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.
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Welcome to The Men’s Room with Tom Skinner and Neil 'Razor' Ruddock! A podcast about all things, you guessed it, men. Tackling the big topics with a huge line up of guests and plenty of laughs along the way. Let's get talking. Don't forget to get involved and be part of the discussion on social media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Spaceflight News — Stoke Space reveals Andromeda 2 (stokespace.com) Short & Sweet — Long March 8A completes first flight (spacenews.com) — Germany provides funds for new launch facility (europeanspaceflight.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: Blue Origin Layoffs (spacenews.com) This Week in Spaceflight History — 24 Feb, 1996. La…
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Join us for a look back at the very best of last season! Featuring guest host Jason Cundy as we hear from Razor and wife Leah Ruddock on dealing with Mental and physical health struggles as a family. Tom Skinner and Neil 'Razor' Ruddock are joined in The Men's Room by the extremely brave Arsenal cult hero Perry Groves who poignantly remembers how h…
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Spaceflight News — The most amazing little rocket that will have ever built (spacenews.com) (aas.org) (aas.org) (aas.org) (PDF: hou.usra.edu) Short & Sweet — Starbase Update (nasaspaceflight.com) — Thales Alenia to build an airlock (europeanspaceflight.com) Vast reschedules Haven-1 (spacenews.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: …
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Spaceflight News — Blue Ghost M1 (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (fireflyspace.com) (gsfc.nasa.gov) (baas.aas.org) (hou.usra.edu) Short & Sweet — Starliner investigation nears completion (spacenews.com) — AstroForge announces first target (space.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: IRNSS-1K launch failure (thehindu.com) …
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Episode 495: NICER than orange slices
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1:00:49Spaceflight News — NICER repair on EVA 91 (nasaspaceflight.com) (svs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (science.nasa.gov) (svs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov) Short & Sweet — ESA to vote on future of Space Rider spacecraft (europeanspaceflight.com) — China hops higher, maybe (spacenews.com) (bilibili.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: New …
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Spaceflight News — Starship FT-7 (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (bsky.app/profile/derekdotspace.bsky.social) (space.com) (spacenews.com) Short & Sweet — ISRO successfully docks in space (spacenews.com) — RFA granted license for vertical launch from UK (europeanspaceflight.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: New Glenn Firs…
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Episode 493: Two Satellites Enter! Five Satellites Leave!
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39:36Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode! Spaceflight News — Mars Sample Return redesign (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com) Short & Sweet — China tests mission extension tech on-orbit (spacenews.com) — X-37B’s latest mission passes one-year in space (space.com) — Pale Blue Propulsion (spacenews.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — Fro…
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Spaceflight News — Starship TF-7 (spacenews.com) (ringwatchers.com) (spacex.com) (twitter.com) Short & Sweet — India launches space docking demo mission (nasaspaceflight.com) (space.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (isro.gov.in) — Launches gaining frequency (spacenews.com) This Week in Spaceflight History — 10 Jan, 1968: Surveyor 7 lands on the moon (nasa.g…
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Spaceflight News — K2 Space wins contract (spaceinsider.tech) (spacenews.com) (addtheegg.com) Short & Sweet — Contracts awarded for NASA’s Near Space Network (spacenews.com) — Record breaking spacewalk set by Shenzhou-19 crew (spacenews.com) — Crew-10 delayed (spacenews.com) This Week in Spaceflight History — 2 Jan, 1959. Launch of Luna 1, first sp…
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Spaceflight News — Orion’s heat shield (americaspace.com) (nasa.gov) Short & Sweet — Tests of Russian Orbital Station core module announced (interfax.com) — Ingenuity’s Crash Investigation (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — Joel Rogers via email: Young and Crippen didn’t fly on Enterprise. This Week in Sp…
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Spaceflight News — Swirl-dominated chambers (payloadspace.com) (https://www.sierraspace.com) (Pic, from researchgate.net) (PDF: nasa.gov) Short & Sweet — So long Sutherland Spaceport (satellitetoday.com) Further delays to Artemis program announced (spacenews.com) This Week in Spaceflight History — 12 Dec, 1970. Launch of Uhuru (nasa.gov) (PDF: jhua…
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Spaceflight News — Epsilon can’t stop exploding (space.com) (youtu.be) (PDF: jaxa.jp) — A Dragonfly on a Falcon Heavy (satellitetoday.com) Short & Sweet — Old spaceport, newish rocket (europeanspaceflight.com) — New rocket, new spaceport (spacenews.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: New Glenn on the pad (space.com) (blueorigin.…
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Spaceflight News — Global grasshoppers — Russia’s hopper (arstechnica.com) — EU’s hopper (europeanspaceflight.com) Short & Sweet — Omani spaceport looks to launch next month (www.thenationalnews.com) — China tests inflatable spacecraft on orbit (news.cgtn.com) (space.com) (spacenews.com) — Starship Test Flight Six (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.c…
