The Orbital Mechanics Podcast
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
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Sinopse
Every other 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.
Episódios
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Episode 456: Now With Trailer
24/04/2024 Duração: 01h09minSpaceflight News— Lunar buggy selection (spacenews.com) (PDF: sam.gov VIA sam.gov) (twitter.com/DubnHG1) (nikkei.com)Short & Sweet— Dragonfly mission officially confirmed (nasa.gov)— Mars Sample Revamp (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Unc Willy: Cape launch complexes (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 26 Apr, 2007. First flight of SOFIA (en.wikipedia.org) (747sp.com) (HT Colin: youtube.com)— Next week (4/30 - 5/6) in 1999: Taped too tightly
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Episode 455: Cabbage Ditch
17/04/2024 Duração: 29minSpaceflight News— Last Delta IV heavy (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: ulalaunch.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet— Relativity Space wins contract (spacenews)— Japan secures a moon landing (spacenews)— Max Space Modules (spacenews)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Csaba via Discord: SOIR means "evening" in French, pretty clever pun (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 19 Apr, 1975. Launch of Aryabhata satellite (lowyinstitute.org) (ursc.gov.in) (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week (4/23 - 4/29) in 2007: Looking at stars through a wall
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Episode 454: Expendable Launchpad
10/04/2024 Duração: 47minSpaceflight News— Broken records and Starship’s near future (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— New Shepard Plans Crewed Flight (spacenews.com)— Lunar Rover Mk 2 (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— April 11, 2006: Arrival of Venus Express at Venus (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: sci.esa.int VIA sci.esa.int)— Next week (4/16 - 4/22) in 1975: Add four to 100, multiply by eight, and then add 62,000
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Episode 453: Bleached?
03/04/2024Spaceflight News— Orbital Reef Rundown (nature.com) (PDF: star.spaceops.org VIA star.spaceops.org) (genesisesi.com)— Artemis 3 now has 3 experiments (nasa.gov) (hou.usra.edu)Short & Sweet— A Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine flies for first time (HT Andrew Z: autoevolution.com)— A Nascent Solution For Voyager 1 (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 6 Apr, 1965: Launch of Intelsat I, the first commercial satellite in GEO (en.wikipedia.org) (boeing.com) (space.skyrocket.de) (astronautix.com VIA web.archive.org)— Next week (4/9 - 4/15) in 2006: The mission that went to hell in 5 months
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Episode 452: Sticky PEZ
27/03/2024 Duração: 40minSpaceflight News— Starship IFT-3 (spacenews.com) (twitter.com) (youtu.be)Short & Sweet— Euclid spacecraft addresses ice-buildup on optics (asdnews.com)— Ariane 6 coming together (esa.int)— Soyuz aborts at the pad (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: launch escape slide (youtube.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 17 Mar, 2002. Launch of GRACE spacecraft (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (esa.int) (skyrocket.de) (nasa.gov)— Next week (4/2 - 4/8) in 1965: Catching GEO worms
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Episode 451: DOWNLINK--Prof. Dante Lauretta
20/03/2024 Duração: 47minInterview — Professor Dante Lauretta— The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System (hachettebookgroup.com)— facebook.com/AZAstrobiology— threads.net/@azastrobiology— instagram.com/azastrobiology— Thanks to Grand Central Publishing (twitter.com/GrandCentralPub) (instagram.com/grandcentralpub)
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Episode 450: Propane Rocket Accessories
13/03/2024 Duração: 50minSpaceflight News— Stoke Space focusing on first stage (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtu.be)Short & Sweet— Tianhe’s solar arrays patched (space.com)— Stratolaunch tests Talon (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— Starship Flight 3 on its way (spacenews.com) (space.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 16 Mar, 1966. Recovery of Veterok and Ugolyok, who to this day hold the record for longest canine spaceflight (Kosmos 110) (en.wikipedia.org) (ru.wikipedia.org) (veterok-ugolyok.gmik.ru) (astronaut.ru)— Next week (3/19 - 3/25) in 2017: Dry, wet, and lumpy
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Episode 449: All Jacked Up
