This Week In Space podcast: Episode 220 — First on Mars

On Episode 220 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Pascal Lee and astrobiologist Dr. Penny Boston to mark the 50th anniversary of Viking 1's landing on Mars.This week, we cover how Starship Flight 13 finally prepares to launchamid a legal battle over SpaceX's proposed land swap at Starbase, plus aChinese Long March 3B rocket gets struck by lightning during liftoff,yet still delivers its satellite safely.Then, we revisit the Viking 1 mission's groundbreaking life-det