Spaceflight news

Tim Dodd published a great interview with Peter Beck ( youtu.be )

Rocket Lab completes successful demonstration of mid-air capture. ( rocketlabusa.com ) ( youtube.com ) ( spacenews.com )

Short & Sweet

Masten Space Systems wins lunar lander award from NASA. ( spacenews.com )

Long March Fails to loft Nusantara Dua ( spacenews.com ) ( spaceflightnow.com )

Starliner gets a second flight test. ( spacenews.com )

Mars helicopter has been attached to NASA rover. ( nasa.gov )

Questions, comments, corrections

Chris Hofmann: It’s not LOX vents that have flares, it’s Methane.

Ben Hallert and Chris Hofmann: Grasshopper didn’t explode, that was F9R dev (twitter.com/chairboy/)

Ben Hallert: “Starpopper” was the same thing as SN1. (twitter.com/chairboy)

Eric Blood via email: worm logo (PDF: nasa.gov)