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The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just

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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00:57:37

Episode 293: Spacebots, Roll Out!

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/01/20

Spaceflight news— ISS to get more solar panels! (space.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (nasa.gov) — 2017 Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) demo (americaspace.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (jettison GIF) — Cassidy and Behnken removed H-fixtures from the base of two port-side arrays Last July (youtu.be)Short & Sweet— InSight’s mole is finally retired. (spacenews.com) (airspacemag.com)— SLS test fire shuts down early. (americaspace.com) (twitter.com/waynehale) (blogs.nasa.gov) (nasa.gov)— China

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00:55:12

Episode 292: Ungoogleable

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/01/13

Spaceflight news— NASA selects four small-scale missions to further develop (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) — Pioneers program (science.nasa.gov) — Aspera (news.arizona.edu) — Pandora (twitter.com/elsisrad) — StarBurst (twitter.com/Dr_ThomasZ) — PUEO - Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PDF: arxiv.org)Short & Sweet— Dynetics submits details for its HLS bid. (executivebiz.com)— NASA extends Juno and InSight (nasa.gov)— DARPA satellites damaged (HT Mike Stewart:

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00:39:34

Episode 291: Loss of Legs

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/01/06

Spaceflight news— Landing Super Heavy (twitter.com/elonmusk) (reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge) — Scott Manley covered this technique (youtube.com) — Possible claw-on-cables steadying mechanism (youtube.com)— Small SN9 update (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— Long March 8 successfully debuts (spaceflightnow.com)— Protection of lunar heritage sites signed into law. (spacepolicyonline.com)This week in SF history— 7 Jan, 1985: launch of Sakigake (isas.jaxa.jp) (solarsystem.nasa.gov)— Next week (1/12

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00:56:20

Episode 290: Get Out and Push

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/12/23

Spaceflight news— Astra makes it to space! (twitter.com/lorengrush) (spacenews.com) (space.com) — Orbital parameters (HT Mike Stewart twitter.com/planet4589)— Chang’e-5 sample recovery (spacenews.com) — Now headed to L1 (with DSCOVR) (HT Sam in the chat: twitter.com/AJ_FI)Short & Sweet— Project Kuiper reaches a milestone (parabolicarc.com)— CSA is sending two astronauts to the Moon (asc-csa.gc.ca) (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Call for help reconstructing Apollo 10

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00:55:21

Episode 289: Fierce Flip

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/12/16

Spaceflight news— SN8 high-altitude flight (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com) — SNM analysis/discussion (youtube.com) — Accomplished all four main goals (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/elonmusk) — Reduced goal altitude due to high atmosphere winds (HT Mike Stewart: nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— Artemis astronauts announced! (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— Two smallsats selected for 2025 NASA mission. (americaspace.com)— Space RIDER’s

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00:56:26

Episode 288: Sample Bonanza

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/12/09

Spaceflight news— Chang’e-5 lunar sampling (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (theverge.com) (spaceflight101.com) — Sample transfer happened shortly after docking (HT Sam in the chat: youtube.com) (twitter.com/050644zf)— Hayabusa2 sample returns (spacenews.com) (hayabusa2.jaxa.jp) (twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa) — Extended mission (smh.com.au) (hayabusa2.jaxa.jp)Short & Sweet— A new plane-launched rocket appears. (spacenews.com) (youtu.be) (thedrive.com) (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)— ESA signs the

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00:57:53

Episode 287: Okay With the Hat

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/12/02

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab recovery (twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) — A list of direct quotes from the press conference (twitter.com/Erdayastronaut)Short & Sweet— Phobos rover begins landing tests. (space.com)— The first H3 launches face delays. (spacenews.com)— Starship prepares to hop (twitter.com/elonmusk)— Carbice and Relativity raise millions in investment. (spacenews.com) (news.satnews.com) (theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/baratunde-cola)

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00:42:49

Episode 286: Rock Blade

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/11/25

Spaceflight news— SN8 follow-up (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (youtube.com) — Martyte is a ceramic-filled epoxy, used to coat the flame trench (ntrs.nasa.gov)— Vega launch failure linked to human error (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Russian spacewalk completed to prepare for science module. (space.com)— Loverro exit illuminated (washingtonpost.com)— Skyrora test fires third-stage engine (satnews.com)— Rocket Lab successfully recovers booster. (spaceflightnow.com)Questions,

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01:00:12

Episode 285: Trench-rich Combustion

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/11/18

Spaceflight news— Starship SN8 fires a second (and third) time. (space.com) (youtube.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk)— Crew-1 certified (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (two parter: americaspace.com / americaspace.com)Short & Sweet— Upgraded version of Sherpa tug to fly in mid-2021. (spacenews.com) (satnews.com)— Bridenstein expected to turn down a continued position. (spacenews.com) (aviationweek.com)— Mars Sample Return may be delayed. (spacenews.com)— First Falcon Heavy Extended

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01:41:58

Episode 284: DOWNLINK--Mark Lester

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/11/11

Spaceflight news— Rocket lab aims to recover booster (spacenews.com) (aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org) (rocketlabusa.com)Short & Sweet— Spacebit doesn’t hate wheels, but does love sharing data. (spacenews.com)— Galactic Energy reaches orbit. (spacenews.com)— Virgin Galactic enters final testing phase before operations. (spacenews.com)— The Curse of Scrubtober Ends. (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com)Interview--Mark Lester, President & CEO, Alaska Aerospace Corporation— akaerospace.com—

