Episode 508: North of Antarctica
Firefly has a nozzle issue. Also, a Lunar Trailblazer alternate mission, and an ISS debris avoidance.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Firefly Nozzle Anomaly (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)
Short & Sweet
— Efforts continue to rescue Lunar Trailblazer (spacenews.com)
— ISS avoids space debris (space.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Kosmos 482’s parachutes dangling out? (space.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— May 10, 1994: Last contact with the Clementine Spacecraft (en.wikipedia.org) (researchgate.net) (nap.nationalacademies.org) (klabs.org)
— Next week (5/13 - 5/19) in 1973: It’s the final countdown