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 207: DOWNLINK--Keri Bean
This week in SF history
— 23 April 1957: Vandenberg established (wikipedia.org) (astronautix.com)
Spaceflight news
— Dragon 2 Capsule Explodes during testing (twitter.com/EmreKelly) (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Scott Manley’s speculations (slightly outdated) (youtube.com)
— A BFRC isn’t great. (theorbitalmechanics.com)
— Seen on radar (twitter.com/GISRockstar)
— Explosion video (twitter.com/Astronut099)
— Unconfirmed reports indicated that the capsule was destroyed. (floridatoday.com/)
Short & Sweet
— SpaceX loses a booster to rough seas (spaceflightnow.com)
— An update on Beresheet (spaceflightnow.com)
— Intelsat-29e is declared a total loss (spacenews.com)
Interview -- Keri Bean, Systems Engineer
— twitter.com/planetarykeri
— keribean.com