#118 - April 2022 Part 2

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The Discussion:


Watching a SpaceX Starlink launch

Tales from this month’s AstroCamp star party

Jeni on the radio and TV again

A listener’s email on JWST’s first image.



 


The News:


NASA’s moon rocket finally undergoes testing for the Artemis
1 moon mission next month!

Rocket Lab attempt to catch a falling rocket booster with a
helicopter

Further affects of the war in Ukraine to the spaceflight
industry

Jeff Bezos buys every western rocket (that’s not owned by
Musk) for the next 5 years



The news discussion: The Axiom-1 mission to the International
Space Station


 


Nebulas:
A look at the weird and wonderful nebulae that you can see
through telescopes or use to understand the interstellar medium
and star formation. This month we close this segment of the show
with a focus on Dark Nebulas.