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Main Engine Cut OffT+319: Headlines, December 22, 2025A holiday special! Enjoy this week’s episode of Headlines free. It’s an absolute monster episode—way longer than usual Headlines episodes, I promise—but it’s a great example of what you get when you support the show over at mainenginecutoff.com/support.NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader - Ars TechnicaAgencywide Town Hall with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 - YouTubeTrump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later - Ars TechnicaNASA Teams Work MAVEN Spacecraft Signal Loss - NASA ScienceNASA Continues MAVE...
2025-12-2349 min
Main Engine Cut OffT+305: The Starship 36 Explosion, and ESA Policy (with Adrian Beil, NASASpaceflight)A special simulcast of this week’s Off-Nominal—the other show I do, if you somehow haven’t heard of it!—because it’s exactly the topic list with exactly the guest I had up next on my list. I’m joined by Adrian Beil of NASASpaceflight to talk about the recent mayhem at Starbase, and to kick around European space policy topics in the run up to the ESA Ministerial later this year.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 34 executive producers—Creative Taxi, David, Donald, Matt, Frank, Better Every Day Studios, Warre...
2025-06-271h 06
Off-Nominal202 - Rapidly Adjusting (with Adrian Beil)Anthony is joined by Adrian Beil of NASASpaceflight to talk about the recent mayhem at Starbase, and to kick around European space policy topics in the run up to the ESA Ministerial later this year.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 202 - Rapidly Adjusting (with Adrian Beil) - YouTubeFollowing the Loss of Ship 36, SpaceX now Focuses on Rebuilding Masseys - NASASpaceFlight.comJack Beyer on X: “Close up slow motion footage of the unexpected event(s) during Northrop Grumman’s BOLE DM-1 stb test today.”Northrop Grumman tests SLS Block 2 BOLE booster in Utah; nozzle issue seen - NASASpaceFlight.comESA...
2025-06-271h 03
Simply MarsSpaceX’s Starship: Paving the Way for Mars and Celebrating the Martian New YearExplore how SpaceX's Starship could revolutionize Mars travel by cutting transit times to just three months. Discover the challenges ahead and the ambitious timeline for future missions. Plus, join the celebration of the Mars New Year in Pennsylvania, featuring educational exhibits and a spectacular drone show. Tune in for insights into the future of space exploration and community festivities that bridge Earth and Mars.
Sources:
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/missions-to-mars-starship-three-months
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/05/0031220/missions-to-mars-with-starship-could-only-take-three-months
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=63006.0
https://www.spacescout.info/2025/06/a-shaky-step-forward-for-starship-flight-9/
https://www.spacedaily.com...
2025-06-0611 min
Simply SpaceSpaceX’s Fram2 Mission Breaks New Ground in Polar Space ExplorationJoin us as we delve into SpaceX's historic Fram2 mission, the first private astronaut journey to Earth's polar regions. Discover the mission's scientific objectives, including aurora documentation and microgravity experiments, and learn about the international crew aboard the Crew Dragon Resilience. Plus, get the latest updates on SpaceX's rescheduled Starlink satellite launch, aimed at expanding global internet coverage. Tune in for these stories and more on Simply News.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpgQFYIBmn4
https://www.space.com/news/live/fram2-spacex-mission-updates
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/03/28/fram2-astronauts-arrive-in-florida-ahead-of-polar-spaceflight/
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2025-04-0207 min
SenkrechtstarterElon Musk gründet Stadt für Mars, Starship Super Heavy Booster 14 feuert vor FlugNew Episode
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2024-12-1718 min
Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic DiscoveriesRyugu Revelations, Martian Moon Theories & Galactic Shockwaves: #477Space Nuts Episode: Ryugu's Microbial Mystery, Martian Moon Origins, and Galactic CollisionsJoin Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson as they explore the latest cosmic revelations. From unexpected microbial contamination of Richie asteroid samples to a groundbreaking theory on the formation of Mars's moons, and the first results from a new instrument on the William Herschel Telescope, this episode is packed with stellar insights and astronomical wonders.Episode Highlights:- Richie Asteroid Contamination: Delve into the challenges of keeping extraterrestrial samples free from Earth's microbes. Despite stringent sterilisation efforts, Richie samples...
2024-12-1334 min
SenkrechtstarterStarship Super Heavy Booster auf SpaceX Starttisch, Elon Musk Kumpel wird NASA ChefRaumfahrt-News
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2024-12-1018 min
SenkrechtstarterElon Musk über Mars, SpaceX Starship Generation 3, ISS Geruchproblem, SLS BauRaumfahrt-News
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2024-12-0421 minOff-Nominal176 - Cosplaying the Shuttle (with Adrian Beil)Jake and Anthony are joined by Adrian Beil of NSF (and a long-time beloved member of the Off-Nominal Discord) to talk about Starship Flight 6.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 176 - Cosplaying the Shuttle (with Adrian Beil) - YouTubeStarship’s Sixth Flight Test - SpaceX - LaunchesSpaceX lands Ship 31 in the Indian Ocean but miss the Booster Catch - NASASpaceFlight.comSpaceX Launches Starship Flight 6 - Booster Diverts Offshore - YouTubeSpaceX has caught a massive rocket. So what’s next? - Ars TechnicaFollow AdrianAdrian Beil (@BCCarCounters) / TwitterAdrian Beil, Author at NASASpaceFlight.comFollow Off-NominalSu...
2024-11-221h 03
SenkrechtstarterSpaceX Stunden vor Starship Start IFT6, NASA Veränderung nach US-Wahl, SLS vor Aus?Raumfahrt-News
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2024-11-1923 min
SenkrechtstarterStarship Flug IFT 6 nur noch Tage zum Start, Ariane 6 nicht mehr 2024, ISS DeorbitRaumfahrt-News
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2024-11-1218 minSenkrechtstarterElon Musk leaked SpaceX Starship Nachbesprechung, Super Heavy Booster 13 FeuertestRaumfahrt-News
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2024-10-2916 minSenkrechtstarterSpaceX Starship Rakete - nach Start ist vor Start! | 1. Rakete landet in EuropaRaumfahrt-News
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2024-10-2217 minOff-Nominal171 - Stiletto Starship (with Jack Beyer)Jake and Anthony are joined by Jack Beyer, Content Manager for NSF, to talk about SpaceX doing the dang thing! They caught the booster!TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 171 - Stiletto Starship (with Jack Beyer) - YouTubeSpaceX on X: “Watch Starship's fifth flight test”SpaceX on X: “Starship on its fifth flight test. Views powered by @Starlink”Starship’s Fifth Flight Test - SpaceX - LaunchesSpaceX Catches a Super Heavy Booster During a Milestone Flight 5 - NASASpaceFlight.comStarship | SN5 | 150m Flight Test - YouTubeDouglas X-3 Stiletto - WikipediaFollow JackJack Beyer (@thejackbeyer) / XJack BeyerNASASpaceFlight.comFoll...
2024-10-181h 01
SenkrechtstarterIFT5 SpaceX Starship Raketenstart, RocketLab Mars Sample Return, PLD Space CrewRaumfahrt-News
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2024-10-1711 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 475: Falcon CrunchSpaceflight News-- B1062 lost (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.com)Short & Sweet-- Intuitive Machines selected for lunar South Pole mission (spacenews.com)-- Stoke Space wins contract to prototype cargo delivery (satellitetoday.com) (stokespace.com)-- Starliner wob wob (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro: Europa Clipper (planetary.org)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 6 Sept, 1988: The troublesome landing of Soyuz...
2024-09-0431 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 474: Another Six MonthsSpaceflight News-- Starliner crew to return on Dragon (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet-- EscaPADE arrives in Florida (spacenews.com)-- SLS gets bumped up a block (spacenews)-- RFA first stage lost in test-firing anomaly (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (youtu.be)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 27 Aug, 1985. Launch of STS-51-I (PDF: nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (forum.nasaspaceflight.com) (historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov) (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov) (wikiarchives.space) (en.wikipedia.org)-- Next week (9/3 - 9/9) in 1988...
2024-08-2852 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 470: DOWNLINK--Martin FrederickSpaceflight News-- Falcon 9 Return to Flight (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet-- ABL Static fire failure (spacenews.com)-- Starliner Debugging (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- The RAX bug was caused by differing clocks (youtube.com)Interview -- Martin Frederick, Northrop Grumman Corporate Director, Civil Space Programs-- linkedin.com-- Further reading: -- JWST (northropgrumman.com) -- TRMM (gpm.nasa.gov) (trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov)This Week...
2024-07-311h 24SenkrechtstarterPolaris Dawn Termin, Starbase vor Sturm Beryl, Space Pioneer Fehlstart, Ariane 6Raumfahrt News
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2024-07-0716 minSenkrechtstarterSpaceX Star Destroyer statt Starship? NASA Auftrag für ISS Zerstörung, Chang´e 6 Erfolg, RFANews
Interview Teil 3 über astronautische Raumfahrt mit Hans Königsmann: https://youtu.be/aS4BeUKDPvY
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2024-07-0127 min
T-Minus Space DailyWhat’s up on the moon?A joint research group in China studying Chang'e-5 lunar samples report that they've found flakes of naturally occuring few-layer graphene. Blue Origin calls for the FAA to cap the rate of SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy launches to limit environmental impact in Florida. Collins Aerospace reportedly backed out of a spacesuit contract with NASA, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to lea...
2024-06-2626 minSenkrechtstarterSpaceX Starship IFT4 Senkrechtstarter & Senkrechtlander die Startzusammenfassung von MoStarship Flug 4
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2024-06-1011 minSenkrechtstarterSpaceX Starship Doppellandung, Chinas Mondlandung, Boeing Starliner + NASA & ULA, Dear MoonRaumfahrtnews
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2024-06-1023 minSenkrechtstarterSpaceX Starship Raketenstart 5.6. möglich. RFA Hotfire, ESA ISS AuswahlRaumfahrt-News
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2024-05-2722 minSenkrechtstarterSpaceX Starship auf Starttisch für Flug 4, Boeing Starliner Probleme, ULA VulcanRaumfahrt-News
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2024-05-2118 min
2 Funny Astronauts2FunnyAstronauts - Episode 32 - Scott Kelly mentions he flew Tomcats. A few times. (pt 2)45 minutes wasn't enough time for Mike and Garrett to catchup with longtime astronaut friend Scott Kelly... so here's pt 2... another hour of astronaut hijinks for your viewing (listening?) enjoyment.
Season 2, Episode 32 is GO for launch!
Produced in partnership with NSF - NASASpaceflight.com ( @NASASpaceflight ) with host John "Das" Galloway ( @KSpaceAcademy ) Edited by Sawyer Rosenstein.
2024-05-031h 032 Funny Astronauts2FunnyAstronauts - Episode 31 - Scott Kelly! (pt 1)2 Funny Astronauts hangout with longtime astronaut friend Scott Kelly... and become 3 Funny Astronauts... or 1.5 Funny Astronauts... or Funny Astronauts from the Tri-State Area (without Connecticut).
Season 2, Episode 31, Block 5.2 (104% rated thrust) is available now!
Produced in partnership with with NSF - NASASpaceflight.com (@NASASpaceflight ) with host John "Das" Galloway ( @KSpaceAcademy ) Edited by Sawyer Rosenstein.
2024-04-1645 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 454: Expendable LaunchpadSpaceflight 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
2024-04-1047 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 446: No Dana Only ZoozveSpaceflight 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...
2024-02-1454 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 443: SLIM ChancesSpaceflight 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?
2024-01-2442 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 439: A Period of TimeSpaceflight 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
2023-12-2039 min
Main Engine Cut OffT+265: Headlines, featuring Starship IFT-2, Dragonfly, and Ariane 6A special (free!) airing of this week’s episode of MECO Headlines. Starship IFT-2, Dragonfly, Ariane 6, ISS happenings, launches, and more.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 35 executive producers—Donald, Pat from KC, David, Theo and Violet, Dawn Aerospace, Steve, SmallSpark Space Systems, Jan, Chris, Bob, Tyler, Stealth Julian, Kris, Russell, Pat, Fred, Craig from SpaceHappyHour.com, Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, Will and Lars from Agile Space, Lee, Warren, Harrison, Brandon, Joonas, The Astrogators at SEE, Matt, Ryan, Joel, Frank, Benjamin, and four anonymous—and 835 other supporters.TopicsAfte...
