Ella Atkins's guest appearances

Ella Atkins

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Kevin Rice

Erika Hamden

Andrew Rader

Peter Beck

John Z

Anthony Scodary

Richard Witherspoon

Tess Caswell

Kyla Edison

Eric Blood

Dmitry Savransky

Laura Forczyk

Ron Burkey

Elena Zorzoli Rossi

Silvia Alba

OwlTail

Spaceflight news— SpaceX Crew-1 mission delayed (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)    — Tom Mueller explained the gas generator cycle, and the Merlin engine in particular (youtube.com)    — GPS III SV04 launch scrubbed earlier this month due to “unexpected pressure rise in the turbomachinery gas generator” (twitter.com/elonmusk)Short &amp; Sweet— Chinese taikonauts selected for country’s space station (spacenews.com)— The Autophage engine receives funding (space.com) (patents.google.com)— SpaceX is deorbiting its original Starlink satellites (spacenews.com) (forum.nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Emory Stagmer: The LCROSS Flight Director's Blog (nasa.gov)Interview -- Ella Atkins, Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, and IEEE Senior Member.— We previously spoke with Ella on Episode 223 (theorbitalmechanics.com)— Autonomous done with a nailgun (youtube.com)— Ella’s professional profile and CV (aero.engin.umich.edu)— U of M’s robotics department (robotics.umich.edu)— Thanks to IEEE for putting us in touch with Ella! (IEEE.org)This week in SF history— 16 Oct, 1976: Soyuz 23 becomes the first unintentional splash-down (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (books.google.com)— Next week in 2006: a fresh pair of eyes

Spaceflight news— SpaceX Crew-1 mission delayed (<a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-delays-commercial-crew-mission-to-study-falcon-9-engine-issue/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/back-to-back-launch-scrubs-frustrate-musk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) — Tom Mueller explained the gas generator cycle, and the Merlin engine in particular (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVQyZn-VtXU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>) — GPS III SV04 launch scrubbed earlier this month due to “unexpected pressure rise in the turbomachinery gas generator” (<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1312252573575860226" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/elonmusk</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— Chinese taikonauts selected for country’s space station (<a href="https://spacenews.com/china-selects-18-new-astronauts-ahead-of-space-station-construction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)— The Autophage engine receives funding (<a href="https://www.space.com/self-eating-rocket-uk-government-funding" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">space.com</a>) (<a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US3250216A/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patents.google.com</a>)— SpaceX is deorbiting its original Starlink satellites (<a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-starlink-satellites-as-it-deorbits-original-ones/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=46726.msg2138141#msg2138141" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">forum.nasaspaceflight.com</a>)Questions, comments, corrections— Emory Stagmer: The LCROSS Flight Director's Blog (<a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/lcrossfdblog/2009/05/10/post_1241895226237/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nasa.gov</a>)Interview -- Ella Atkins, Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, and IEEE Senior Member.— We previously spoke with Ella on Episode 223 (<a href="https://theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/ella-atkins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theorbitalmechanics.com</a>)— Autonomous done with a nailgun (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA445Flxkjo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>)— Ella’s professional profile and CV (<a href="https://aero.engin.umich.edu/people/ella-atkins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aero.engin.umich.edu</a>)— U of M’s robotics department (<a href="https://robotics.umich.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">robotics.umich.edu</a>)— Thanks to IEEE for putting us in touch with Ella! (<a href="https://www.ieee.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IEEE.org</a>)This week in SF history— 16 Oct, 1976: Soyuz 23 becomes the first unintentional splash-down (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_23" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (<a href="https://www.americaspace.com/2013/10/27/a-watery-yarn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">americaspace.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4pD1L7hedA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>) (<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dbGchpi1HP8C&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;pg=PA200#v=onepage&amp;q=soyuz%2023&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">books.google.com</a>)— Next week in 2006: a fresh pair of eyes

Episode 280: DOWNLINK--Ella Atkins II

This week in SF history— August 17, 1962: Carl Sagan advocates for sterilizing spacecraft (spacemedicineassociation.org) (PDF: pnas.org)Spaceflight news— Rocketlab reuse (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) (youtube.com)Short &amp; Sweet— First ion thruster use on a 1U cubesat (spacenews.com)Interview-- Ella Atkins— Thanks to IEEE for arranging this interview! (IEEE.org)— Dr. Atkins’ profile and CV (umich.edu)— (robotics.umich.edu)— (aiaa.org)

This week in SF history— August 17, 1962: Carl Sagan advocates for sterilizing spacecraft (<a href="https://spacemedicineassociation.org/history1962/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacemedicineassociation.org</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/46/4/396.full.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pnas.org</a>)Spaceflight news— Rocketlab reuse (<a href="https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-to-attempt-to-reuse-electron-first-stage/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/heres-why-rocket-lab-changed-its-mind-on-reusable-launch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">arstechnica.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIaDWCK2Bmk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com</a>)Short &amp; Sweet— First ion thruster use on a 1U cubesat (<a href="https://spacenews.com/electric-thrusters-changed-attitude-of-university-wurzburg-cubesat/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spacenews.com</a>)Interview-- Ella Atkins— Thanks to IEEE for arranging this interview! (<a href="https://www.ieee.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IEEE.org</a>)— Dr. Atkins’ profile and CV (<a href="https://aero.engin.umich.edu/people/ella-atkins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">umich.edu</a>)— (<a href="https://robotics.umich.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">robotics.umich.edu</a>)— (<a href="https://www.aiaa.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aiaa.org</a>)

Episode 223: DOWNLINK--Ella Atkins