EPISODE · Jun 24, 2020 · 55 MIN
Episode 265: VIPER Will Zoot
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Spaceflight news— Astrobotic to deliver VIPER rover to Moon (spaceflightinsider.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) — Some instruments will fly on earlier CLPS payloads (geekwire.com) (nasa.gov)— Crew Dragon Endeavour is still nominal. (teslarati.com)Short & Sweet— Another trickle of Boeing Artemis HLS information (HT deltaV: washingtonpost.com)— Small launch company Astra to make new orbital attempt. (spacenews.com)— NRO awards Rocket Lab with back-to-back launches. (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: Crew Dragon reuse: (spacenews.com) (HT Ben Hallert: spaceflightnow.com)This week in SF history— June 25, 1997: Progress M-34 collides with Mir (history.nasa.gov) (books.google.com) (astronautix.com) (PDF: spaceflight.nasa.gov) (youtube.com) — Ben Hallert’s excellent photoshop (twitter.com/chairboy)— Next week in 2005: Smarter than a deformed copper disc
What this episode covers
Astrobotic has been contracted to land the VIPER rover on the moon! Also, Crew Dragon/ISS, Boeing/Artemis HLS misconduct, and Rocketlab/NRO.
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