2023-12-0117 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 431: Roller Coaster TycoonSpaceflight News— Gaganyaan in-flight abort test (youtube.com) (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (HT: Jatan’s Space PDF: gov.in) (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/DJSnM) — Pad abort test (https://www.youtube.com) — Future human Indian Space ambitions (gov.in) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— PLD Test Launch (spacenews.com)— Two Vega payloads fail to deploy (europeanspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Shuttle astronaut mass allotments (forum.nasaspaceflight.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— October 28, 2009: Launch of the Ares I-X (en.wikipedia.org...
2023-10-251h 05
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 425: Ding LogSpaceflight News— OSIRIS-REx prep (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— New Frontiers competition delayed (spacenews.com)— Ariane 6 hot-fire test delayed (europeanspaceflight.com)— Otter Pup detumbled! (payloadspace.com) (twitter.com/StarfishSpace)This Week in Spaceflight History— 9 Sept, 2006: The launch of STS-115 Atlantis (space.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov) (nasaspaceflight.com)— Next week (9/12 - 9/18) in 2017: Son devoured
2023-09-0654 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 418: Denial TestSpaceflight NewsVulcan Centaur delays (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short & Sweet — China begins constructing VLEO constellation (spacewatch.global)— LandSpace wins the race (nasaspaceflight.com)— Janus canceled (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— An NSF tour of Astra’s rocket factory (youtube.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 18 Jul, 2011. Launch of Spektr-R radio telescope (russianspaceweb.com) (wiki)— Zenit-3M/Fregat-SB (SB - “сбрасываемые баки” or “drop tanks”) (space.skyrocket.de)Next week (7/25 - 7/31) in 2014: He was born in Belgium, and then again in Italy.
2023-07-1954 minOff-Nominal114 - Starship BlueJake and Anthony are joined by Adrian Beil of NASASpaceFlight.com (and a long-time beloved member of the Off-Nominal Discord) to talk about how he got his start via an epic spreadsheet, and to tell some stories from his trip to Boca Chica for Starship.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 114 - Starship Blue (with Adrian Beil) - YouTubeStarship debut leading the rocket industry toward full reusability - NASASpaceFlight.comSpaceX focuses on launch site readiness ahead of Starship Flight 2 - NASASpaceFlight.comBlue Update: New Glenn testing hardware at the cape as New Shepard closes in on return to...
2023-07-071h 01
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 415: Unsupported Separation TypeSpaceflight News— Starship hot staging and engine firing (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/AshleyKillip) — Earlier description of separation flip (teslarati.com)Short & Sweet— Prometheus test fire (nasaspaceflight.com)— Anti-ASAT antipathy (spacenews)— Launcher’s second OTV fails on orbit (spacenews.com) (geekwire.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 30 Jun, 2001. Launch of Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) (en.wikipedia.org) (wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov) (wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov)— Next week (7/4 - 7/10) in 2003: The mass hasn’t changed, but now it’s too heavy
2023-06-2852 min
Main Engine Cut OffT+253: The German and European Launch Industry (with Adrian Beil)Adrian Beil of NASASpaceFlight.com (and a long-time beloved member of the Off-Nominal Discord) joins me to talk about the state of German and European launch, with new entrants Rocket Factory Augsburgand Isar Aerospace getting close to the launch pad, many others working their way there, and institutional launch struggling amidst delays and geopolitics.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 34 executive producers—Frank, Harrison, Dawn Aerospace, Russell, Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut), Bob, Pat, Benjamin, Kris, Lars from Agile Space, Craig from SpaceHappyHour.com, Stealth Julian, Joel, Fred, Simon, Theo and Vi...
2023-06-1436 min
The Undiscovered CountryITS OVER 4,000! (Starlink) | Czech Republic Joins Artemis Accords | Deathstar Spotted?Recently, a dying star has been spotted by scientists that has swallowed a planet, which provides insight into Earth's eventual fate in five billion years. Starlink just launched its 4,000nth working satellite, great news or too much? And the Czech Republic just became the 24th country to sign NASA's Artemis Accords. All this and more on today's space brief.
Welcome to the Undiscovered Country! This is part of my Space Brief series where I outline the top 5 most important things that are happening in the world of space. This is not going to be a super...
2023-05-0511 min
The Flame TrenchNSF Live: Relativity Terran 1 Launch Recap, SpaceX to Return Booster 7 to Launch Mount, and MoreNSF Live is NASASpaceflight.com's weekly show covering the latest in spaceflight. It is broadcast live on Sundays at 3 pm Eastern. On each show, we rotate through various hosts and special guests.
Today's episode is hosted by Jack Beyer (Content Manager at NASASpaceflight.com), Sawyer Rosenstein (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com), and Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com).
2023-03-281h 33
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 400: Dramatic DoglegSpaceflight News— VV22 investigation (HT Sam: esa.int) (spacenews.com) (arianespace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— IBEX mission overcomes computer glitch (space.com)— ISS dodges a satellite (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: H3’s first flight results (nasaspaceflight.com)Data Relay: STS-400— STS-400 (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) — Two gap fillers removed during EVA on STS-114 (spaceflightnow.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 14 March 1986: Giotto flies past 1P/Halley. (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org) — Than...
2023-03-151h 10
The Flame TrenchNSF Live: Talking Starship orbital flight this month and moreNSF Live is NASASpaceflight.com's weekly show covering the latest in spaceflight. It is broadcast live on Sundays at 3 pm Eastern. On each show, we rotate through various hosts and special guests.
Today's episode is hosted by Ian Atkinson (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com), Chris Gebhardt (Assistant Managing Editor at NASASpaceflight.com), and Adrian Beil (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com).
Additional coverage: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/
2023-03-071h 38
The Flame TrenchNSF Live SpaceX puts finishing touches on Starship pad Russia launches rescue mission and moreNSF Live is NASASpaceflight.com's weekly show covering the latest in spaceflight. It is broadcast live on Sundays at 3 pm Eastern. On each show, we rotate through various hosts and special guests.
Today's episode is hosted by Adrian Beil (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com), Alejandro Alcantarilla (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com), and Chris Gebhardt (Assistant Managing Editor at NASASpaceflight.com).
2023-02-281h 32
Space Stories from NASASpaceflight.comSpaceflight This Week: 02/20/2023
NASASpaceflight.com News Director Thomas Burghardt takes us through the Spaceflight News of the past week.
