Episode 422: Clogged Flashlight
Details about the Lunar Flashlight failure are here. Also, Starliner flight plans, MAV engine test, and Artemis 3 alternatives.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Lunar Flashlight failure (spacenews.com) (PDF: mstl.atl.calpoly.edu VIA web.archive.org) (PDF: ssdl.gatech.edu) (PDF: digitalcommons.usu.edu)
Short & Sweet
— Boeing aiming for six Starliner flights to ISS (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
— NASA test-fires Mars Ascent Vehicle’s motor (space.com)
— To Artemis three or not to three (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 16 August, 1960: Joseph Kittinger made the final Project Excelsior jump (en.wikipedia.org) (nationalmuseum.af.mil) (stratocat.com.ar)
— Next week (8/22 - 8/28) in 2003: Telly McTelescopeface