earlier description of separation flip (teslarati.com)
Short & Sweet
— Prometheus test fire (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Anti-ASAT antipathy (spacenews)
— Launcher’s second OTV fails on orbit (spacenews.com) (geekwire.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 30 Jun, 2001. Launch of Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) (en.wikipedia.org) (wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov) (wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov)
— Next week (7/4 - 7/10) in 2003: The mass hasn’t changed, but now it’s too heavy