Infrared Telescope Balloon Mission Gets Mini-JWST Mirror

EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News - A podcast by Dr. Pamela Gay, Erik Madaus, Beth Johnson, Ally Pelphrey

While waiting for the launch and commissioning of JWST, engineers designed an infrared telescope with a 2.5-meter mirror that will fly onboard a large research balloon to nearly 40 kilometers in altitude. Plus, fast radio bursts, robotic ammonites, and this week in rocket history we look back at Telstar-1.