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 261: Pessimism Sandwich
Spaceflight news
— Three-part NASA Lunar News
— Plans for Gateway and Artemis undergo refinement (spacenews.com)
— NASA advisory committee skeptical of 2024 landing goal (spacenews.com)
— Artemis Accords (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov)
Short & Sweet
— 3D printing had a good week. (cnbc.com) (upi.com)
— First real task for Space Force is… on the ground. (spacenews.com)
— SkySat to hitch a ride with Starlink. (spacenews.com)
This week in SF history
— 19 May 2000: The launch of STS-101, the first Shuttle mission with a glass cockpit (wikipedia.org) (PDF: spaceflight.nasa.gov) (nasa.gov) (nbcnews.com)
— Next week in 1971: 9 ate 6 and 7