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00:47:03

Episode 283: Sample Stowed

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/11/04

Spaceflight news— Direct lunar water observation (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nature.com)— OSIRIS-REx stores sample (spacenews.com) (asteroidmission.org) (asteroidmission.org)Short & Sweet— Launchspace to install debris collection payload on ISS. (spacenews.com)— Ariane 6 needs additional funding. (spacenews.com)— Falcon 9 launch abort conclusion. (spacenews.com) (cbsnews.com)— NASA faces tough choice due to SLS’s slow progress. (space.com)This week in SF history— 9 Nov, 1967. Launch of

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00:40:08

Episode 282: Nightingale Sneeze

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/10/27

Spaceflight news— OSIRIS-REx completes TAG (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (asteroidmission.org) — Descent video and description by Dante Lauretta (asteroidmission.org) (twitter.com/NASA) — TAGSAM details (link.springer.com) (youtu.be) — We spoke with Richard Witherspoon, mission operations systems engineer at Lockheed Martin in Ep 186 (theorbitalmechanics.com)Short & Sweet— Falcon 9 core sets record with Starlink launch. (americaspace.com)— China

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00:51:47

Episode 281: International Gateway

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/10/20

Spaceflight news— NASA and ESA Lunar Gateway contracts awarded (space.com) (spacenews.com) — Airbus and Thales Alenia were also contracted to develop a lunar lander (spacewatch.global) (esa.int)Short & Sweet— Prototype rover tested in Mojave desert. (cnet.com)— Fire at Firefly’s Wallops Launch Complex. (twitter.com/Firefly_Space) (twitter.com/DavidNagySFgang)— Zvezda atmosphere success… and failure. (sciencealert.com) (tass.com)Questions, comments, corrections— OSIRIS-Rex Touch-and-Go

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01:26:58

Episode 280: DOWNLINK--Ella Atkins II

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/10/13

Spaceflight news— SpaceX Crew-1 mission delayed (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — Tom Mueller explained the gas generator cycle, and the Merlin engine in particular (youtube.com) — GPS III SV04 launch scrubbed earlier this month due to “unexpected pressure rise in the turbomachinery gas generator” (twitter.com/elonmusk)Short & Sweet— Chinese taikonauts selected for country’s space station (spacenews.com)— The Autophage engine receives funding (space.com) (patents.google.com)— SpaceX is

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00:58:55

Episode 279: Free-Floating Selfie Stick

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/10/07

Spaceflight news— Tianwen-1 selfie (twitter.com/AJ_FI) — No country’s first Mars mission has ever been an orbiter/lander pair before (eoportal.org) — Orbiter instrumentation (nssc.cas.cn) — Lander/rover instrumentation (spacerobotics.eu)Short & Sweet— U.S. to monitor spacecraft around cis-lunar space (breakingdefense.com)— ThrustMe secures ESA funding (satellite-evolution.com)— Starlink could serve as a GPS alternative (technologyreview.com)— China announces work on lunar-capable crewed

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01:35:38

Episode 278: DOWNLINK--Panagiotis Tsiotras

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/09/30

Spaceflight news— NASA science mission delays (spacenews.com) — JWST deployment tests are done! (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Blue Origin pursues space station development. (spacenews.com)— Price tag for on-orbit publicity photos. (spacenews.com)— ISS leak narrowed down to two modules. (businessinsider.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Andrew Z: Bishop grapple fixture placement (youtube.com) (PDF: forum.nasaspaceflight.com)— Andrew Z: HLS size comparison (twitter.com/brickmack)Interview -- Dr

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01:02:37

Episode 277: Little Nub

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/09/22

Spaceflight news— Nanoracks ISS airlock is nearly complete (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)— Dynetics HLS mockup arrives at JSC (twitter.com/Dynetics) (techcrunch.com) — On-orbit refueling is required to get Dynetics HLS to the moon (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Russia announces solo mission to Venus (dailymail.co.uk) (nplus1.ru) (twitter.com/katlinegrey)— China preps for Chang’e 5 launch (spacenews.com)— Artemis III’s landing site (spacepolicyonline.com) (spacenews.com)Questions, comments,

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01:19:02

Episode 276: DOWNLINK--Baratunde Cola

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/09/16

Spaceflight news— Cause of ULA’s recent hot-fire abort has been identified. (americaspace.com) (twitter.com/torybruno) — A “routine, ongoing trade study” has resulted in the possibility of a three-core Vulcan Super Heavy (twitter.com/torybruno)— Astra’s Rocket 3.1 flight terminated during its first stage. (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/Astra)Short & Sweet— Juno eyes extended mission goals. (spacenews.com)— Boeing to be investigated by independent ethics probe. (foxbusiness.com)— NASA offers to

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00:42:38

Episode 275: First Light Flight

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/09/08

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab secretly launches Photon spacecraft (techcrunch.com) (spacenews.com) (space.com)Short & Sweet— SpaceX sets a new record. (americaspace.com)— China launches a reusable spacecraft. (spacenews.com)— We have a Starship hop! (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)This week in SF history— 7 Sept, 1995. Launch of STS-69 (wikipedia.org) (sciencedirect.com) — Also had an alternate patch: Dog Crew II (spacepatches.nl) — Mach waves were visible during launch (youtube.com)

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01:29:08

Episode 274: DOWNLINK--Peter Beck

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2020/09/01

Spaceflight news— Funding secured for NanoFEEP manufacturer Morpheus Space (spacenews.com) (HT Andrew Zdanowicz: defenseone.com) — Liquid eyeliner demonstrates an effect similar to the Taylor Cones utilized in electrospray engines (HT Colin: hackaday.com)Short & Sweet— SLS takes a brief break. (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com)— Starliner's schedule falls further behind Crew Dragon’s. (investors.com) (spacenews.com)— Russian space station module arrives at Baikonur.

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