Episode 309: Positive Thinking

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Spaceflight news

— Rocket Lab Recovery (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (rocketlabusa.com)

— Scott Manley demonstrated the TVC angle on 2nd stage ignition (twitter.com/DJSnM)

— SpaceX files for Starship orbital launch radio license (spacenews.com)

— SPX may have competition for HLS (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— China successfully lands rover on Mars (spacenews.com)

— Ariane 5 fairing issue may delay JWST(spacenews.com)

— Russia announces two actors, Japanese billionaire, to fly to space station (reuters.com) (spaceflightnow.com)

This week in SF history

— 19 May, 1996 - Launch of STS-77 (nasa.gov) (doi.org) (HT Colin: youtube.com) (HT Colin: eoportal.org)

— The Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE) had residual air that caused premature inflation (space.stackexchange.com)

— Next week (5/25 - 5/31) in 1975: Last week we deflated something, this week we inflated something, next week let’s unite something.

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