The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab Recovery (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (rocketlabusa.com) — Scott Manley demonstrated the TVC angle on 2nd stage ignition (twitter.com/DJSnM)— SpaceX files for Starship orbital launch radio license (spacenews.com) — SPX may have competition for HLS (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— China successfully lands rover on Mars (spacenews.com)— Ariane 5 fairing issue may delay JWST(spacenews.com)— Russia announces two actors, Japanese billionaire, to fly to space station (reuters.com) (spaceflightnow.com)This week in SF history— 19 May, 1996 - Launch of STS-77 (nasa.gov) (doi.org) (HT Colin: youtube.com) (HT Colin: eoportal.org) — The Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE) had residual air that caused premature inflation (space.stackexchange.com)— Next week (5/25 - 5/31) in 1975: Last week we deflated something, this week we inflated something, next week let’s unite something.