172 - NASA-6 Part 1 - Infinite Job List (Wolf on Mir)
After much back and forth on the ground, it has been decided that Dave Wolf will remain on Mir for his full mission. So what does he do while he's up there? And who's that in the window?? Show notes: ...
14 Jan 202325min
171 - STS-86 - Does He Stay Or Does He Go Now? (Wolf to Mir)
Dave Wolf didn't think he was going to Mir for another six months, but when Russia decides Wendy Lawrence is too short, schedules change. Though if Congress has anything to say about it, Wolf might no...
18 Dec 202227min
170 - STS-85 - The World's Biggest Birthday Candles (CRISTA-SPAS, MFD)
It's Kent Rominger's birthday, so what better way to celebrate than launching into space? Along the way we'll send CRISTA-SPAS out for one last adventure, try out a Japanese robot arm, take pictures o...
4 Dec 202229min
169 - STS-94 - Deja Crew (MSL-1 Reflight)
The crew, payload, and orbiter of STS-94 all have unfinished business in low earth orbit thanks to a busted fuel cell on STS-83. Let's kick the tires, light the fires, and then light around 200 more f...
20 Nov 202226min
168 - NASA-5 Part 2 - The Specter of Progress (Foale on Mir)
Spektr has been sealed off from the rest of Mir and the station's attitude is back under control, but there's still a lot of work left to do. Can the crew regain access to Spektr's solar panels? What ...
4 Nov 202229min
167 - NASA-5 Part 1 - A Crash Course in Long Duration Spaceflight (Foale on Mir)
Mike Foale is replacing Jerry Linenger on Mir for NASA's next long duration mission on the Russian space station. After the raging fire and near-collision by a Progress resupply ship on NASA-4, surely...
22 Okt 202238min
Supplemental 8 - My Second Rocket Launch (SpaceX C2+)
It turns out the NASA-5 episode was taking a little more time than I anticipated, can't imagine why. But since I'll be on vacation next week, I would have had to slip by TWO weeks. Rather than leave y...
6 Okt 202214min
166 - STS-84 - Where Things Are Bright and Sunny (Linenger/Foale Mir Swap)
On STS-84 we'll deliver Mike Foale to Mir, bring Jerry Linenger back to Earth, wonder how much Elektron really weighs, enjoy the music in the base block, and contemplate the mystical powers of a shout...
24 Sep 202224min
