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	Science Daily update ⋅ October 23, 2021
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	Spaceflight Now NASA targets February launch for Artemis 1 moon mission Spaceflight Now Ground teams at Kennedy this week installed an Orion crew capsule atop the Space Launch System rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. The stacking milestone capped off the 322-foot-tall (98-meter) rocket inside High Bay 3. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com How to spot the 'elusive' planet Mercury in the night sky this month Space.com Two planets are closer to the sun than Earth is — Venus and Mercury — and are known as the "inferior" planets. Venus orbits the sun once every seven and a half months and gains a whole lap on the slower-moving Earth every 584 days. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com At Mars, China's Tianwen 1 orbiter and Zhurong rover are back in action after a radio blackout Space.com The China Lunar Exploration announced (Chinese) on Thursday (Oct. 21) that the orbiter and rover had reestablished communications and resumed science and exploration activities. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Birthday parties in space! NASA astronaut shares how to celebrate in orbit (video) Space.com How do astronauts in space celebrate holidays and big moments? On Aug. 30, NASA astronaut Megan McArthur marked another birthday. But her party lacked one critical component, gravity, for McArthur celebrated ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Elon Musk says SpaceX could launch Starship orbital flight test next month Space.com The launch is "pending regulatory approval," as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs to grant SpaceX a launch license to launch orbital flights. Additionally, there is an environmental review ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Strange white dwarf switches 'on' and 'off' in front of astronomers Space.com A spacecraft that usually seeks new worlds saw a white dwarf suddenly switch "off" with a swift drop in brightness. Then it switched back on again. This observation represents the first time astronomers saw a white dwarf change its luminosity, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com NASA wants to buy more astronaut rides on private spaceships Space.com "NASA has a need for additional crew rotation flights to the space station beyond the twelve missions the agency has awarded Boeing and SpaceX under the current contracts," Phil McAlister, NASA's director of commercial spaceflight, said in a statement. Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Musk says Starship may be ready for orbital launch next month, but FAA review continues Spaceflight Now Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, said Friday the company's huge new Starship rocket could be ready for its first orbital test launch from South Texas as soon as November, but the schedule comes with two big uncertainties that may push the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Arianespace delays double-satellite launch indefinitely to allow extra ground systems checks Space.com Arianespace halted plans to launch two communications satellites into orbit on Friday (Oct. 22) to allow time for more ground equipment checks, but a new liftoff date remains uncertain. The French launch provider was expected to launch the two ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Hear sounds from Mars captured by NASA's Perseverance rover Space.com NASA's Perseverance rover has recorded up to five hours of sounds on the Mars, giving engineers a sense of how the Red Planet sounds different from Earth. NASA now has a Perseverance rover website filling up with Martian audio, ranging from wind gusts ... Flag as irrelevant
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