# TWiS 217: America in Space

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**Category:** This Week in Space\
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**Created:** [July 3, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/twis-217-america-in-space/20234 "2026-07-03T22:00:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/leo/32/16203_2.png) [@Leo](https://www.twit.community/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/twis-217-america-in-space/20234/1 "2026-07-03T22:00:44Z")

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New episode of This Week in Space is available.

Hosts: Rod Pyle, Tariq Malik

Topics covered:  
🇺🇸 Tracing America’s space legacy from Operation Paperclip and Explorer 1 to modern private spaceflight  
🪐 Personal favorite missions highlighted, including Cassini, Hubble, Viking, and Mars rovers  
🛰 NASA’s Swift Boost mission to rescue the Swift Space Telescope  
👽 Avi Loeb tapped to chair a White House UAP panel  
🚀 The rise of reusable rockets from SpaceX and Blue Origin

> **[This Week in Space: America in Space | TWiT.TV](https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space/episodes/217)**
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> Since 1958, the United States has been part of the spaceflight adventure, and since the mid-1960s has led in just about any category that counts. In this episode, we discuss

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