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Episode 201: DOWNLINK--Anthony Scodary

Episode 201: DOWNLINK--Anthony Scodary

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast


Episode 201: DOWNLINK--Anthony Scodary

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Mar 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week in SF history— March 17, 1958 the US Naval Research Laboratory launched Vanguard 1 (wikipedia.org) — Thanks to another Ben for the assist (twitter.com/chairboy)Spaceflight news— Hayabusa2 touches down on Ryugu (planetary.org) (planetary.org)(hayabusa2.jaxa.jp) — Sampling Process (hayabusa2.jaxa.jp) (youtube.com) (PDF: hayabusa2.jaxa.jp) — Status blog (hayabusa2.jaxa.jp)Short & Sweet— Crew Dragon returns safely (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)— EELV comes to an end, but in name only. (spaceflightnow.com)— MAVEN begins aerobraking to a lower orbit (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, comments, corrections— twitter.com/MarkChica: Minuteman III, actually does use hypergolic fuel, MMH and N2O4, not as it’s main fuel, but in its PSRE (Propulsion System Rocket Engine).Interview: Anthony Scodary— Gridspace.com— Scodary.com— twitter.com/gridspaceinc
Released:
Mar 12, 2019
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.