Liftoff is a podcast about space, the universe, and everything. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand the major developments as explained by enthusiastic space fans Stephen Hackett and Jason Snell. Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.
This week, Stephen and Jason catch up on Space X and Blue Origin news, wish Opportunity a happy 12th birthday and reflect on the 30th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
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Links and Show Notes Liftoff on Tumblr SpaceX fails a third time to land its Falcon 9 on a drone ship in the sea | The Verge Polar orbit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue Origin | Launch. Land. Repeat. Blue Origin beats SpaceX to re-launching a reusable rocket | The Verge Opportunity Mars Rover Marks 12 Years on Red Planet Your Age on Other Worlds | Exploratorium Mars Rover Opportunity Busy Through Depth of Winter | NASA Opportunity (rover) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Opportunity mission timeline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Image Opportunity's heat shield and springs 11+ Years of Mars Roving in 8 Minutes | Time-Lapse Video - YouTube Everything You Need To Know About The Deep Space Station NASA Has To Build By 2018 Habitat Concepts for Deep Space Exploration (PDF) Mike Brown (@plutokiller) | Twitter Amazon.com: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (9780385531108): Mike Brown: Books Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet | Caltech Evidence found of a possible planet in the outer solar system. Find Planet Nine Liftoff #9: The Space Shuttle - Relay FM NASA Day of Remembrance 'Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes' recounts space shuttle tragedy 30 years later | collectSPACE An Oral History Of The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster President Ronald Reagan - Address on the Challenger Disaster - YouTube The Challenger Disaster: CBS Evening News 1-28-1986 - YouTube The Challenger Disaster (2013) (TV) Richard Feynman and the Space Shuttle Challenger investigation