TWiS 221: Starship Can Float? - Roman Space Telescope Ready to Launch!

Rod Pyle is out this week, so Rick Jenet of the National Space Society joins Tariq Malik this week to talk about SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, which deployed new Starlink V3 satellites and stunned viewers when the ship survived reentry intact enough to float in the ocean for days afterward. They also discuss NASA's Roman Space Telescope, now just a month from launch, and an in-progress emergency effort to save the ailing Swift Space Observatory using a servicing spacecraft that is itself now experiencing technical trouble. Finally, they look into Boeing's continued Starliner delays and India's first successful private orbital launch via Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket. Tune in!

Headlines:

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Splashdown and Recovery Efforts

Starlink V3 Satellite Deployment Updates

SpaceX Wins $1.6 Billion Space Force Contract

NASA's Roman Space Telescope Countdown and Origin Story

Urgent Swift Space Observatory Rescue Mission Faces Technical Setbacks

Boeing Starliner Faces More Delays and Uncertainty

India's First Commercial Rocket Launch Enters Global Market

Artemis II Astronaut Questions South Pole as Lunar Landing Target

Astronomers Detect Possible First-Ever Exomoon

Upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 Impact Experiment on the Moon