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Episode 203: DOWNLINK--Erika Hamden

Episode 203: DOWNLINK--Erika Hamden

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast


Episode 203: DOWNLINK--Erika Hamden

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Mar 27, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week in SF history— 28 March, 1986: ISEE-3/ICE Comet Halley Distant Flyby (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Crew Dragon is close, but not quite ready for human flight (and other SPX news) (spacenews.com) — Pre-launch presser (github.com) — Tested heat shield (engadget.com) — Hopper tests (spacenews.com) (nextbigfuture.com)Short & Sweet— Beresheet is on course for the moon (spacenews.com)— The ISS gets some fresh batteries (spaceflightnow.com)— NASA engineers still unclear on why InSight’s heat probe is stuck (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Chris Birke via Discord: Molly Brown was the last gemini capsule that was named.Interview: Professor Erika Hamden— Applying to Small Explorer program (wikipedia.org)— TESS’s orbit is weird (spaceflight101.com)— UV standard stars paper (researchgate.net)— twitter.com/ErikaHamden— ehamden.org— instagram.com/erika.hamden
Released:
Mar 27, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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