06/03/2024 Duração: 34minSpaceflight News— Last big IM-1 update (arstechnica.com) (twitter.com/jeff_foust)Short & Sweet— Orion has hatch problems (spacenews.com)— ISRO plans for Mars helicopter (indiatoday.in)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Varda landing footage (youtube.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 8 Mar, 2001. Launch of STS-102 (nss.org) (aiaa.org)— Next week (3/12 - 3/18) in 1966: A 154 day mission, but only for the passengers
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Episode 448: Remove Before Flight
28/02/2024 Duração: 01h01minSpaceflight News— IM-1 landing follow-up (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— ISRO completes human-rating of engine (isro.gov.in)— Software error responsible for Firefly’s off-nominal payload delivery (fireflyspace.com) (space.com)— Varda’s capsule returns (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Espen via email: IM-1’s fuel loading This Week in Spaceflight History— 2 March 1965: Atlas Centaur AC-5 explosion (en.wikipedia.org) (science.nasa.gov) (ntrs.nasa.gov) (youtube.com)— Next week (3/5 - 3/11) in 2001: The first ten-person spaceflight
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Episode 447: Meta Moon
21/02/2024 Duração: 51minSpaceflight News— IM-1 launch (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: intuitivemachines.com)Short & Sweet— H3 completes first successful launch (spacenews.com)— Voyager 1 still struggles to communicate (space.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— February 21 2008, Interception and destruction of USA-193 (thespacereview.com) (PDF: unoosa.org) (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week (2/27 - 3/4) in 1965: Technically, that was highly elliptical
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Episode 446: No Dana Only Zoozve
14/02/2024 Duração: 54minSpaceflight News— Dream Chaser readies for first flight (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— Viasat-3 pushes forward (spacenews.com)— Lessons from Artemis 1 (spacenews.com)— X-37B’s orbit speculation (arstechnica.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— 2002 VE68 was officially named Zoozve! (alex-foster.com) (radiolab.org) (radiolab.org)This Week in Spaceflight History— 15 February, 1996: Failed launch of Intelsat 708 (en.wikipedia.org) (youtube.com) (thespacereview.com) (thespacereview.com) (smithsonianmag.com) (HT Dennis O: web.archive.org)— Next week (2/20 - 2/26) in 2008: And it’s picked off at the 380,000 yard line!
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Episode 445: E-CLPS
07/02/2024 Duração: 41minSpaceflight News— CLPS’ second try (spacenews.com)— Collins completes Crew Capability Assessment (prnewswire.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Queqiao-2 readies for launch (cgtn.com)— First metal 3D printer in space reaches ISS (europeanspaceflight.com)— Orbit raising raising questions (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 9 Feb, 2000. First launch of a Fregat upper stage (russianspaceweb.com) (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week (2/13 - 2/19) in 1996: First failure
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Episode 444: The Little Helo That Could
31/01/2024Spaceflight News— Ingenuity Down (HT deltaV: twitter.com/AndySaunders_1) (spacenews.com) (mars.nasa.gov)— Slim Upside-Down (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)(global.jaxa.jp)Short & Sweet— Redwire to provide elements of Blue Origin’s space tug (spacenews.com)— Two companies test reusable booster prototypes (space.com) (HT: Sam twitter.com/CNSpaceflight)— ESA astronaut operates Earth-bound robots while on orbit (europeanspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Shuttle’s hatch lock (HT: deltaV, arstechnica.com) (spaceref.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Feb 3, 1994: First launch of the H-II rocket (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week (2/6 - 2/12) in 2000: First kleptoparasite in space
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Episode 443: SLIM Chances
24/01/2024 Duração: 42minSpaceflight News— SLIM landing attempt (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (youtube.com) (PDF: global.jaxa.jp)Short & Sweet— EUS heads to qualification (nasaspaceflight.com)— Ingenuity contact lost during flight 72, regained (mars.nasa.gov) (npr.org)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Peregrine Reentry (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 24 Jan, 1986. Voyager 2’s closest approach to Uranus (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov) (PDF: sci-hub.se)— Next week (1/30 - 2/5) in 1994: What comes between 1 and A?
