Spaceflight news

— 2017 Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) demo (americaspace.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (jettison GIF)

— Cassidy and Behnken removed H-fixtures from the base of two port-side arrays Last July (youtu.be)

Short & Sweet

— InSight’s mole is finally retired. (spacenews.com) (airspacemag.com)

— SLS test fire shuts down early. (americaspace.com) (twitter.com/waynehale) (blogs.nasa.gov) (nasa.gov)

— China proposes Jupiter mission that may include Callisto landing. (planetary.org)

This week in SF history

— 20 Jan, 1967. S-IVB-503 explodes at Douglas due to incorrect weld fill material. (astronautix.com) (uah.contentdm.oclc.org)

— Next week (1/26 - 2/1) in 1990: Like a маятник.

Episode 293: Spacebots, Roll Out!

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast