Episode 367: Going Ballistic
CAPSTONE comms flickered, but it successfully completed TCM-1A and skipped 1B. Also, a Minotaur exploded, X-37B broke a record, and a Starship update.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight 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 suit on EVA-23 (PDF: nasa.gov) (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov) (youtube.com)
— The water separator drum holes were blocked with mineral deposits (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov)
— Airlock Cooling Loop Recovery ion beds were implicated (PDF: ttu-ir.tdl.org)
— EMU was developed with on-orbit rescue in mind. (PDF: nescacademy.nasa.gov)
— Next week (7/19 - 7/25) in 1992: Electro-coccyx.