Spaceflight News

Short & Sweet

— NASA struggles to open asteroid sample container (space.com)

— Rocket Lab to return (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Blue Origin’s latest Blue Moon mockup (spacenews.com)

— Canopée to ferry Ariane 6 (fosstodon.org/@AkaSci)

— You can register to send your name with Europa Clipper (europa.nasa.gov)

— Mike Stewart’s core rope memory reader (finally) debuted on CuriousMarc’s channel (youtube.com)

— Aaron Sawdey: Crew Dragon engine inventory (discord.com):

Interview -- Daniel Faber, CEO and Adam Harris, CCO of Orbit Fab

— Further reading

— Furphy on ISS (issnationallab.org)

— Analysis of a potential Orbit Fab shuttle/depot architecture (researchgate.net)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— Next week (11/7 - 11/13) in 1995: Mission extension… of 4.7 m

Episode 432: DOWNLINK--Orbit Fab

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast