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Episode 52: The Substitute
- This week in SF history
- 12 April, 1981. Launch of STS-1.
- Spaceflight news
- Astro-H ‘splodes (spacenews.com)
- Video: (gizmodo.com)
- Recoverable? (spacenews.com)
- Video: (gizmodo.com)
- GPIM (Green Propulsion Infusion Mission) integrated into spacecraft bus (parabolicarc.com) (PDF: rocket.com)
- New Shepard flies for the third time. (spacenews.com)
- “Box of Rocks” experiment (youtu.be)
- collision of a marble-like object and dust layer (youtu.be)
- Astro-H ‘splodes (spacenews.com)