The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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 283: Sample Stowed


Spaceflight news

— Direct lunar water observation (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nature.com)

— OSIRIS-REx stores sample (spacenews.com) (asteroidmission.org) (asteroidmission.org)

Short & Sweet

— Launchspace to install debris collection payload on ISS. (spacenews.com)

— Ariane 6 needs additional funding. (spacenews.com)

— Falcon 9 launch abort conclusion. (spacenews.com) (cbsnews.com)

— NASA faces tough choice due to SLS’s slow progress. (space.com)

This week in SF history

— 9 Nov, 1967. Launch of Apollo 4 (wikipedia.org) (drewexmachina.com) (space.skyrocket.de)

— Ejectable film canisters were fairly complex machines (nasa.gov)

— Apollo 8 press kit (PDF: nasa.gov)

— Apollo 4 press kit (cdm16608.contentdm.oclc.org)

— Next week (11/10 - 11/17) in 1982. It was a lovely trip, but we were stuck indoors the whole time.


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