EPISODE · Jan 5, 2022 · 1H 17M
Episode 340: JWST Goes Teakettle
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Spaceflight news— JWST launched (blogs.nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — Realtra’s VIKI cameras looked fantastic! (realtra.space) (theorbitalmechanics.com) — Deployment explorer (webb.nasa.gov) — Port mid-boom deployment was delayed due to cover switches (twitter.com/NASAWebb) — Non-explosive pins were discussed in the pre-launch coverage (youtube.com) — Sunshade tensioning will be discussed in ep 341, as it was successfully completed the day this episode was published (twitter.com/NASAWebb)Short & Sweet- Tianhe avoids a pair of Starlinks spacenews.com)— Sherpa goes green (spacenews.com)— SLS is delayed by a computer problem (spacenews.com)This week in Spaceflight History— 5 Jan, 1973: Cancellation of the NERVA program (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov)— Next week (1/11 - 1/17) in 1965: No towah, moah problems
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It finally happened! JWST is headed to L2 and is unfolding into its operation config. Also, Tianhe avoidance, a green bi-prop bump, and SLS delay.
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Episode 340: JWST Goes Teakettle
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