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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 221 — Starship Can Float?

On Episode 221 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and guest host Rick Jenet of the National Space Society talk about SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, which survived reentry intact enough to float.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 221 — Starship Can Float?

On this episode of This Week In Space, hosts Tariq Malik and Rick Jenet discuss SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, which successfully deployed new Starlink V3 satellites while remaining intact enough to float in the ocean for days after splashdown. The team also examines NASA's upcoming Roman Space Telescope, which will launch in a month, and an ongoing emergency mission to save the malfunctioning Swift Space Observatory.

They also touch upon the delays faced by Boeing's Starliner and India's first private orbital launch via Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket.

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