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Rocket Roundup for April 14, 2021

Apr 16, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Annie Wilson presents *checks notes* yet another Starlink launch from SpaceX, a Chinese launch, a crewed Russian launch, and the resulting capsule shuffle at the ISS. Plus, this week in rocket history, we celebrate the launch of Vostok 1 and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into outer space, on April 12th, 1961.

Rocket Roundup for April 7, 2021

Apr 9, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Annie Wilson presents another Starlink launch from SpaceX, another OneWeb launch from Arianespace, the very foggy SN11 test flight, and a Chinese launch. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at STS-1, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 12th, 1981.

Rocket Roundup for March 24, 2021

Apr 1, 2021 | Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Annie Wilson presents one Russian launch and Rocket Lab’s “They Go Up So Fast”. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at Voskhod 2, which launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 18, 1965.

Rocket Roundup for March 17, 2021

Mar 21, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Annie Wilson presents not one but two SpaceX Starlink launches as well as two Chinese launches. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the Gemini 8 mission, which launched March 16th, 1966.

Rocket Roundup for March 10, 2021

Mar 15, 2021 | Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that happened over the last week, including that fantastic, amazing, spectacular SN10 hop. Plus, we look back at Pioneer 10, which launched on March 3rd, 1972.

Rocket Roundup for March 3, 2021

Mar 4, 2021 | ISRO, Mars 2020, Moon, Perseverance, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that happened over the last week, including international launches from China, India, and Russia. Plus, we look back at Beresheet, the ill-fated lander that launched on February 22, 2019.