118: A Reusable Buddy Satellite

Little satellites are helping larger ones, InSight's mole is causing problems, the SLS is slipping and Venus is up for a mission as a Hot Jupiter may be being ripped apart. Just another fortnight of space news!

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InSight to try to push mole into Martian surface - SpaceNews.com

A Year of Surprising Science From NASA's InSight Mars Mission | NASA

Publications | Science – NASA's InSight Mars Lander

Delay seems likely as parachute problems plague European Mars lander | Ars Technica

Boeing didn’t perform full end-to-end test of Starliner - Orlando Sentinel

William Gerstenmaier joins SpaceX, and that’s a really big deal | Ars Technica

An Orbital Rendezvous Demonstrates a Space Junk Solution - The New York Times

This 'hot Jupiter' alien planet is dancing with death with its 18-hour year | Space

China’s Rover Finds Layers of Surprise Under Moon’s Far Side - The New York Times

Sunspots and Stranded Whales: A Bizarre Correlation - The New York Times

Final Test of Orion Motor Critical to Astronaut Safety a Success | NASA

SLS debut slips to April 2021, KSC teams working through launch sims - NASASpaceFlight.com

NASA’s next science missions will head for Venus, Io, or Triton - The Verge

One of NASA’s greatest mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, has died | Ars Technica

Liftoff #48: Hidden Figures - Relay FM

Julius Montgomery, Who Broke a Space-Age Race Barrier, Dies at 90 - The New York Times