The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Spaceflight news— Mars Hope and Tianwen-1 arrive — Great video from Tianwen-1 as it passes its first periareion (twitter.com/AJ_FI) — Tianwen-1 will lower to a reconnaissance/landing orbit, then two different science orbits. (twitter.com/PRCMarsRover) — Mars Hope sent back a fantastic image (bbc.com)Mars fleet arriving soon — Perseverance (americaspace.com) (everydayastronaut.com) — Ingenuity (jpl.nasa.gov) (jpl.nasa.gov) (mars.nasa.gov) — We previously talked to Ella Atkins about autonomous robotics (theorbitalmechanics.com)Short & Sweet— DARPA looks into off-earth manufacturing (rocketrundown.com)— Turkey aims for 2023 lunar landing (reuters.com)— The Vulcan pathfinder arrives (spaceflightinsider.com)— Doors open at Blue Origin’s New Glenn factory (HT Andy Z: twitter.com/WordsmithFL)Questions, comments, corrections— Andrew Z and Espen via email: SN9 violation — Andy pointed out debris separation (6:20 and 6:23: youtube.com) — Espen pointed us at some illuminating tweets (HT Espen: