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 286: Rock Blade
Spaceflight news
— SN8 follow-up (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (youtube.com)
— Martyte is a ceramic-filled epoxy, used to coat the flame trench (ntrs.nasa.gov)
— Vega launch failure linked to human error (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— Russian spacewalk completed to prepare for science module. (space.com)
— Loverro exit illuminated (washingtonpost.com)
— Skyrora test fires third-stage engine (satnews.com)
— Rocket Lab successfully recovers booster. (spaceflightnow.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Andy Z.: Moose, F9 delay for recovery zone weather by NASA or DOD, and Crew Dragon capacity (astronautix.com)
— Ben Hallert: VIF at Vandenberg? (twitter.com/chairboy) (spacenews.com)
— Don’t forget! 2800-2900 UTC, Dec 5, is the Hayabusa2 capsule reentry (smh.com.au) (hayabusa2.jaxa.jp)
This week in SF history
— 26 Nov, 1965. Launch of Astérix, the first French satellite (en.wikipedia.org)
— Next week (12/1 through 12/7) in 1988: A quarter degree to spill the tea