The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Spaceflight news— NASA and ESA Lunar Gateway contracts awarded (space.com) (spacenews.com) — Airbus and Thales Alenia were also contracted to develop a lunar lander (spacewatch.global) (esa.int)Short & Sweet— Prototype rover tested in Mojave desert. (cnet.com)— Fire at Firefly’s Wallops Launch Complex. (twitter.com/Firefly_Space) (twitter.com/DavidNagySFgang)— Zvezda atmosphere success… and failure. (sciencealert.com) (tass.com)Questions, comments, corrections— OSIRIS-Rex Touch-and-Go maneuver (americaspace.com) (nasa.gov)This week in SF history— 26 Oct, 2006. Launch of the STEREO mission (stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov) — SECCHI - Sun-Earth Connections Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (secchi.lmsal.com) — IMPACT - In situ Measurements of Particles And CME Transients (sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu) — PLASTIC - Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (link.springer.com)— Next week (10/27 - 11/2) in 1985: Room for one more?