The Orbital Mechanics Podcast
Every week we cover the latest spaceflight news, discuss past, current and future exploration efforts, and take a look at upcoming events. Tune in to hear about how humans get to space, how they stay in space and how unmanned craft reach farther and farther into the universe around us.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 302
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 234: Irregular Nomenclature
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' H3 rocket will be a lunar powerhouse; we talk about newly released information about the rocket and JAXA's moon plans.
00:40:57 |
Tue 05 Nov 2019
Episode 233: IAC DC, 2019
Bit of a weird show this week! No news, tired hosts. We talk about our favorite things from this year’s International Astronautical Congress, and we promise more information later.
00:36:43 |
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Episode 232: Full Panic Ensued
Commercial Crew has fallen behind, but SpaceX is rushing to get Crew Dragon out the door.
00:40:41 |
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Episode 231: Fewer gyros, more problems
DSCOVR's safehold seems to be connected to a gryo, but there's a fix coming down the line.
00:29:13 |
Tue 08 Oct 2019
Episode 230: Starship InSight
Starship, headed to Mars one day, got shown off to the public. Insight, already on Mars, learned some interesting things about the magnetosphere.
00:41:44 |
Tue 01 Oct 2019
Episode 229: Somewhat Rectilinear
NASA wants to put a cubesat in a near-rectilinear halo orbit. Also, lots of updates on private space launch facilities.
00:43:01 |
Tue 24 Sep 2019
Episode 228: Fired up
H-IIB had a literal fire lit under its butt, and more info about Bigelow's expandable space stations.
00:33:55 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
Episode 227: Successful Orbiter
Chandrayaan-2's lander made it to the surface a little sooner than planned. Also, more Hayabusa2 news and WFIRST inches towards reality.
00:33:52 |
Tue 10 Sep 2019
Episode 226: Duricrust
Insight is slowly getting closer to a successful mole deployment, and Starhopper showed off its stuff!
00:32:38 |
Tue 03 Sep 2019
Episode 225: DATA RELAY--Hot Structures
Why have a structure with a heat shield on top, when you could just make a structure that does both jobs?
00:52:42 |
Tue 27 Aug 2019
Episode 224: Downward Vector
Linkspace successfully hovers, Exomars struggles with parachutes, and Vector Launch closes its doors.
00:35:19 |
Tue 20 Aug 2019
Episode 223: DOWNLINK--Ella Atkins
Ella Atkins is an aerospace engineering professor who has a rich history studying and designing automated systems in space and in the air.
Wed 14 Aug 2019
Episode 222: Heat Sunk
A GOES malfunction has now been explained. We're gearing up to hear more about Starship. OneWeb is opening its doors, and EDRS is performing well.
00:32:46 |
Tue 06 Aug 2019
Episode 221: Soul Source
Northrop Grumman got a sole source contract to build a habitat module for the lunar gateway station.
00:24:57 |
Tue 30 Jul 2019
Episode 220: DOWNLINK--Ron Burkey
The Apollo Guidance Computer is famous, but the code it ran likely would have slipped into the fog of history if it wasn't for Ron Burkey's archives.
01:11:47 |
Wed 24 Jul 2019
Episode 219: Future Imperfect
India's headed to the Moon, though their launch was delayed after we recorded this episode.
00:28:21 |
Tue 16 Jul 2019
Episode 218: Low-flying Starlink
Orion successfully abort, three Starlinks don't wake up, Exomars and DSCOVR get a little crash-y.
00:31:53 |
Wed 10 Jul 2019
Episode 217: Ms. Tree Snags the Fly!
Falcon Heavy had a TVC failure that resulted in the loss of another center core, but they finally caught a fairing. Also, Mars 2020 needs your help!
01:00:20 |
Wed 03 Jul 2019
Episode 216: Look to Windward
While we wait out a slow news week, we look to the future and summarize upcoming non-Earth science missions.
00:50:22 |
Wed 26 Jun 2019
Episode 215: Shibboleth
Are you ready to visit the asteroid belt's metallic tooth? We sure are!
00:44:10 |
Tue 18 Jun 2019
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