2023-02-2104 min
Space Stories from NASASpaceflight.comMars Perseverance Rover & Ingenuity Making Significant Scientific Impact. 2 Years on Mars!
NASASpaceflight.com's Sawyer Rosenstein looks at the scientific impact of the Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars. Now 2 years into their planned 2 year mission, they are already making history and making significant contributions to our knowledge about Mars and our solar system.
2023-02-1709 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 396: Valentine BreakupSpaceflight News— Kosmos-2499 breakup (russianspaceweb.com) (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (space.com)— Superheavy static fire (nasaspaceflight.com) (HT Ryan R: twitter.com/elonmusk) (spacenews.com) (HT Alex: youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Progress MS-21 leak (twitter.com/katlinegrey) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)— Spaceport Camden saga continues (independent.co.uk)— Kuiper gets conditional approval (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Feb 20, 1986: Launch of DOS-7, the Mir core module (russianspaceweb.com) (youtube.com) (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week (2/21 - 2/27) in 2009: Nothing some Wite-Out/Tipp-Ex can’t fix.
2023-02-1551 min
Space Stories from NASASpaceflight.comSpaceflight This Week: 02/13/2023
NASASpaceflight.com News Director Thomas Burghardt takes us through the Spaceflight News of the past week.
2023-02-1405 min
The Flame TrenchRecapping SpaceX's 31-Raptor static fire, another leaky Russian spacecraft, and moreNSF Live is NASASpaceflight.com's weekly show covering the latest in spaceflight. It is broadcast live on Sundays at 3 pm Eastern. On each show, we rotate through various hosts and special guests.
Today's episode is hosted by Thomas Burghardt (News Director at NASASpaceflight.com), Sawyer Rosenstein (Contributor at NASASpaceflight.com), and Chris Gebhardt (Assistant Managing Editor at NASASpaceflight.com).
2023-02-131h 34
The Flame TrenchTalking the upcoming 33 Raptor engine static fire, Starship testing, and moreToday's episode is hosted by Jack Beyer (Content Manager at NASASpaceflight.com), Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com), and Adrian Beil (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com).
2023-02-061h 42
The Flame TrenchLooking Ahead to Booster 7's 33 Engine Static Fire, SLC-40 Tower Build, and MoreHosted by Ian Atkinson (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com), Thomas Burghardt (News Director at NASASpaceflight.com), and Adrian Beil (Writer at NASASpaceflight.com).
2023-01-301h 34
Space Stories from NASASpaceflight.comStarship's Road To Orbit - SpaceX Prepares'Starship Will Launch Soon,' but what is the road to orbit? NSF's Adrian Beil dissects SpaceX's path from infrastructure improvements, to Booster and Ship Upgrades, to Regulation requirements. How Soon is Soon? Is Starship ready to launch? NSF's Adrian Beil takes a deep dive into the upcoming tests before the first Orbital Launch of Starship.
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2023-01-2309 min
The Flame TrenchStarship Set For Big Tests This Week, Vulcan Arrives and Other Space News
NASASpaceflight.com's Jack Beyer, Chris Gebhardt and Sawyer Rosenstein discuss this week's news in spaceflight, including SpaceX's Starship and its preparedness for a wet dress rehearsal, the arrival of ULA's Vulcan rocket, and last week's launches.
2023-01-231h 44
Space Stories from NASASpaceflight.comIs SpaceX Crazy? 100 Rocket Launches in a Year?NASASpaceFlight's Sawyer Rosenstein examines the possibility for SpaceX to launch 100 rockets in one year, as Elon Musk has said they intend to do.
2023-01-1215 min
Space Stories from NASASpaceflight.comTop 10 Upcoming Space Milestones of 2023. Is it the Year of Starship?
NasaSpaceflight.com asked its members what they were looking forward to in space flight in 2023. NSF's Assistant Managing Editor Chris Gebhardt counts down the Top 10 potential milestones and puts them all in context.
2023-01-0515 min
Space Stories from NASASpaceflight.comAD ASTRA 2022: A Record Breaking Year in Spaceflight2022 was a record breaking year in spaceflight for SpaceX and other launch providers worldwide. NASASpaceflight.com's Jack Beyer takes a look at 2022's milestones from Artemis I to Starship.
2023-01-0114 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 390: Baby, It’s Coolant OutsideSpaceflight News— MS-22 coolant leak (arstechnica.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short & Sweet— Lockheed Martin performs habitat burst test (cnet.com) (lockheedmartin.com) (youtube.com)— Zhuque-2 fails to reach orbit (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Chris Hofmann: Honeybee purchase (discord.com)— Unc’ Willy and Csaba: Pyrophoric vs. hypergolic (discord.com) (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Dec 24, 1968. The Earthrise photograph was taken by Apollo 8 (en.wikipedia.org) (smithsonianmag.com) (nasa.gov) (thespaceaboveus.com) — LM4 has an excellent archive of...
2022-12-2146 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 388: NASA Cuts CarbsSpaceflight News— Artemis I Update — RS-25 analysis (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: nasa.gov VIA twitter.com/sciencepolicia) — Reached DRO halfway point on Nov 28 (spacenews.com) — Departed DRO on Dec 2 (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Phantom Space Corp wins NASA launch task order (nasa.gov)— Bluewalker-3 reaches full brightness on orbit (payloadspace.com) (iau.org)— iROSA installation + power issue (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: ABL released a scrub summary (HT Sam: twitter.com/ablspacesystems)This Week in Spaceflight Hist...
2022-12-0752 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 387: Big Bird and FriendsSpaceflight News— Artemis I progress (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasa.gov)— NASA history report on Administrator James Webb released (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— China to test space-based solar power (spacenews.com)— Canada to develop lunar rover for power generation (spacenews.com)— ISRO tests Gaganyaan parachute system (isro.gov.in)This Week in Spaceflight History— Dec 5, 2014: The launch of EFT-1 (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (collectspace.com) — The clue was taken from an interview with Sesame Street’s Elmo (youtube.com)...
2022-11-3045 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 386: DOWNLINK--Margaret Weitekamp, Smithsonian National Air And Space MuseumSpaceflight News— Artemis I Launch (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (planetary.org) (HT MCC: twitter.com/derekdotspace) — SLS suffered slight hurricane damage prior to launch (spacenews.com) — SLS still had LH2 leaks (nasaspaceflight.com) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/ZachSellinger) — A bad ethernet switch took down range assets (HT deltaV: twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) — Post-launch photo opportunities were limited (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (twitter.com/wapodavenport)— Artemis I Ride-alongs and little ‘uns (twitter.com/jeff_foust) (parabolicarc.com)— CAPSTONE arrives at the Moon (spacenews.com)— Orion completes TL...