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Spaceflight News — Zvezda leak disagreement (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) Short & Sweet — NGR is in the building! (spacenews.com) — Bye bye ABL (from launch anyway) (arstechnica.com) This Week in Spaceflight History — 24 Nov, 1970. Launch of Kosmos 379 (astronautix.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (russianspaceweb.com) — Next week (11…
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Spaceflight News — CRS-2 extended (spacenews.com) (sam.gov) Short & Sweet — Gilmour ups and Bowen downs (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — LignoSat to be deployed from ISS (popsci.com) (nanosats.eu) — Long March 9: Starship (arstechnica) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: LEO safety study (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov) This Week in Spaceflight…
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Spaceflight News — Shenzhou-19 reaches Tiangong (spaceflightnow.com) — Mirror platform for Tiangong (news.cgtn.com) (youtube.com) — Low-cost Tiangong cargo S/C (spacenews.com) — “Kinetica-2 [selected] as top launcher choice” (twitter.com/cas_space) — Crewed moon rover (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/YuqiiQian) Short & Sweet — Artemis heat shield chunk…
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Spaceflight News — Starship Flight 5 Review “Leaked” (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (spacenews.com) (HT DennisO: x.com/StarshipGazer) Short & Sweet — Crew-8 post-landing medical issue (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov) — Companies to bring commercial launch to Ireland (europeanspaceflight.com) — ACS-3’s a little crooked (space…
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Episode 482: Geostationary Explosive Orbit
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54:30Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode! Spaceflight News — Intelsat 33e loses power and blows up (spacenews.com) (x.com/S4S_SDA) (reddit.com) Short & Sweet — Sirius Space hot fire (europeanspaceflight.com) — A Firefly to launch a Jackal (satellitetoday.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — Ross Peterson: Super Heavy’s reentry heating —…
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Spaceflight News — Worries about ISS making a splash (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (space.com) Short & Sweet — X-37B to perform aerobraking maneuver (defenseone.com) — Rocket Lab wins Mars Sample Return concept award (spacenews.com) — Vast unveils details on Haven-1 (payloadspace.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the in…
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Spaceflight News -- Vulcan anomaly (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/dwisecinema) (spacenews.com) Short & Sweet -- Voyager 2 turns off science instrument (inverse.com) -- Super bright Qianfan satellites (spacenews.com) -- NASA reduces rate of ISS leak (spacenews.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- …
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Spaceflight News -- VIPER opinions (spacenews.com) (sam.gov) Short & Sweet -- Chinese lunar spacesuit revealed (cgtn.com) (space.com) -- Upper stage anomaly grounds Falcon 9 (space.com) (spacenews.com) -- MaiaSpace moves in (spacenews) This Week in Spaceflight History -- 2 Oct, 1921. Birth of Scott Crossfield (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: govinfo.gov) (…
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Spaceflight News -- ISRO rising (spacenews.com) Short & Sweet -- Iran successfully launches research satellite (almayadeen.net) -- Ariane 6 software fix (spacenews.com) -- Yutu 2 turns six (space.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From the intro: Sirius Space will launch from Australia (europeanspaceflight.com) This Week in Spaceflight Histor…
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Spaceflight News -- Landspace lands (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) Short & Sweet -- New Glenn to attempt landing (HT Chris Radcliff: https://twitter.com/davill) -- Chang’e-6 extended mission (spacenews.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From the intro: Polaris Dawn spacewalk (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) This Week in Spacefligh…
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Spaceflight News -- BepiColombo insertion delayed (europeanspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (esa.int) Short & Sweet -- EscaPADE DelAYED (spacenews.com) -- Starliner Returned (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) -- Vega’s final launch (satellitetoday.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From the intro: Blue Origi…
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Spaceflight News -- B1062 lost (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.com) Short & Sweet -- Intuitive Machines selected for lunar South Pole mission (spacenews.com) -- Stoke Space wins contract to prototype cargo delivery (satellitetoday.com) (stokespace.com) -- Starline…
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Spaceflight News -- Starliner crew to return on Dragon (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) Short & Sweet -- EscaPADE arrives in Florida (spacenews.com) -- SLS gets bumped up a block (spacenews) -- RFA first stage lost in test-firing anomaly (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (youtu.be) This Week in Spaceflight History -- …
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