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 172: Matryoshka Doll Impression
This week in SF history
— August 25, 1949. XS-1 flight #124 (wikipedia.org)
— Smithsonian exhibit page of the T-1 partial pressure suit (HT Csaba: airandspace.si.edu)
Spaceflight news
— Smithsonian renovation (politico.com)
— More unusual Russian satellite activity (space.com)
Short & Sweet
— Crew access coming to Pad 39-A (spaceflightnow.com)
— RS-25 test fire was cut short. (nasaspaceflight.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Parker Solar Probe updates from /u/Nerobro (reddit.com/r/orbitalpodcast)
— Season 3 post on Patreon (patreon.com)