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 419: Last Episode Was A Teapot
Spaceflight News
— A Commercial Space Station Source Selection (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (PDF: sam.gov) (news.northropgrumman.com) (sierraspace.com) (specialaerospaceservices.com) (vastspace.com)
Short & Sweet
— Recently arrived GEO satellites in trouble (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (arstechnica.com)
— China develops plan to land humans on Moon before decade’s end (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— Aaron Sawdey: Centaur tank fix (discord.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 29 July, 2014. Launch of ATV-5 George Lemaitre, the last ATV (danielmarin.naukas.com) (danielmarin.naukas.com) (esa.int) (blogs.esa.int)
— LIRIS (Laser InfraRed Imaging Sensors) (esa.int)
— Debris avoidance (blogs.esa.int)
— The shallow reentry that wasn’t (issfd.org) (blogs.esa.int)
— Next week (8/1 - 8/7) in 2011: Dim Sun