The Orbital Mechanics Podcast
Summary: 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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- Artist: David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
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Podcasts:
Progress had a small snag while docking. Also, Astra preparing for launch, LauncherOne recovering from a failure and Starliner trying to get to work.
Learn about integration engineering and putting people on the moon from the Human Landing System Deputy Lead for Integrated Performance.
IRT added 19 corrective actions for the Starliner team, Starship radio licenses and a new high bay. Also, IXPE, Europa Clipper, planetary protection.
Dr. Kiss is a biologist who has flown plant experiments on ISS and Shuttle. We talk about the future of plants in space and what we can learn today.
Not a band, just a Crew Dragon. Also, suborbital crew, ISRO, Perseverance, NRO booster recovery and Candarm3.
Astrobotic has been contracted to land the VIPER rover on the moon! Also, Crew Dragon/ISS, Boeing/Artemis HLS misconduct, and Rocketlab/NRO.
Kathy Lueders is now the head of HEO! Also, HP3 made big progress, and both Gateway and DARPA awarded contracts.
David is sick, and instead of skipping a week, the three of us decided to dedicate some time to an important subject.
The first delivery of humans on a Commercial Crew vehicle was a success! Also, LauncherOne and Tianwen-1.
Loverro, Admin Human Exploration and Operations, resigned this week. Also, WFIRST renamed, Skyora tested, and Relativity hired.
As the first Artemis launches approach, we hear internal skepticism about mission design and scheduling. Also, Relativity, Rocket Crafters and USSF.
Blue Canyon Technologies is a smallsat company that has hardware that's flown past Mars! Also, Long Marge 5B, Perseverance, and Starship SN4.
NASA has selected three human moon landers, let's talk about each of them. Also, preparing for Crew Dragon, UAE's Mars mission, new Starlinks & Omega.
Firefly Aerospace has secured their first launch contract after reorganizing. Also, Starliner update, Dreamchaser wings, and Mars sample return.
Nova-C is headed to Oceanus Procellarum in October '21! Also, MEV-1 is hard at work, Crew Dragon has an NET, and LauncherOne captive carried.
