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 357: On-Orbit Spare
Spaceflight News
— Ligado stepping on GPS’ toes (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (fiercewireless.com)
Short & Sweet
— OSIRIS-REx mission extension announced (arizona.edu) (spacenews.com)
— SOFIA operations to end later this year (spacenews.com)
— AX-1, Crew-4 swap places (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 5 May, 1997. Maiden launch of Iridium satellites (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org)
— A view of Iridium from the business side (PDF: jitm.ubalt.edu) (cnn.com)
— Next week in (5/10 - 5/16) 1992: Two’s company, three’s a record.