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	Science Daily update ⋅ May 16, 2021
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	Space.com SpaceX rocket launches Starlink fleet and 2 small satellites, sticks landing at sea Space.com The veteran Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here in Florida at 6:56 p.m. EDT (2056 GMT), marking the company's 15th launch of the year. It also marked the eighth flight for this particular Falcon 9. Flag as irrelevant
	Spaceflight Now SpaceX ramps up launch rate fifth Falcon 9 mission in three weeks Spaceflight Now The kerosene-fueled launcher ignited its nine Merlin main engines and hold-down clamps released the rocket to climb away from pad 39A at 6:56 p.m. EDT (2256 GMT) Saturday. The Merlin ... Flag as irrelevant
	Spaceflight Now Two BlackSky satellites lost on Rocket Lab launch failure Spaceflight Now A malfunction just after ignition of the upper stage of a Rocket Lab Electron launcher Saturday destroyed two commercial BlackSky optical Earth-imaging satellites, the launch company's second failed mission in less than a year. Rocket ... Flag as irrelevant
	Spaceflight Now Two hitchhiker smallsats to accompany SpaceX's next Starlink mission into orbit Spaceflight Now SpaceX will attempt to fly its fifth Falcon 9 rocket in 22 days Saturday, following the launch of a Crew Dragon mission April 23 that carried four astronauts to the International Space Station, and three more launches — each with 60 Starlink satellites — from ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com ESA partners with startup to launch first debris removal mission in 2025 Space.com The recent fall to Earth of a massive Chinese rocket has renewed concerns about the perils of space junk and one project from the European Space Agency might be able to help. The European Space Agency (ESA) announced plans to launch a space debris ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Volcanoes could still be active on Mars CNN (CNN) The barren landscape of Mars makes the planet seem like a quiet, frozen desert where nothing has happened for billions of years except for the occasional dust storm. New research, however, suggests that the red planet has a more recent history of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Spaceflight Now Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready for weekend launch Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stood atop historic launch pad 39A Saturday afternoon as teams counted down to liftoff with 52 more Starlink internet satellites and two hitchhiker payloads. Weather permitting, the 229-foot-tall ... Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions PBS NewsHour BEIJING — China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space. Plans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post China lands rover on Mars in 'milestone' achievement Washington Post The Tianwen-1 spacecraft, launched from the Chinese province of Hainan in July, had been orbiting Mars since February while surveying for potential landing sites. Early Saturday, it released an entry capsule containing a lander ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET China's Tianwen-1 mission nails historic rover landing on Mars CNET "China has joined an elite club of spacefaring nations with this historic landing," said Alan Duffy, an astronomer at Swinburne University and lead scientist of the Royal Institution of Australia. The Tianwen ... Flag as irrelevant
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