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145: Sad Mole
Episode 145

145: Sad Mole

March is here, and it brings with it a lot of space news. On Mars, Perseverance is busy with a lot of firsts, even as Insight says goodbye to an old friend. SpaceX keeps churning out test vehicles as the SLS program readies for a second hot fire test.

Liftoff · Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett

March 9, 202141m 36s

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Show Notes

March is here, and it brings with it a lot of space news. On Mars, Perseverance is busy with a lot of firsts, even as Insight says goodbye to an old friend. In Texas, SpaceX keeps churning out test vehicles as the SLS program readies for a second hot fire test. Elsewhere, China and Russia join forces to build a lunar space station.

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NASA’s Perseverance Drives on Mars’ Terrain for First Time | NASA
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA Mars
Location Map for Perseverance Rover - NASA Mars
Octavia E. Butler: NASA names the Perseverance rover's landing spot for the author - CNN
NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return | NASA
NASA InSight’s ‘Mole’ Ends Its Journey on Mars | NASA
Russia partners with China for lunar space station - The Verge
SpaceX's SN10 Starship prototype lands after epic test launch — but then explodes | Space
SpaceX reveals the grand extent of its starport plans in South Texas | Ars Technica
SpaceX acquires former oil rigs to serve as floating Starship spaceports - NASASpaceFlight.com
Green Run Update: Engineers Repair Valve for Mid-March Hot Fire Test – Artemis
Mammoth Artemis I Rocket Boosters Stacked on Mobile Launcher – Artemis
NASA's new race to put a woman on the moon - 60 Minutes - CBS News
SpaceX Should Build NASA's Rockets Amid $20bn SLS Cost: Ex-NASA Administrator Lori Garver
NASA | Exploration Systems Suppliers in America
Allan McDonald, Who Refused To Approve Shuttle Challenger Launch, Dead At 83 : NPR