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Liftoff is a podcast about space, the universe, and everything. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand the major developments as explained by enthusiastic space fans Stephen Hackett and Jason Snell. Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.

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episode 109: An SLS in the Garage

This fortnight: NASA works to get its InSight lander digging again, while the SLS program moves forward with training using a replica core stage and some have suggested Planet 9 may not be a planet at all. Oh, and Elon Musk and Jim Bridenstine have been feisty on Twitter.

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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership NASA's Push to Save the Mars InSight Lander's Heat Probe – NASA's InSight Mars Lander Raw Images | Multimedia – NASA's InSight Mars Lander Elon Musk, NASA, and the Effort to Return to Orbit - The Atlantic Jim Bridenstine on Twitter: "My statement on @SpaceX's announcement tomorrow: https://t.co/C67MhSeNsa" / Twitter Elon Musk on Twitter: "@SciGuySpace For what it’s worth, the SpaceX schedule, which I’ve just reviewed in depth, shows Falcon & Dragon at the Cape & all testing done in ~10 weeks" / Twitter Elon Musk aims to put SpaceX’s Starship in orbit in six months - The Verge It looks like SpaceX is now prioritizing Crew Dragon—which is great for NASA | Ars Technica Hardware arrives in Florida for Crew Dragon in-flight abort test – Spaceflight Now Blue Origin performs high-altitude test of crew escape motor – Spaceflight Now SLS Core Stage Pathfinder Exercise | NASA First Pegasus Barge Arrival of NASA’s Artemis Program | NASA SLS Rocket Pathfinders Prepare Teams for One-of-a-Kind Hardware | NASA Space Shuttle Pathfinder - Wikipedia Dressing for the Job: Spacesuits Prepped for Upcoming Spacewalks | NASA First of Five Power Upgrade Spacewalks This Month Wraps Up – Space Station NASA is getting ready for the first all-female spacewalk — again - The Verge Mary Robinette Kowal on Twitter: "Can we take a moment to talk about optimizing and gender? / Twitter ‘Planet Nine’ may actually be a black hole | Science | AAAS Is Planet Nine Actually a Primordial Black Hole? | HowStuffWorks

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