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Episode 215: Shibboleth

Episode 215: Shibboleth

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast


Episode 215: Shibboleth

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week in SF history— 22 June 1978. Discovery of Pluto’s moon Charon by John Christy (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Psyche review/preview (spacenews.com) — Just passed Key Decision Point C (PDF: nasa.gov) — Multispectral Imager is based on MSL’s Mastcam, MAHLI, and MARDI (hou.usra.edu) — Deep space laser communication demo (wikipedia.org)Short & Sweet— India’s Chandrayaan-2 has launch date (theprint.in)— India has plans for its own space station. (parabolicarc.com)— SOFIA improvements (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Valentin Frank: follow up on Tereshkova’s head injury— /u/MomoSapiensAD: Herschel mission time correction (reddit.com/r/orbitalpodcast)— Apollo / Mariner / Viking / Voyager oral history (twitter.com/jccwrt)— Support the Rocket Cat fund! (gofundme.com)
Released:
Jun 18, 2019
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.