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    Natural Sciences

    The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

    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 443: SLIM Chances Jan 24, 2024
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — SLIM landing attempt (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (youtube.com) (PDF: global.jaxa.jp)

    Short & Sweet

    — EUS heads to qualification (nasaspaceflight.com)

    — Ingenuity contact lost during flight 72, regained (mars.nasa.gov) (npr.org)

    Questions, Comments, Corrections

    — From the intro: Peregrine Reentry (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — 24 Jan, 1986. Voyager 2’s closest approach to Uranus (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov) (PDF: sci-hub.se)

    — Next week (1/30 - 2/5) in 1994: What comes between 1 and A?

    Episode 442: Lunar Otamatone Jan 17, 2024
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — Peregrine Failure (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/astrobotic)

    Short & Sweet

    — Lay-offs at JPL (spacenews)

    — Starship’s second flight failure explained (spacenews.com)

    Questions, Comments, Corrections

    — From the intro: Early demo of a starship game, complete with engineering section (starshipsimulator.co.uk)

    — Espen via email: F9 landing legs in episode 440

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — 19 Jan, 1965. Launch of Gemini-Titan 2 (en.wikipedia.org) (nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov)

    — Next week (1/23 - 1/29) in 1986: Cheaper by the almost dozen

    Episode 441: Future Tech Christmas Jan 10, 2024
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — NIAC 2024 Phase One (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov)

    Short & Sweet

    — India launches X-ray space observatory (spaceflightnow.com)

    — Space station stories (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — 12 January, 1997: Launch of Atlantis on STS-81 (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (freshairarchive.org)

    — Next week (1/16 - 1/22) in 1965: The there of “there and back again”

    Episode 440: 99 Landings and a Tough Ride Jan 03, 2024
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — B1058 lost at sea (spaceflightnow.com) (twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) (youtube.com) (ventusky.com) (twitter.com/edwards345) (spaceexplored.com)

    — Firefly malfunction (spacenews.com)

    Short & Sweet

    — China completes launch pad at first commercial spaceport (cgtn.com)

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — 3 Jan, 1999: The launch of Deep Space 2 (gsfc.nasa.gov) (wiley.com) (jpl.nasa.gov)

    — Next week (1/9 - 1/15) in 1997: Merry belated Christmas. I got you a fan.

    Episode 439: A Period of Time Dec 20, 2023
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — China launches spaceplane for third time (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) (youtube.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)

    Short & Sweet

    — Refractory Starship (nasaspaceflight.com)

    — iSpace hops again (spacenews.com)

    — Voyager 1 suffers communication anomaly (space.com)

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — 19 Dec, 1976. The launch of the first KH-11 Kennen/Keyhole satellite (en.wikipedia.org) (space.skyrocket.de) (npr.org)

    — Two weeks from now (1/2 - 1/8) in 1999: Secondary failures

    Episode 438: Serbatoi Mancanti Dec 13, 2023
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — Vega propellant tank mishap (arstechnica.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (eoportal.org) (PDF: arianespace.com)

    — AVUM 4th stage (“upper stage”) (Pic: eoportal.org)

    — Transporter-9 satellite deployment malfunction (spacenews.com)

    Short & Sweet

    — Iran successfully launches bio-capsule (payloadspace.com)

    — Chinese methalox rocket progress continues (cgtn.com)

    — Stratolaunch tests hypersonic vehicle (thedrive.com)

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — 12 Dec, 2012: NIAC releases Space Debris Elimination (SpaDE) Phase 1 report (nasa.gov)

    — Next week (12/19 - 12/25) in 1976. Achievement unlocked

    Episode 437: Shtuff Dec 06, 2023
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — Starship Shtuff (payloadspace.com) (americaspace.com) (twitter.com/ThePrimalDino)

    Short & Sweet

    — JAXA cyber attacked (payloadspace.com)

    — U.S. watchdog agency finds Artemis III in 2025 unlikely (gao.gov) (spacenews.com)

    — Gyroscope glitch halts Hubble operations (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com)

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — Dec 7, 1966: Launch of ATS-1, the first experimental geostationary satellite (en.wikipedia.org) (youtu.be) (science.nasa.gov VIA web.archive.org)

    — Next week (12/12 - 12/18) in 2012: Digging up debris

    Episode 436: Boldly Going Nowhere Nov 29, 2023
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — Starliner Crewed Flight Test stays on schedule (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)

    Short & Sweet

    — Looking Towards the End of ISS (planetary.org) (spacenews.com)

    — Orion still on track (spacenews.com)

    — Ariane 6 hot firing test (europeanspaceflight.com)

    Questions, Comments, Corrections

    — Danielle Rose has some neat space art (drose.studio) (spacey.space)

    — Jared Owen covers ISS construction (HT Lee youtu.be VIA discord.com)

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — 3 Dec, 2015. Launch of LISA Pathfinder (esa.int) (youtu.be) (nasa.gov) (spaceflight101.com) (PDF: esmats.eu)

    — Next week (12/5 - 12/11) in 1966: It helped make Our World possible

    Episode 435: Purple Flame Nov 22, 2023
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — Starship Flight 2 (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (twitter.com/thejackbeyer) (twitter.com/planet4589)

    — Posted after recording: a quick analysis of Starships acceleration curves (twitter.com/Space_Josiah)

    Short & Sweet

    — SaxaVord struggles to pay contractors (europeanspaceflight.com)

    — Sierra Space layoffs (cnbc.com)

    — Mars Helicopter completes back-to-back flights (twitter.com/nasajpl)

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — 27 Nov, 1963: Launch of the first hydrolox rocket to orbit (en.wikipedia.org) (spacelaunchreport.com VIA web.archive.org)

    — Next week (11/28 - 12/4) in 2015: Every journey of millions of kilometers starts with a couple meters.

    Episode 434: DOWNLINK--Benchmark Nov 15, 2023
    Show notes

    Spaceflight News

    — Rocket Lab Failure Analysis (spacenews.com) (space.com) (rocketlabusa.com) (PDF: q4cdn.com VIA en.wikipedia.org)

    Short & Sweet

    — Astra’s financial future (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)

    — X-37B readies for first launch on Falcon Heavy (spaceflightnow.com)

    Questions, Comments, Corrections

    — From the intro: Dinkinesh adds a moon (planetary.org)

    Interview -- Jake Teufert CTO and Chris Carella CCO, Benchmark Space Systems

    — We last talked to Chris Carella in episode 373 (theorbitalmechanics.com)

    — benchmarkspacesystems.com

    — linkedin.com/company/benchmark-space-systems

    — linkedin.com/in/jake-teufert-86b375133/

    — linkedin.com/in/christopher-carella-innovate/

    This Week in Spaceflight History

    — Nov 15, 1988: The first and only launch of Buran (en.wikipedia.org) (buran.ru) (buran.ru) (buran-energia.com)

    — Next week (11/21 - 11/27) in 1962: Clouds before Aurora

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