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831: Meteor Storm Update, Boeing Starliner Returns, Refueling Broken Satellites | Space Bites

May 27, 202219 min
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Boeing finally completes a demo mission, scientists grow plants in lunar regolith, NASA will launch a mission to repair and refuel a satellite, space suits are leaking on the ISS again, and more.

00:00 Intro

00:27 Update on the meteor storm on May 31st

https://www.universetoday.com/156008/update-on-the-potential-may-31st-tau-herculid-meteor-storm/

03:31 Starliner OFT-2 went up to the ISS and back

https://www.universetoday.com/156026/starliner-launches-successfully-but-two-of-its-thrusters-failed/

05:14 Space suits leaking water causing problems for EVAs

https://www.universetoday.com/156034/spacesuits-are-leaking-water-and-nasa-is-holding-off-any-spacewalks-until-they-can-solve-the-problem/

06:57 Plants can grow in lunar regolith

https://www.universetoday.com/155984/plants-can-grow-in-lunar-regolith-but-theyre-not-happy-about-it/

08:17 Mars dust storms and energy balance

https://www.universetoday.com/155983/dust-storms-on-mars-happen-when-the-planet-cant-release-its-heat-fast-enough/

10:20 Support us on Patreon

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Interview with Nancy Graziano https://www.patreon.com/posts/expanding-2-66877346

12:00 NASA plans orbital refueling and repair mission, OSAM-1

https://www.universetoday.com/155863/nasa-is-building-a-mission-that-will-refuel-and-repair-satellites-in-orbit/

14:13 GAIA shows nebulae in 3D

https://www.universetoday.com/156010/thanks-to-gaia-astronomers-are-able-to-map-out-nebulae-in-3d/

15:16 Solar Orbiter's pictures of the Sun

https://www.universetoday.com/155958/solar-orbiters-pictures-of-the-sun-are-every-bit-as-dramatic-as-you-were-hoping/

17:06 Interview. Jumping to Multicellular Life with Dr. William Ratcliff

https://youtu.be/DLhqntkqlrw

17:29 Outro

Host: Fraser Cain

Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov

Editing: Artem Pozdnyakov

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