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 203: DOWNLINK--Erika Hamden
This week in SF history
— 28 March, 1986: ISEE-3/ICE Comet Halley Distant Flyby (wikipedia.org)
Spaceflight news
— Crew Dragon is close, but not quite ready for human flight (and other SPX news) (spacenews.com)
— Pre-launch presser (github.com)
— Tested heat shield (engadget.com)
— Hopper tests (spacenews.com) (nextbigfuture.com)
Short & Sweet
— Beresheet is on course for the moon (spacenews.com)
— The ISS gets some fresh batteries (spaceflightnow.com)
— NASA engineers still unclear on why InSight’s heat probe is stuck (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Chris Birke via Discord: Molly Brown was the last gemini capsule that was named.
Interview: Professor Erika Hamden
— Applying to Small Explorer program (wikipedia.org)
— TESS’s orbit is weird (spaceflight101.com)
— UV standard stars paper (researchgate.net)
— twitter.com/ErikaHamden
— ehamden.org
— instagram.com/erika.hamden