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 318: Pure Guts Poker
Spaceflight news
— Nauka Launched (spacenews.com) (forum.nasaspaceflight.com)
— Three sets of engines on Nauka (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb)
— Initial reports of issues (forum.nasaspaceflight.com)
— A summary was written on Wikipedia quite early (en.wikipedia.org)
— “Nothing irreparable” (twitter.com/katlinegrey)
— An initial RCS burn was made to get to a safe orbit (twitter.com/katlinegrey)
— First DKS firing reported by Anatoly Zak on July 23 (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb)
— Kurs was declared operational on the 25th (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) (twitter.com/katlinegrey)
— We found this amateur imagery of the module delightful (twitter.com/ralfvandebergh)
— Next Generation Arecibo Telescope (space.com) (arxiv.org)
Short & Sweet
— Falcon Heavy gets a new customer (spacenews.com)
— China tests fairing recovery (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Rocket Lab concluded its launch failure investigation (spacenews.com)
This week in SF history
— 29 July, 1985. Launch and abort of STS 51-F (wiki) (PDF: jsc.nasa.gov) (americaspace.com)
— Next week (7/2 - 8/2) in 1975: Luckily, crisis was not avoided