The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Episode 58: Golly Gee Whiz What Happened?


  • This week in SF history
    • May 22 1969. Apollo 10 LM descends to within 15.4 km of the lunar surface
    • Interview with Gene, HT Juacamola (youtube.com)
    • “Golly gee whiz what happened” (PDF: jsc.nasa.gov, page 212) (youtu.be)
  • Spaceflight news
    • OTV-4 collects payload? (/r/spaceflight) (satobs.org)
      • Amateur viewings report occasional flares from potential payload (satobs.org/seesat)
    • ESA releases photo of debris impact on the Cup (esa.int)
  • SPACEHACK -- Skylab 2 thermal umbrella and Solar array.
    • (hackaday.com)
    • Lunar Module 5’s radio/video collection (youtube.com)
    • Diagram of the parisol, HT Justin Cowart (history.nasa.gov)

Chip in ISS Cupola

Skylab 2 parasol with humans for scale


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 May 17, 2016  44m