2022-11-231h 48The Undiscovered CountryAMAZING! International SpaceWalk Surge! (Top 5 in Space Today)This week marked a busy one for astronauts and taikonauts across the two giant space stations currently in orbit. Today we will talk about the important space walks that took place, as well as discuss complaints that the astronomy community has against satellite manufacturers. Spoiler alert, they may be ruining the sky. But what can we do about it. All this today on the Undiscovered Country.
Welcome to the Undiscovered Country! This is part of my Space Brief series where I outline the top 5 most important things that are happening in the world of space. This is not...
2022-11-2218 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 381: Spin-stabilized PRSpaceflight News— Epsilon failure (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (youtu.be) (PDF: jaxa.jp)— Skyrora failure (skyrora.com) (youtube.com)— The Firefly Paradox (spacenews.com) (firefly.com) (twitter.com/seradata)— Rockets showing up at places (bbc.com) (techcrunch.com)Short & Sweet— Lucy flyby (NSF via web.archive.org) (lucy.swri.edu) (twitter.com/LucyMission)— TESS mission goes into safe mode (cnet.com)— China launched ASO-S solar observatory (nasaspaceflight.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 2008, Launch of Chandrayaan-1 (en.wikipedia.org) (timesofindia.ind...
2022-10-191h 00
Tales From The BridgeA Chat with Chris GebhardtChris Gebhardt from nasaspaceflight.com stopped by to talk about rockets and space! Chris lets us know about programs to get excited for, he tells us about his introduction to rockets at a very young age, and his love of Star Trek and some other great science fiction shows.Visit nasaspaceflight.com for all your rocket news.Subscribe to their YouTube channel for all the best coverage of launches and more.Follow Chris on Twitter. You can always find more Tales From The Bridge on Apple Podcasts or o...
2022-09-221h 03
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 376: Masten? Suits us!Spaceflight News— Artemis I update (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Axiom selected for Artemis 3 space suits (space.com) (spacenews.com)— Astrobotic wins bid for Masten assets (HT deltaV: clickorlando.com) (HT deltaV: parabolicarc.com)— CAPSTONE enters safe mode (HT deltaV: twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections Burns— From the intro: Curiosity Curiosities — Curiosity picks up rock in wheel (mars.nasa.gov VIA twitter.com/kevinmgill VIA cnet.com) — Flower shaped rock (mars.nasa.gov)— Geoff via email...
2022-09-1436 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 375: DOWNLINK--Jason Armstrong, Chris Craddock, Addie DoveSpaceflight News— Artemis I — First attempt (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) — Second attempt (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — Future attempts (blogs.nasa.gov) (twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) — Just for fun: AR Orion model (americaspace.com)Short & Sweet— ThrustMe and Astra make propulsion sales (spacenews.com) (smallsatnews.com) (spacenews.com)— China proposes orbital nuclear reactor (space.com) (spacenews.com)— South Korea seeks funding for ambitious lunar project (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Correction Burns— Project...
2022-09-071h 36
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 374: Something Launches SoonSpaceflight News— Starship prep, Falcon repairs (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spaceexplored.com)Short & Sweet— Intelsat loses control of satellite (satellitetoday.com)— Starship HLS demo will keep it simple (spacenews.com)— Starliner CFT delay (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Sept 3, 2002: Discovery of Earth-orbiting asteroid J002E3 (en.wikipedia.org) (adsabs.harvard.edu) (spaceref.com) (PDF: ibiblio.org)— Next week (9/6 - 9/12) in 1982: Second of three outcomes: shot before leaving Independence, successfully forded the river, died of dysentery.
2022-08-3142 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 373: DOWNLINK--Chris Carella and Mahadevan KrishnanSpaceflight News— Artemis III landing site candidates released (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) — Artemis I rolled out August 16 (nasaspaceflight.com)— Russian spacewalk cut short (nasaspaceflight.com) (cnet.com)Short & Sweet— Northrop Grumman to start astronaut training program (northropgrumman.com)— Starship gets commercial satellite customer (spacenews.com)— Spaceplane buddies (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Correction Burns— Masten bankruptcy bids… whole or piecemeal? (spacenews.com)— Espen Urkedal via email: SLS FTS batteries?Interview - Chris Carella, Benchmark Space Systems and Mahadevan Krishnan, AASC...
2022-08-241h 34
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 370: OneViaEutelTelesatSpaceflight News— Helicopters join Mars Sample Return (cnet.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Eutelsat/OneWeb merger (spacenews.com)— Masten Space Files for Bankruptcy (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/jeff_foust)— OSIRIS-REx shows asteroids surfaces age quickly (nasaspaceflight.com)— SLS for Artemis, SLS for commercial launches (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: a pair of reentries — CZ-5B (twitter.com/W0lverineupdate) (vxtwitter.com/KadekDwiArista) (twitter.com/Drizzle78878087) — Dragon (twitter.com/MarcusHouse)This Week in...
2022-08-0343 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 369: DOWNLINK--R. Matt Villarreal, Infinite CompositesSpaceflight News— Wentian launched (nasaspaceflight.com) — An array of new research facilities is onboard (twitter.com/CNSpaceflight) — CZ-5B may experience an uncontrolled reentry (twitter.com/TheSpaceGal)Short & Sweet— Impulse and Relativity announce joint mission to Mars (nasaspaceflight.com)— Nancy Grace has a ride to space (spacenews.com)— First private company to launch from French Guiana (isaraerospace.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Gopal via Discord: BE-4 reuse plans (discordapp.com) (twitter.com)— Unc' Willy via Discord: Titan II bwooop (discordapp.com) (youtu.be)
2022-07-271h 27
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 367: Going BallisticSpaceflight News— CAPSTONE’s gone. And now it’s back! (space.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (satellitetoday.com) — AS published a Ballistic Lunar Transfer cheat-sheet (PDF: amazonaws.com VIA advancedspace.com) — TCM-1C may not be necessary (nasa.gov) (advancedspace.com)Short & Sweet— Minotaur II explodes (thehill.com) (noozhawk.com)— X-37B beats own record on orbit (space.com)— Starship 24 readies for flight (interestingengineering.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/SpaceX) (twitter.com/SpaceX)This Week in Spaceflight History— 16th July, 2013: Luca Parmitano’s leaky...
