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 426: Studyin’ The Sun
Spaceflight News
— Aditya-L1 studyin’ the Sun (space.com) (eoportal.org) (PDF: iiap.res.in)
Short & Sweet
— Starship stands corrected (spacenews.com)
— MaiaSpace tests cryogenic second stage (europeanspaceflight.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Apollo LOX tanks (twitter.com/DrPhiltill)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 15 Sept, 2017: End of the Cassini mission (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: lpi.usra.edu) (PDF: engineering.purdue.edu)
— Next week (9/19 - 9/25) in 1981: Big F*@&ing Red Spill