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Episode 189: Rocket Surgery

Episode 189: Rocket Surgery

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast


Episode 189: Rocket Surgery

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Dec 18, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week in SF history— December 20 1999, STS-103, Hubble Servicing Mission 3A (wikipedia.org)(nasa.gov) — Aft shroud latches damaged by high temperatures (spacetelescope.org)(nasa.gov) — Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) (nasa.gov) — Solid State Recorder (PDF: nasa.gov)Spaceflight news— SpaceShipTwo (spacenews.com) (twitter.com) — Mark Stucky and C.J. Sturckow piloted the craft, and will get astronaut wings. (twitter.com/jackiewattles)— Soyuz hole investigated on spacewalk (space.com) (youtube.com) — Strela used to help climb down (wikipedia.org) — Kononenko performed similar spacewalk in 2008 (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Chang’e-4 enters lunar orbit. (spacenews.com)— RS-25 stand test aborted (twitter.com)— OneWeb cuts its constellation by a third. (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Andrew Levine via email: OSIRIS-REx “entering orbit” around Bennu
Released:
Dec 18, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.