2022-07-1344 min
Elontime PodcastAstronomische Einheit #08 - Ist Elon Musk gefährlich oder bringt er die Menschheit weiter?Silas vom Elontime Podcast ist mit AstroTim und Adrian von NASA Spaceflight zu Gast bei Senkrechtstarter.--Er ist permanent in der Presse: Elon Musk. Ist das ein realistisches Bild? Was macht seine Faszination aus? Ist er ein Visionär oder gefährlich? Das und noch viel mehr wollen wir in dieser Astronomischen-Einheit klären. Ich hab mit Silas vom Elontime Podcast, Adrian von NASASpaceflight und Astro-Tim großartige Gäste und wie immer werden wir uns bemühen eure Fragen im Livechat zu beantworten. Wird bestimmt ein sehr spannender Abend. #elonmusk #spacex #tesla #boringcompany #neuralink #twitte...
2022-05-171h 25
Elontime PodcastStarship Factory Florida, Axiom 1 verlängert, Crew-4, Taikonauten zurück, Weltraumstatistik, große und kleine Raketenbetreiber
Axiom
Axiom 1 Crew länger auf der ISS (spaceflightnow.com)
Tiangong
Chinas bisher längste Raumfahrtmission (golem.de) Shenzhou-13 mission ends with safe return (nasaspaceflight.com)
SpaceX
Crew Dragon "Freedom" erreicht Kennedy Space Center (twitter.com) SpaceX's Florida Starship Factory Begins to Rise (youtu.be) Starship Launchpad Florida - Status quo (padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com) Aiming for 5 day launch cadence (twitter.com) List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters (en.wikipedia.org)
Starship Geschichte
SpaceX's Abandoned Starship Factory (youtu.be)
Di...
2022-04-231h 05Off-Nominal56 - Export Control is Like Fight ClubPhilip Sloss of NASASpaceflight joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the rollout and wet dress rehearsal for Artemis 1, and to go behind-the-scenes on how he does his incredibly-in-depth reporting and coverage of SLS.DrinksSession IPA - Big Rock Brewery - UntappdGreco di Tufo DOCG | Donnachiara Wine CompanyTopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 56 - Export Control is Like Fight Club (with Philip Sloss) - YouTubeInside Artemis 1's complex launch windows and constraints - NASASpaceFlight.comArtemis 1 rollout timing remains uncertain as NASA leadership deliberates the schedule - NASASpaceFlight.comNASA moon rocket SLS rolls out to “re...
2022-04-081h 02
LiftoffMixed-Use Business Park in SpaceIngenuity is flying faster than ever as JWST and SLS inch closer to launch. Then, a look at two different proposed commercial space stations.
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2021-11-0240 minLiftoffHot Jupiters in ColoradoThis week, there's news about cubesats, several commercial space programs and more. Then, a look at what is going on at Blue Origin.
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2021-10-0554 min
Elontime PodcastAzubis für Giga Berlin, Blick auf seriennahe Elektrofahrzeuge, Countdown für Maurer, Dragon zur ISS, SpaceX ASOG Schiff
Wir kommen aus familiären Gründen derzeit etwas aus dem Tritt.
Tesla
Die ersten Auszubildenden und Studenten fangen bei Tesla in Grünheide an (twitter.com)
Elektromobilität
BYD Dolphin - Kompakt Emobil für wenig Geld (teslamag.de)
PHEV VW T7 (heise.de)
Corsa wird elektrisch (golem.de)
VW Auto im Abo (golem.de)
Raumfahrt
Der Countdown läuft – Astronaut Maurer vor dem Start zur ISS (heise.de)
Rocket Factory Augsburg (twitter.com)
Spacewalk fernab der ISS (nasaspaceflight.com)
SpaceX
C...
2021-09-1248 min
SenkrechtstarterStarship-Geflüster: Spreadsheet-Guy von NASASpaceflight zu Gast bei SenkrechtstarterDer Spreadsheet-Guy von NASASpaceflight ist zu Gast auf Senkrechtstarter!
Der Spreadsheet-Guy von #NASASpaceflight ist zu Gast auf #Senkrechtstarter! Diesen Mittwoch 28.7.2021 um 20:15 Uhr spreche ich mit Adrian über die neuesten Entwicklungen in Boca Chica und seine Einschätzung zur weiteren Testkampagne von #Super Heavy. Ich freu mich riesig drauf und wenn du auf #Starship #Entwicklung stehst, kann ich dir versprechen, dass das ein extrem interessantes #Live Interview wird.
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Wer noch nicht weiß, was der "Spreadsheet-Guy" so tut:
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2021-07-291h 58
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 318: Pure Guts PokerSpaceflight news— Nauka Launched (spacenews.com) (forum.nasaspaceflight.com) — Three sets of engines on Nauka (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) — Initial reports of issues (forum.nasaspaceflight.com) — A summary was written on Wikipedia quite early (en.wikipedia.org) — “Nothing irreparable” (twitter.com/katlinegrey) — An initial RCS burn was made to get to a safe orbit (twitter.com/katlinegrey) — First DKS firing reported by Anatoly Zak on July 23 (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) — Kurs was declared operational on the 25th (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) (twitter.com/katlinegrey) — We found this amateur...
2021-07-281h 15
Space Stuff by Teenage AstronautChina landing on mars, Ingenuity fly's, and Falcon 9 fly's for the tenth time SSBTA Ep 9Today on Space Stuff by Teenage Astronaut and today I talk about Chinas upcoming Mars landing, Ingenuitus flights, and how SpaceX just launched a Falcon 9 for the tenth time.
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2021-05-1518 min
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 303: Dramatic Concealed ConflagrationSpaceflight news— Failed data bus on Crew Dragon (HT Kevin Smith: blogs.nasa.gov)— SN11 landing failure (space.com) (twitter.com/Bojay_stellar) (twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann)Short & Sweet— Rocket Lab preparing for Moon Mission (twitter.com/RocketLab) (nasaspaceflight.com)— Everyday people in space (spaceflightnow.com)— NASA buys lunar gravity from Blue Origin (nasa.gov)— HLS award should be here soon (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: ingenuity deployed (space.com)Last week in SF history— 4 Apr, 1983: The l...
