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Episode 151: Plans Underway
This week in SF history
-- 1 April 1960. Launch of TIROS-1 (wikipedia.org)
-- Maybe three pairs of solid spin motors? (science.nasa.gov)
Spaceflight news
-- Dawn plans to spiral down to a very low orbit around Ceres (jpl.nasa.gov)
-- Astra’s inaugural launch coming soon? (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
-- Bloostar gets 3D printed engine (zero2infinity.space) (youtube.com)
-- Marshall Spaceflight Center is America’s lead propulsion center (parabolicarc.com)
-- Humanity Star has deorbited (astronomy.com)