Episode 308: Lunar Twins

Spaceflight news— Awards, awards, awards — Eta Space - In-orbit cryogenic refueling (spaceref.com) — JPL - Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (cnet.com) (jpl.nasa.gov) — Loft Orbital - Edge computing on spacecraft (spacenews.com) — Northrop - Navigation payloads on Blackjack sats (spacenews.com) — Raytheon - Update NASA’s EO IT system (govconwire.com) (earthdata.nasa.gov) — Hughes and OneWeb - LEO-based Arctic internet (spacenews.com) — Isar Aerospace - Won ESA’s Boost! Award (spacenews.com)— SN15 lands successfully (spacenews.com) (teslarati.com) (youtu.be) (nasaspaceflight.com) — There were some unknown vehicle updates (twitter.com/elonmusk) — It was a safe landing, but the crush core in the legs did activate. (twitter.com/starshipgazer) — SN15 MAY get reflown! (twitter.com/elonmusk)Short & Sweet— Starliner nears its second test flight (spacenews.com)— European Space Agency to launch orbital debris-tracking telescope (space.com)— Firefly has a successful funding round (spacenews.com)— Geyer steps down as Johnson Director (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Colin in the chat: Ingenuity audio (mars.nasa.gov)This week in SF history— 11 May, 1963. Collapse of Atlas Agena D due to a depressurized tank while still on the launchpad (thespacereview.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (HT Colin: youtube.com) (youtube.com)— Next week (5/18 - 5/24) in 1996: This week we deflated something. Next week, let’s inflate something instead.