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 162: Regolith Nap
This week in SF history
— 14 June 1991, landing of STS-40 (wikipedia.org)
Spaceflight news
— NASA isn’t selling the ISS, people. (spacenews.com)
— Original story that started this nonsense (washingtonpost.com)
— Is this likely to happen? Not according to the senate. (spacenews.com)
— SpaceX is planning a major expansion at KSC. (parabolicarc.com)
Short & Sweet
— Juno gets three more years. (spaceflightnow.com)
— Orbital ATK has been purchased by Northrop Grumman (spaceflightnow.com) (ftc.gov)
— Opportunity takes a science break due to dust storm (NASA.gov) (space.com) (twitter.com/mikeseibert)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Ben Hallert, via email: Virgin Galactic likely to head to space later on.
— Bart Willems, via email: A few comments on the Lippisch Ente.