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Episode 110: A Tap on the Shoulder
- This week in SF history
- 1973 May 25. Launch of Skylab 2 (history.nasa.gov)
- Less well known is the issue during Skylab 2’s launch (PDF, source on p7: ntrs.nasa.gov)
- Watch Tim Dodd recreate this mission in Kerbal Space Program live on Wednesday night on twitch.tv/everydayastronaut
- 1973 May 25. Launch of Skylab 2 (history.nasa.gov)
- Spaceflight news
- Blue Origin loses a BE-4 powerpack during stand testing (twitter.com/blueorigin)
- Tory Bruno: “There are tried and true techniques that you apply to smooth [out combustion instability.]” (spaceflightnow.com)
- Rocketlab flight 1 (rocketlabusa.com)
- Liftoff video (twitter.com/RocketLabUSA)
- Flight video (HT /u/admirableKryten: youtube.com)
- Schiaparelli anomaly inquiry released (exploration.esa.int)
- LRO got hit by micrometeroid during a photo in 2014 (nasa.gov)
- Alex Parker took the wiggles in the photo and converted it back to sound (twitter.com/Alex_Parker)
- Blue Origin loses a BE-4 powerpack during stand testing (twitter.com/blueorigin)
- Short & Sweet
- SNC Dreamchaser completes CRS2 Integration review #3. (parabolicarc.com)
- CRS 11 had a successful static fire just before we started recording. THis launch is currently planned for June 1, this thursday. (twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)
- This is the first re-used Dragon. (spacenews.com)
- DARPA selects a spaceplane… SX-1! (spacenews.com)
LRO's wobbly photo