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 387: Big Bird and Friends
Spaceflight News
— Artemis I progress (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasa.gov)
— NASA history report on Administrator James Webb released (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— China to test space-based solar power (spacenews.com)
— Canada to develop lunar rover for power generation (spacenews.com)
— ISRO tests Gaganyaan parachute system (isro.gov.in)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— Dec 5, 2014: The launch of EFT-1 (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (collectspace.com)
— The clue was taken from an interview with Sesame Street’s Elmo (youtube.com)
— Orion suffered more MMOD damage than models had predicted, resulting in changes to the vehicle for Artemis I (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com)
— Next week (12/6 - 12/12) in 2010. Feeling salty.