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Episode 442: Lunar Otamatone
17/01/2024 Duração: 44minSpaceflight News— Peregrine Failure (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/astrobotic)Short & Sweet— Lay-offs at JPL (spacenews)— Starship’s second flight failure explained (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Early demo of a starship game, complete with engineering section (starshipsimulator.co.uk)— Espen via email: F9 landing legs in episode 440This Week in Spaceflight History— 19 Jan, 1965. Launch of Gemini-Titan 2 (en.wikipedia.org) (nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov)— Next week (1/23 - 1/29) in 1986: Cheaper by the almost dozen
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Episode 441: Future Tech Christmas
10/01/2024 Duração: 01h33minSpaceflight News— NIAC 2024 Phase One (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— India launches X-ray space observatory (spaceflightnow.com)— Space station stories (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 12 January, 1997: Launch of Atlantis on STS-81 (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (freshairarchive.org)— Next week (1/16 - 1/22) in 1965: The there of “there and back again”
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Episode 440: 99 Landings and a Tough Ride
03/01/2024 Duração: 46minSpaceflight News— B1058 lost at sea (spaceflightnow.com) (twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) (youtube.com) (ventusky.com) (twitter.com/edwards345) (spaceexplored.com)— Firefly malfunction (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— China completes launch pad at first commercial spaceport (cgtn.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 3 Jan, 1999: The launch of Deep Space 2 (gsfc.nasa.gov) (wiley.com) (jpl.nasa.gov)— Next week (1/9 - 1/15) in 1997: Merry belated Christmas. I got you a fan.
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Episode 439: A Period of Time
20/12/2023 Duração: 39minSpaceflight News— China launches spaceplane for third time (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) (youtube.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— Refractory Starship (nasaspaceflight.com)— iSpace hops again (spacenews.com)— Voyager 1 suffers communication anomaly (space.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 19 Dec, 1976. The launch of the first KH-11 Kennen/Keyhole satellite (en.wikipedia.org) (space.skyrocket.de) (npr.org)— Two weeks from now (1/2 - 1/8) in 1999: Secondary failures
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Episode 438: Serbatoi Mancanti
13/12/2023 Duração: 50minSpaceflight News— Vega propellant tank mishap (arstechnica.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (eoportal.org) (PDF: arianespace.com) — AVUM 4th stage (“upper stage”) (Pic: eoportal.org)— Transporter-9 satellite deployment malfunction (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Iran successfully launches bio-capsule (payloadspace.com)— Chinese methalox rocket progress continues (cgtn.com)— Stratolaunch tests hypersonic vehicle (thedrive.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 12 Dec, 2012: NIAC releases Space Debris Elimination (SpaDE) Phase 1 report (nasa.gov)— Next week (12/19 - 12/25) in 1976. Achievement unlocked
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Episode 437: Shtuff
06/12/2023 Duração: 42minSpaceflight News— Starship Shtuff (payloadspace.com) (americaspace.com) (twitter.com/ThePrimalDino)Short & Sweet— JAXA cyber attacked (payloadspace.com)— U.S. watchdog agency finds Artemis III in 2025 unlikely (gao.gov) (spacenews.com)— Gyroscope glitch halts Hubble operations (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Dec 7, 1966: Launch of ATS-1, the first experimental geostationary satellite (en.wikipedia.org) (youtu.be) (science.nasa.gov VIA web.archive.org)— Next week (12/12 - 12/18) in 2012: Digging up debris