STP112 - Remembering Jim McDivitt - with Andrew Chaikin
Sad news this week as we mourn the loss of one of the heroes of early spaceflight. On October 13th, Jim McDivitt passed away aged 93. To help us celebrate his life, we’re joined once again by esteemed space historian and author, Andrew Chaikin.
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Jim McDivitt NASA Obituary:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/correction-apollo-astronaut-james-mcdivitt-dies-at-age-93
A much better Obituary:
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-101722a-james-mcdivitt-gemini-apollo-astronaut-obituary.html
Lodewijk van den Berg Obituary:
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-101722a-lodewijk-van-den-berg-astronaut-obituary.html
Ted Talk:
Launches From The Last Three Weeks:
Sat 1 Oct 2022: Vandenberg SFB, California: Firefly: Firefly Alpha: To The Black:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6864
Tues 4 Oct 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: ULA: Atlas V 531: SES-20 & SES-21:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4746
Wed 5 Oct 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Crew-5:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5807
Thur 6 Oct 2022: Vandenberg SFB, California: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 4-29”
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7011
Fri 7 Oct 2022: DeBo 3 Barge, Yellow Sea: CASC: Long March 11H: CentiSpace-1 S5 &S6:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4734
No video available
Fri 7 Oct 2022: Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand: Rocket Lab: Electron/Curie: It Argos Up From Here:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7019
Sun 9 Oct 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Galaxy 33 & 34:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5059
Sun 9 Oct 2022: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China: CASC: Long March 2D: Advanced Space-borne Solar Observatory (ASO-S):
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4954
No video available
Mon 10 Oct 2022: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia: VKS RF: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M: Glonass-K1 n°17L:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2726
No video available
Wed 12 Oct 2022: Uchinoura Space Center, Japan: FAILURE: JAXA: Epsilon PBS: RAISE-3 and others:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5652
No video available
Wed 12 Oct 2022: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Roscosmos: Proton-M/DM-3: Angosat-2:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2938
Fri 14 Oct 2022: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China: CASC: Long March 2D: Yaogan 36 Group 02:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7026
No video available
Sat 15 Oct 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Hotbird 13F:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7016
Sat 15 Oct 2022: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia: VKS RF: Angara 1.2 | Cosmos 2560
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7025
No video available
News From The Last Three Weeks::
SpaceX's Crew-5 mission will carry Native American woman to orbit for 1st time:
https://www.space.com/astronaut-nicole-mann-first-native-american-woman-space
Juno flies past Jupiter's icy moon Europa in 1st spacecraft visit since 2000:
https://www.space.com/juno-flyby-jupiter-moon-europa-mysteries
3 Russian cosmonauts land on Soyuz MS-21 capsule after 195 days on space station:
https://www.space.com/soyuz-ms21-cosmonauts-landing
Update: SpaceX, NASA studying possible reboost mission to Hubble Space Telescope:
https://www.space.com/spacex-nasa-hubble-science-commercial-study-preview
Ingenuity Mars helicopter notches 33rd Red Planet flight:
https://www.space.com/ingenuity-mars-helicopter-33rd-flight-september-2022
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket reaches orbit for 1st time:
https://www.space.com/firefly-aerospace-alpha-rocket-launch-success
India loses contact with Mars orbiter as spacecraft runs out of fuel (update):
https://www.space.com/india-mars-orbiter-mission-loses-contact
DART impact gave asteroid Dimorphos a debris tail thousands of miles long (stunning photo):
https://www.space.com/dart-asteroid-impact-debris-tail-photo
Scrapped Mars 'fetch rover' may have a future on the moon:
https://www.space.com/mars-sample-fetch-rover-possible-moon-missioN
China begins recruitment for 4th batch of astronauts:
https://www.space.com/china-recruiting-fourth-batch-astronauts
Perseverance Mars rover picks up 'lucky' 13th rock sample for return to Earth:
https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-13th-rock-core-sample
SpaceX launches Crew-5 astronauts on historic flight to space station for NASA:
https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-5-astronaut-launch-success
NASA's tiny CAPSTONE probe still struggling en route to the moon:
https://www.space.com/nasa-troubleshooting-capstone-moon-probe
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aborts double-satellite launch at last minute:
https://www.space.com/spacex-rocket-launch-abort-intelsat-satellites
Massive Mars dust storm threatens NASA's InSight lander:
https://www.space.com/mars-insight-lander-faces-massive-dust-storm
Juno photos reveal more stunning glimpses of Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa:
https://www.space.com/juno-europa-flyby-image-gallery
NASA's tiny CAPSTONE moon probe has finally stopped tumbling in space:
https://www.space.com/nasa-capstone-moon-probe-stop-tumbling-space
NASA's DART impact changed asteroid's orbit forever in planetary defense test:
https://www.space.com/nasa-dart-asteroid-impact-orbit-change-success
Perseverance Mars rover hits snag while grabbing 14th rock sample:
https://www.space.com/perseverance-mars-rover-14th-rock-sample-problem
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch this month on 1st mission since 2019:
https://www.space.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-space-force-launch-october-2022
SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts say their space station work will help get NASA to the moon:
https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-4-international-space-station-moon-research
NASA now targeting Nov. 14 for Artemis 1 moon launch:
https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-1-moon-launch-november-14
Meatball mishap: SpaceX Crew-5 astronaut launch marked by distorted NASA logo:
https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-5-launch-nasa-meatball-logo
Firefly declares Alpha rocket launch success despite satellites falling back to Earth:
https://www.space.com/firefly-alpha-satellite-payloads-reenter-atmosphere
Scottish rocket startup Skyrora fails on 1st space launch attempt:
https://www.space.com/skyrora-suborbital-rocket-launch-attempt-failure
Fallen Arecibo Observatory telescope won't be rebuilt despite scientists' hopes:
https://www.space.com/arecibo-observatory-telescope-replaced-education-center
SpaceX's Crew-4 splashes down after 5 months on International Space Station:
https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-4-mission-returns-to-earth
'Delightfully boring:' SpaceX's Dragon capsule Freedom aces 1st astronaut mission:
https://www.space.com/spacex-dragon-capsule-freedom-aces-crew-4-mission
'Destination Moon': Take a tour of new Air and Space Museum gallery:
https://www.space.com/air-space-museum-destination-moon-tour
Russian cosmonaut who commanded space station struck pedestrian with car:
https://www.space.com/russian-cosmonaut-traffic-accident-pedestrian-reports
Image Credits: NASA
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Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
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