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EPISODE · May 14, 2025 · 58 MIN

Episode 509: Hungry Hopping Hippos

from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just

Spaceflight News— Neutron update (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— China announces mission to Venus (ieee.org)Tianhe to be expanded (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 14 May, 1973. Launch of Skylab (historicspacecraft.com) (PDF: nasa.gov)— Next week (5/20 - 5/26) in 1962: Kickin’ up fireflies.

Update on Rocket Lab’s Neutron. Also, China announced Venus sample return mission and an expansion to Tiangong.

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Spaceflight News— Neutron update (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— China announces mission to Venus (ieee.org)Tianhe to be expanded (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 14 May, 1973. Launch of Skylab (historicspacecraft.com) (PDF: nasa.gov)—...

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