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Now displaying: October, 2021
145 - STS-70 - Flickers, Northern and New (TDRS-G deploy) 0
Oct 29, 2021

On STS-70 it's time to complete the TDRSS constellation! Or at least the first generation. We'll also resist putting fish eggs on crackers, buy some decoy owls, and wonder why so many people from Ohio are trying to escape Earth.

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144 - NASA-1 - Comrades and Cognac (Thagard on Mir) 0
Oct 15, 2021

Norm Thagard is about to become America's first Cosmonaut. What challenges will he encounter during his four months on the Russian space station Mir? And why are they bringing so much juice?

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