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 317: Youngest, Oldest, Richest
Spaceflight news
— Hubble back online (PDF: asd.gsfc.nasa.gov) (PDF: ses.gsfc.nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (nasa.gov) (sciencemag.org)
Short & Sweet
— Astranis produces new batch of very small GEO satellites (spacenews.com)
— Funding secured for Beresheet 2 mission (ap.org)
— Raptor engine development ramping up (spaceflightinsider.com)
— ESA announces new kick stage for Ariane 6 rocket (esa.int)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Andrew Z via email: China commercial space infographic (twitter.com/rhZhao)
This week in SF history
— 22 Jul, 1962. Failed launch of Mariner 1 due to software typo (wiki) (vice.com)
— Next week (7/27 - 8/2) in 1985. Spain’s beautiful this time of year, but we ain’t going there today.