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 273: Jupiter via SLS?
Spaceflight news
— Europa Clipper might not fly on SLS (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— Ball Aerospace successfully completes green-fueled smallsat mission. (smallsatnews.com)
— Blue Origin delivers its lunar lander mockup. (spacenews.com)
— SpaceX sets a reuse record. (spacenews.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Brian Kostka via email: there was an "iron lung" on Skylab!
This week in SF history
— 25 Aug, 2003. Launch of Spitzer Space Telescope (wikipedia.org) (irsa.ipac.caltech.edu)
— Next week in 1977: Top-heavy but retired.