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 355: Minecart on the Moon
Spaceflight News
— Artemis-1 Wet Dress Rehearsal(spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)
— WDR is deferring to Ax-1 landing (spacenews.com)
— Artemis rover (spacenews.com)
— RFI issued in August (nasa.gov) (sam.gov)
— Lockheed Martin, General Motors and MDA (spacenews.com)
— Northrop Grumman, Intuitive Machines, Michelin Tires, AVL, Lunar Outpost (spacenews.com)
— Venturi Astrolab (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— Astranis Improvement (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org)
— House Science Committee vs NTSB (spacenews.com)
— Astra Electric (spacenews.com)
— ULA puts in a big order (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— LeonRunningMan: LEASAT didn’t use a Minuteman-III motor, exactly (discord.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 21 April 2013, Launch of Antares A-ONE, maiden flight of Antares (en.wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov) (northropgrumman.com)
— Orbital Sciences contracted with Aerojet Rocketdyne to use modified NK-33’s. (PDF: lpre.de)
— Next week (4/26 - 5/2) in 2002: The end of a dream, to be chased by others.