# The Orbital Mechanics

- **Website:** <https://theorbitalmechanics.com>
- **Primary alias:** `theorbitalmechanics.com`

## Description

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast is a spaceflight-focused audio show created by David Fourman and Ben Etherington. It explores the engineering, news, history and future of human and robotic space exploration, explaining how people travel to and live in space and how spacecraft extend our reach across the universe. Episodes combine current developments with discussion, interviews and technical detail, often including corrections and insights from knowledgeable sources. Topics featured include launch vehicles, reusable boosters, NASA missions, the International Space Station, lunar and planetary exploration, and emerging space technologies. The podcast’s website provides an archive of episodes and show notes, with coverage of developments from organizations and missions around the world. Listeners can subscribe, receive show notes by email, connect through the podcast’s Discord community, and support the show or visit its store. The creators announced in July 2025 that they were ending the weekly main show, while the site continues to present episode information and ways to follow the podcast.

## Industries

- 📰 News and Media
- 🧪 Science and Education
- 🧪 Astronomy _(under Science and Education)_

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idUe6kvny7/w/1500/h/300/theme/light/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792859478582)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stiletto | #983636 | accent |
| Shark | #2f2f32 | dark |
| Calico | #e2c192 | light |

## Fonts

- proxima-nova — asset _(custom)_
- Helvetica Neue — asset _(custom)_

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