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 420: Tipping Point
Spaceflight News
— 2023 Tipping Point selections (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov) (PDF: nasaprs.com)
— Blue Origin’s Blue Alchemist separates regolith into several important base materials (blueorigin.com)
— We talked to Kyla Edison about sintering regolith (theorbitalmechanics.com)
Short & Sweet
— HALO’s added cost (spacenews.com)
— Sierra Space builds a better engine (spacenews.com)
— Contact with Voyager 2 lost, thought to be temporary (arstechnica.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 5 Aug, 2011. Launch of Juno (en.wikipedia.org) (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu)
— Next week (8/8 - 8/14) in 1962: The Gemini before Gemini