Episode 452: Sticky PEZ
Starship went up for its third test flight. Also, Euclid's icy lenses, Ariane 6's progress, and Soyuz' abort.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Starship IFT-3 (spacenews.com) (twitter.com) (youtu.be)
Short & Sweet
— Euclid spacecraft addresses ice-buildup on optics (asdnews.com)
— Ariane 6 coming together (esa.int)
— Soyuz aborts at the pad (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: launch escape slide (youtube.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 17 Mar, 2002. Launch of GRACE spacecraft (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (esa.int) (skyrocket.de) (nasa.gov)
— Next week (4/2 - 4/8) in 1965: Catching GEO worms