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 166: Chee or Kee?
This week in SF history
— 12 July 2000. Launch of Zvezda module (wikipedia.org)
Spaceflight news
— CHEOPS nears flight (nasaspaceflight.com) (space.com)
— Phantom Express engine testing (spacenews.com) (HT Sam Moore: parabolicarc.com) (wikipedia.org)
Short & Sweet
— ISRO works steadily towards human missions (isro.gov.in) (HT Sam Moore: youtube.com)
— SpaceX may attempt an RTLS at Vandenberg later this year. (spaceflightnow.com)
— Our planetary protection methods may need an update (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Jason Friesen via email: Shuttle recovery followup
— STS-3xx (wikipedia.org)