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 380: DOWNLINK--Alex Doknjas and Biarki Weeks
Spaceflight News
— Test Fest III
— Ariane 6 test fires upper stage engines (esa.int)
— Aerojet-Rocketdyne tests new solid motor (rocket.com) (PAYWALL: aviationweek.com)
— BE-4 full-duration firing (Video: twitter.com/torybruno)
— Stoke Space ring firing (ifiberone.com) (twitter.com/stoke_space) (MP4: uploads-ssl.webflow.com VIA stokespace.com/vision) (twitter.com/jenakuns) (arstechnica.com)
Short & Sweet
— Ireland’s first satellite readies for launch (bbc.com) (eirsat1.ie)
— Crew-5 launches to Station (americaspace.com)
— Engineers regain control of CAPSTONE (spacenews.com)
Interview – UVic ORCASat team: Alex Doknjas, Project Manager and Biarki Weeks, Undergrad Technical Lead
— The team published a wonderful assembly timelapse (youtube.com)
— Orcasat.ca
— uvsd.ca
— youtube.com
— twitter.com/AlexDoknjas
— linkedin.com/in/alexander-doknjas-5b30b310b
— twitter.com/biarkiweeks
— linkedin.com/in/biarki-weeks-463a9579
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 11 October 1968: The launch of Apollo 7 (en.wikipedia.org) (collectspace.com)
— Next week (10/18 - 10/24) in 2008: Let’s start with a weather satellite