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 368: We're JWST getting started
Spaceflight News
— ABL static fire (spacenews.com)
— Rocket Factory Augsburg static fire (rfa.space)
— Superheavy FOOMPF (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com)
— Post-fire images/video show apparent sheet metal blow-outs (twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)
— New, possibly replacement, engines arrived at the pad (twitter.com/NicAnsuini)
— Going forward, SPX won’t be doing simultaneous spin-starts (twitter.com/elonmusk)
— Ariane 6 ground support equipment (esa.int) (spacedaily.com)
Short & Sweet
— New robotic arm for ISS (spacenews.com)
— Rogozin moves on (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (meduza.io)
— CAPSTONE completes second TCM (advancedspace.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— Dennis: Parmitano’s leak was caused by tap water (youtube.com)
— From the intro: JWST beauty shots (flickr.com) (PDF HT MMC: stsci.edu) (HT MMC: youtube.com/jwstobserver)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 24 July, 1992. Launch of the Geotail spacecraft (PDF: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com VIA wiley.com) (jaxa.jp) (eoportal.org)
— The unusual HEO orbit used is viewable on SatelliteXplorer (HT SciKyle: geoxc-apps.bd.esri.com)
— Next week (7/26 - 8/1) in 1961: Twelve Prime