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:
One last chance for Oppy, and a brand new life for Raptor.
Ever been asked to be the navigator on a roadtrip? As far as we’re concerned, you did guidance. Here’s how spacecraft navigate.
Rockets, shmockets. Let's talk about other ways to get around in space.
We're on a bit of a Hubble kick, I guess. Also, Hayabusa2, Stratolaunch and some SpaceX news.
Sea Dragon is the airship of rockets. It's more realistic than you might expect, but there are some "hidden" reasons why it never took over the market.
Chang'e-4 is preparing to land on the Moon, so let's talk a bit about what it's going to do.
This week we get glimpse into SpaceX's plans for Starship.
*Stab stab stab* "Please be careful, Oleg! Take your time!" *stab stab stab*
CRS-16 had an interesting landing, and we got a mini-update on BFS
It's a short one this week due to prior commitments. However, we're doing a meetup next week in Phoenix!
OSIRIS-REx is approaching Asteroid Bennu, and today we're talking to a systems engineer from Lockheed Martin to learn more about the vehicle itself.
We moan about SLS and Falcon 9's expendable upper stage.
As InSight nears its own seven minutes of terror, we wanted to become more familiar with the lander.
Dawn has run out of fuel, and MS-10 had a bent pin.
Gaining confidence in Soyuz and beginning to say goodbye to Kepler.
