Liftoff

Liftoff is a podcast about space, the universe, and everything. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand the major developments as explained by enthusiastic space fans Stephen Hackett and Jason Snell. Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.

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episode 138: A Great Acronym, but it's in Russian


The world is mourning the uncontrolled collapse of the Arecibo observatory, even as China's Chang’e-5 mission is underway to return lunar samples to Earth, which would be a first since the final Apollo mission. Also: an update on the SLS and Orion and a look at what's going on at Roscosmos.

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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership The Arecibo Observatory Platform Has Collapsed - Universe Today Deborah Martorell on Twitter — Photos of Collapsed Arecibo Contact (1997) - IMDb Rocket Lab declares success in Electron rocket recovery - SpaceNews Russian spaceport officials are being sacked left and right | Ars Technica Russia’s replacement for the Proton rocket costs way too much | Ars Technica NASA Prepares for Next Series of RS-25 Engine Tests for SLS Rocket – Artemis Component failure in NASA’s deep-space crew capsule could take months to fix - The Verge Update on Orion Final Assembly and Transfer – Artemis China Launches Lunar Sample Return Mission – SpacePolicyOnline.com China launches ambitious mission to bring back samples from the Moon - The Verge Chang’e-5 successfully lands on moon to collect youngest lunar samples - SpaceNews


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 December 1, 2020  33m