Starliner Test Flight Delayed till Next Year

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.<br />SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 129<br />*Starliner test flight delayed till next year<br />Boeing says its troubled CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will now undertake an unmanned test flight to the International Space Station in the first half of next year.<br />*Laser communications system about to launch<br />NASA are about to launch a new optical laser communications system. The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration will fly aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<br />*China launches new top secret satellite<br />China has launched a new top secret spacecraft aboard a long March 3B rocket from the Xichang satellite launch centre in south western China’s Sichuan province.<br />*South Korea launches first domestic space rocket<br />South Korea has launched its first fully locally built orbital rocket. However, the 47 metre tall KSLV-II or Nuri -- failed to place its 1.5 tonne dummy payload into its planned 700 kilometre high orbit after the third stage shut down 46 seconds early – preventing the mission from achieving orbital velocity.<br />*The Science Report<br />Pets infected with COVID-19 likely to end up with acute onset of heart disease.<br />Paleoanthropologists name new species of ancient human ancestor: Homo bodoensis.<br />Study shows dogs learn words the same way people do.<br />Skeptic's guide to what your pseudoscience beliefs say about your character traits<br /><br />For more SpaceTime and show links: <a href="https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ" rel="noopener">https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ</a> <br />If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen too. Thank you…<br /><br />Your support is needed...<br />SpaceTime is an independently produced podcast (we are not funded by any government grants, big organisations or companies), and we’re working towards becoming a completely listener supported show...meaning we can do away with the commercials and