Orbital News: SpaceX Starship&CRS-18, LightSail2 on Solar Propulsion, and India's Low-Powered Moon Mission continues | TIS 159 - a podcast by Alex G. Orphanos, Science Communicator

On this week's episode, we go deep and cover some major Orbital news from Earth's space industry - catching you up on what's new in Space. 

Lightsail2 now using propulsion thanks to Solar Pressure

SpaceX had a successful CRS18 launch followed up by a docking of the Dragon spacecraft on ISS to resupply the 6 crew members onboard with supplies and experiments. 

• NASA Broadcast of CRS-18
  https://youtu.be/nPbA9-oLDI8
• SpaceX Broadcast of CRS-18
  https://youtu.be/SlgrxVuP5jk
• BioPrinter that will start 3D printing human organs in space on the ISS
  https://youtu.be/YFg4Zi_AVCk
• NASA sends slime to the ISS to show effects of microgravity on fluids
  https://www.space.com/nickelodeon-slime-launching-to-space.html
• Astronaut Chris Hadfield shows what wringing a wet towel in microgravity does
  https://youtu.be/o8TssbmY-GM

SpaceX also had some Star Hopper success. 20m hop done - 200m hop soon. An update on Starship progress soon as well

• Elon Musk tweeted drone footage of 20m hop
  https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1154674872041103360?s=20
• https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1155415096387969024?s=20

India on it's way to the Moon! (more about the mission in episode)

• https://www.space.com/india-chandrayaan-2-moon-mission-in-photos.html
• https://www.space.com/india-chandrayaan-2-moon-mission-launch-weekend.html

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