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Rocket Roundup for October 20, 2021

Oct 21, 2021 | Asteroids, Blue Origin, Cassini, Crewed Space, Daily Space, JWST, Lucy, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

This week, our Rocket Roundup includes crewed space flights from the U.S. and China, Russia launches more satellites for OneWeb, and NASA launches the Lucy spacecraft to visit asteroids near Jupiter. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the launch of the Cassini mission to Saturn.

Rocket Roundup for September 8, 2021

Sep 9, 2021 | Blue Origin, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX

Our Rocket Roundup is a launch bonanza, with launches from Arianespace, China, Blue Origin, Astra, SpaceX, and Firefly. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the Luna 16 mission, which included the first successful robotic sample return from the Moon.

Rocket Roundup for July 28, 2021

Jul 29, 2021 | Artemis, Blue Origin, Daily Space, Jupiter, Random Space Fact, Space History, Space Policy, Spacecraft, SpaceX

For this week’s Rocket Roundup, we have exactly zero launches to cover. What’s up with that? In the meantime, we talk about Europa Clipper’s launch announcement, Blue Origin’s attempt to be a part of Artemis, what a NOTAM is, and how we use it. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the launch of the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Rocket Roundup for July 21, 2021

Jul 22, 2021 | Blue Origin, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

On this week’s Rocket Roundup, Russia launches a long-delayed ISS module with a new space toilet, New Shepard conducts its first crewed launch, and China launches some more secret satellites. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at Apollo 11.

Impact Gardening Churns Surface of Saturn’s Moon Europa

Jul 14, 2021 | Blue Origin, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Jupiter, Our Solar System, Saturn, Space China, Spacecraft, Virgin Orbit

Over tens of millions of years, the surface of Europa has been churned by impacts down to an average depth of 30 centimeters. This churning means that the search for chemical biosignatures must look below that zone. Plus, methane and icequakes at Enceladus, predicting underwater eruptions, Virgin Galactic’s flight, and a Chinese spacewalk.

Rocket Roundup for April 21, 2021

Apr 23, 2021 | Blue Origin, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Mars, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Pamela Gay presents a suborbital Blue Origin launch, the return of Soyuz MS-17, a hovering Ingenuity drone, and an Earth Day special on Earth observatories. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at STS-31, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 24th, 1990.