2021-04-0750 min
Our Ludicrous FutureSpaceX Sends Humans to Space, Tesla 2021 Model Y, Arecibo is in Trouble - Ep 111Be one of the first 1000 people to sign up at http://skillshare.com/OLFPOD and get a free trial of Skillshare Premium
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Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about SpaceX successfully launching 4 astronauts on Crew-1, the updates to Tesla Model Y, and Arecibo Telescope is getting decommissioned
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crew-1 launch - https://www.cnet.c...
2020-11-201h 37
Today In SpaceStarship Evolution, A week full of rocket launches, and life on Venus | Orbital News TIS#218Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos rivalry https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-jeff-bezos-fights-disagreements-insults-list-2019-6#not-long-after-spacex-claimed-victory-musk-and-bezos-began-clashing-in-public-in-november-2015-blue-origin-landed-its-first-reusable-rocket-called-the-new-shepard-the-rarest-of-beasts-a-used-rocket-bezos-tweeted-with-a-video-12 Blue Origin NS-13 - Texas Moon Landing Technology https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-mission-ns-13-launch-updates ULA Delta IV Heavy Launch (Secret-Classified Payload) https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/delta-iv-heavy-nrol-44 SpaceX Sunday Launch - Space Force GPSIII-04 https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/falcon-9-block-5-gps-iii-sv04/ SpaceX Starlink 12 https://www.spacex.com/launches/ Northrup Grumman https://www.rocketlaunch.live/launch/crs-2-ng-14 Life on Venus (and the missions that...
2020-09-2531 min
Today In SpaceStarship Evolution, A week full of rocket launches, and life on Venus | Orbital News TIS#218Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos rivalry https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-jeff-bezos-fights-disagreements-insults-list-2019-6#not-long-after-spacex-claimed-victory-musk-and-bezos-began-clashing-in-public-in-november-2015-blue-origin-landed-its-first-reusable-rocket-called-the-new-shepard-the-rarest-of-beasts-a-used-rocket-bezos-tweeted-with-a-video-12 Blue Origin NS-13 - Texas Moon Landing Technology https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-mission-ns-13-launch-updates ULA Delta IV Heavy Launch (Secret-Classified Payload) https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/delta-iv-heavy-nrol-44 SpaceX Sunday Launch - Space Force GPSIII-04 https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/falcon-9-block-5-gps-iii-sv04/ SpaceX Starlink 12 https://www.spacex.com/launches/ Northrup Grumman https://www.rocketlaunch.live/launch/crs-2-ng-14 Life on Venus (and the missions that...
2020-09-2531 minOur Ludicrous FutureTesla Battery Day, CA Bans Gas Cars, Starship gets its Wings - Ep 103Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about what happened at Tesla Battery Day, SpaceX Starship SN8 and SN7.1, and California's ban on interal combustion engines.
Read more from the articles we referenced:
VW ID4 - https://electrek.co/2020/09/23/first-look-volkswagen-id-4-ev-sets-mainstream-40k-price-before-incentives/
Battery Day https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/22/21450840/tesla-battery-day-production-elon-musk-tabless-range-cathode-cobalt-plaid
CA Gas Car Ban https://www.npr.org/2020/09/23/916209659/california-governor-signs-order-banning-sales-of-new-gasoline-cars-by-2035
CA bans Gas Cars - https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/sta...
2020-09-251h 44
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 259: Human Moon LandersSpaceflight news— NASA selects companies to develop Human Landing System (HLS) for Artemis (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) — Source Selection Statement (PDF: beta.sam.gov) — Scott Manley’s summary (youtube.com) — Excellent scaled image of all HLS’s, and Apollo’s LEM (reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge) — Superheavy update (twitter.com/Kristennetten)— Prepping for Crew Dragon (spacenews.com) — Flag to be captured: (reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge)Short & Sweet— UAE Mars mission arrives at launch site (nasaspaceflight.com)— Starlink sun visor testing to begin. (space...
2020-05-0559 minThe Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 255: DOWNLINK--Jordan NooneSpaceflight News— Starship SN3 Collapse (space.com) (arstechnica.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk) — RIP Starship Mk1 (twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) — RIP Starship SN1 (twitter.com/WyattJGeorge/) — Starship SN2’s thrust puck (https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/41761/what-is-a-thrust-puck-on-starship)— Jamestown Base considered for real (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) — Laura Forczyk poll: “What’s a reasonable new goal [for Artemis 3]?” (twitter.com/LauraForczyk)Short & Sweet— Virgin Orbit selects site in Japan for horizontal launches. (spacenews.com)— NASA selects SunRISE. (nasaspaceflight.com)Interview: Jordan Noone, Cofounder/CTO, Re...
2020-04-071h 23
The Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 248: Four DiscoverersSpaceflight news— Discovery Program selects four finalists (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— DAVINCI+ (PDF: hou.usra.edu) (wikipedia.org)— IVO (PDF: hou.usra.edu) (wikipedia.org)— Trident (PDF: hou.usra.edu) (wikipedia.org) (HT Sam in the chat: forum.nasaspaceflight.com)— VERITAS (PDF: dlr.de) (wikipedia.org)— Abstracts for the other proposals (HT sam in the chat: forum.nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— JAXA selects partner for country’s first debris removal project (spacenews.com)— Spaceway-1 has been safely decommissioned. (spacenews.com)Questi...
2020-02-1848 minOff-Nominal20 - People Doin’ It, Right?Chris Gebhardt of NASASpaceflight joins Jake and Anthony to talk about space media in modern pop culture, the way its made and received, and what stands the test of time.
Upcoming meetup! Hang out with Jake and other fellow Anomalies in Kent, WA on June 29! Details at events.offnominal.space.
Drinks
Orion 1-1 - Smugglers’ Trail Caskworks - Untappd
The legendary triple distilled Irish whiskey - Tullamore DEW
Sunshine Pils - Tröegs Independent Brewing - Untappd
Topics & Picks
For All Mankind — Official First Look Trailer | Apple TV+ - YouTube
The Expanse (TV Se...
2019-06-181h 31
Main Engine Cut OffT+107: Chris GebhardtChris Gebhardt of NASASpaceflight joins me to talk all things SpaceX: Starship and its upcoming hopper tests, DM-1 and the government shutdown, and more.
This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 34 executive producers—Kris, Pat, Matt, Jorge, Brad, Ryan, Jamison, Nadim, Peter, Donald, Lee, Jasper, Chris, Warren, Bob, Russell, John, Moritz, Joel, Jan, David, Grant, Mike, David, Mints, Joonas, Robb, Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut, and six anonymous—and 213 other supporters on Patreon.
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NASASpaceFlight.com
SpaceX gearing up for Starship tests at Boca Chica – NASASp...
2019-01-1558 min
Risalah Untuk Kaum Muslimin oleh Syed Muhammad NaqEpisode 377: From SpaceX to Star TrekWell, it's been a few weeks. Let's catch up! This episode has SpaceX news, some commentary, and a little Sci-Fi chat! Enjoy :)
A huge shout out to all the new fans of The Space Shot on Facebook! Welcome to the podcast, I'm glad you could join us!
Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and...
2018-11-1811 min
The Space ShotFrom SpaceX to Star TrekWell, it's been a few weeks. Let's catch up! This episode has SpaceX news, some commentary, and a little Sci-Fi chat! Enjoy :)
A huge shout out to all the new fans of The Space Shot on Facebook! Welcome to the podcast, I'm glad you could join us!
Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments, and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)
Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy...
2018-11-1811 min
Canada In SpaceEpisode 32: Chris Gebhardt, NASA Spaceflight on SpaceX and the Falcon Heavy LaunchMy guest this week is Chris Gebhardt, Assistant Managing Editor of NASASpaceflight.com. Chris and I talked about SpaceX, specifically the upcoming maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.The launch is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6 and this podcast was recorded the Sunday before. The launch window opens up at 1:30 p.m. EST and extends to 4:30 p.m. Currently the weather is favourable with a 80% probability of good launch conditions. Our listeners can watch the SpaceX webcast on SpaceRef and SpaceQ.Links:- NASA Spaceflight https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/- Chris Gebhardt on Twitter https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF...
2018-02-061h 07
Main Engine Cut OffT+67: Special Preview of MECO Headlines, December 1–8, 2017A special preview of the MECO Headlines shows: Elon Musk kinda-sorta-maybe announces the Falcon Heavy demo payload, Russia and China carry out successful military launches, NASA announces some very interesting NextSTEP-2 contracts, OA-8E Cygnus departs ISS, and SpaceX’s SLC-40 is back, baby!
This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 23 executive producers—Kris, Mike, Pat, Matt, Jorge, Brad, Ryan, Jamison, Nadim, Peter, Donald, Lee, Jasper, Chris, Warren, Bob, Brian, Russell, and five anonymous—and 107 other supporters on Patreon.
Elon Musk on Twitter: “Falcon Heavy to launch next month from Apollo 11 pad at t...
2017-12-0821 min
Main Engine Cut OffT+62: Chris Gebhardt on SpaceX’s BFR 2017 UpdateChris Gebhardt of NASASpaceflight joins me to discuss Elon Musk’s presentation last week, in which he provided an update to the BFR.
This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 20 executive producers—Kris, Mike, Pat, Matt, Jorge, Brad, Ryan, Jamison, Guinevere, Nadim, Peter, Donald, Lee, Jasper, Chris, and five anonymous—and 82 other supporters on Patreon.
Chris Gebhardt on Twitter
Making Life Multiplanetary
The Moon, Mars, & around the Earth – Musk updates BFR architecture, plans | NASASpaceFlight.com
SES-10 Press Conference in which Chris grills Elon until he says “Wow, you’re really in the details...
2017-10-051h 08
Main Engine Cut OffT+47: Uncrewed EM-1 Delayed to 2019Last week was rough for the Space Launch System. An issue with weld tooling was discovered, with some serious consequences, and then a LOX tank dome was dropped and damaged beyond repair. To top it off, NASA announced that EM-1 will fly without crew, and is delayed until 2019.
This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 12 executive producers—Pat, Matt, Jorge, Brad, Ryan, Laszlo, Jamison, Guinevere, and four anonymous—and 46 other supporters on Patreon.
NASA will not put a crew on EM-1, cites cost – not safety – as main reason | NASASpaceFlight.com
SLS Core Sta...
2017-05-1632 min
Main Engine Cut OffT+15: More SLS Roadmap Details, and Landed Falcon 9 Static FiresThe roadmap for SLS got a little murkier this week thanks to some additional details in the GAO report regarding its cost and schedule. SpaceX test fired a landed core three times in three days last week, paving the way for reuse of the CRS-8 core.
GAO Report Indicates EM-2 Plans to Fly Crew - Main Engine Cut Off
U.S. GAO - NASA Human Space Exploration: Opportunity Nears to Reassess Launch Vehicle and Ground Systems Cost and Schedule
NASA updates status and timetable of ambitious Asteroid Redirect Mission | NASASpaceFlight.com
MSFC propose Aerojet Rocketdyne supply EUS engines...
2016-08-0317 minLiftoffThe Journey to MarsNASA's "Journey to Mars" plan is wide-reaching but a little light on details in places. Stephen and Jason dive into it and consider what it would mean if Elon Musk beats NASA to the Red Planet.
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Links and Show Notes
SpaceX test fires returned Falcon 9 booster at McGregor | NASASpaceFlight.com Five Years Post-Launch, Juno Is at a Turning Point | NASA Atlas V successfully launches NROL-61 reconnaissance satellite | NASASpaceFlight.com NASA's Journey to...
2016-08-0234 min
Main Engine Cut OffT+3: Falcon 9 GTO Mission Drone Ship Landing, Orbital ATK’s Current and Future Launch VehiclesSpaceX landed another Falcon 9 first stage on their drone ship—this time on a GTO launch, which is a major milestone on their way to full reusability and Falcon Heavy flights. Orbital ATK’s Antares launch vehicle is set for an early July return to flight, and they’re in the planning stages of a new heavy-launch vehicle.
Falcon 9 launches with JCSAT-14 – lands another stage | NASASpaceFlight.com
SpaceX undecided on payload for first Falcon Heavy flight – Spaceflight Now
Antares Fact Sheet
Key return to flight milestone looms for Antares rocket – Spaceflight Now
Orbital ATK eye VAB and MLP for potentia...
2016-05-1111 min