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.
https://theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/
Episode 250: This Is Not the Plan
Spaceflight news
— SpaceX plans a mobile service tower (twitter.com/Falcon9Block5) (space.com)
— Starship SN-1 suffered pressure failure (twitter.com/JohnRand0061) (youtube.com)
— Artemis changes? (arstechnica.com)
— “This is not the plan.” says Bridenstine re Moon 2024 Mission Manifest (twitter.com/JimBridenstine)
Short & Sweet
— NASA's safety advisory panel finds Boeing didn't perform end-to-end software check prior to Starliner demo mission. (orlandosentinel.com) (twitter.com/ChabeliH) (twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF)
— OmegA’s second stage has been test fired. (spacenews.com)
— MEV-1 performs first ever docking between commercial spacecraft. (c4isrnet.com) (twitter.com/northropgrumman)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Paul via email: Lousma pronounced like “lousy.”
— Jason Friesen via email: Skylab rescue was a totally different mission from Skylab-4! (en.wikipedia.org)
This week in SF history
— March 10, 2006: MRO enters Mars orbit (wikipedia.org)
— Next week in 1934: Puppetteer