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Episode 386: DOWNLINK--Margaret Weitekamp, Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum

Episode 386: DOWNLINK--Margaret Weitekamp, Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast


Episode 386: DOWNLINK--Margaret Weitekamp, Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Length:
108 minutes
Released:
Nov 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Spaceflight News— Artemis I Launch (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (planetary.org) (HT MCC: twitter.com/derekdotspace) — SLS suffered slight hurricane damage prior to launch (spacenews.com) — SLS still had LH2 leaks (nasaspaceflight.com) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/ZachSellinger) — A bad ethernet switch took down range assets (HT deltaV: twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) — Post-launch photo opportunities were limited (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (twitter.com/wapodavenport)— Artemis I Ride-alongs and little ‘uns (twitter.com/jeff_foust) (parabolicarc.com)— CAPSTONE arrives at the Moon (spacenews.com)— Orion completes TLI (spacenews.com) (youtu.be)Short & Sweet— Hermeus completes key test towards hypersonic aircraft (HT Czarified, Csaba: defenseone.com) (HT Czarified: youtube.com)— Busy week of spacewalkin’ (space.com) (space.com) (space.com) (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)— Japan formalizes its commitment (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Cygnus array jam photo (twitter.com/Space_Pete)— Csaba: Real-time Artemis I tracker (nasa.gov) (eyes.nasa.gov)— DeltaV: Rocket 4 Payload User’s guide (twitter.com/Astra)Interview -- Margaret Weitekamp, Curator and Chair of the Space History department at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum— airandspace.si.edu — twitter.com/mgtwspace— facebook.com/margaret.weitekamp.12— Buy the book: (amazon.com) (barnesandnoble.com) (smithsonianbooks.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 27 Nov, 2012. The end of Falcon 9 Air’s development (flightglobal.com VIA 12ft.io) (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org) — Orbital designed Pegasus II “Thunderbolt” as a replacement (space.com)— Next week (11/29 - 12/5) in 2014: [Audio clue]
Released:
Nov 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.