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 60: Popcorn in a Four-Square Ball
- This week in SF history
- June 6, 1932: Birth of David Scott
- Spaceflight news
- BEAM hitch and a success (youtube.com)
- SPX nails another GTO landing
- “There was a tiny glitch in the motion of an upper stage engine actuator. Probably not a flight risk, but still worth investigating.” (twitter.com/elonmusk)
- Onboard footage (youtube.com) (backwards: youtube.com)
- Questions, comments, corrections
- /u/flyingfeesh: say Eichhörnchen (/r/orbitalpodcast)
- /u/waitforitthemongols: Iridium flares are from the antennas, not the solar arrays. (/r/orbitalpodcast)
- theorbitalmechanics.com/bookclub