Episode 433: Dinkinesh and Dinkynesh
Lucy experienced its first asteroid flyby, and it's a double! Also, Starship plans, and i-Space tests a landable first stage.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Lucy flies past Dinkinesh and also Dinkinesh (nasa.gov) (lucy.swri.edu) (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov VIA ntrs.nasa.gov)
— Aerojet Rocketdyne supplied Lucy’s thrusters (l3harris.com) (PDF: amazonaws.com)
Short & Sweet
— Starship aims for mid-November launch (nasaspaceflight.com)
— i-Space hops (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 12 Nov, 1995. Launch of STS-74, second Shuttle-Mir docking (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (PDF: spacepresskit.files.wordpress.com) (youtu.be) (nss.org) (wikiarchives.space)
— Next week (11/14 - 11/20) in 1988: The cold wind blew but once.