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	Science Daily update ⋅ March 20, 2020
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	Space.com The year 2022 is going to be lit! (With NASA space launches.) Space.com 2022 is going to be big for science at NASA. A summary of the agency's 2021 budget estimates shows that the fiscal year 2022, which begins on Oct. 1, 2021, will include more than a dozen science-focused missions, ranging from observing the Earth to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com What quarantine is like for an astronaut Space.com People around the world are currently isolating themselves or in a formal quarantine to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. But for decades, astronauts have been quarantined to ensure that they were virus-free and ready to fly (or, in the case ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com How will NASA deal with the moon dust problem for Artemis lunar landings? Space.com Study teams have gone back to look at Apollo lunar landing data to appraise how much moon terrain was ejected into space. Not only did Apollo landing crews get fogged out by the blown dust, making touchdowns troublesome, but substantial amounts of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Japan's asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock Space.com A cannonball that a Japanese spacecraft fired at an asteroid is shedding light on the most common type of asteroid in the solar system, a new study reports. Carbonaceous, or C-type, space rocks make up about three-quarters of known asteroids. Previous ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN What scientists learned after firing a small cannonball into a near-Earth asteroid CNN (CNN) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft fired a copper cannonball a little bigger than a tennis ball into a near-Earth asteroid named Ryugu to learn about its composition. Almost a year later, scientists have had a chance to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Hunting for dark matter — inside the Earth Space.com Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of Ask a Spaceman and Space Radio, and author of "Your Place in the Universe." Sutter contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Dark matter ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Alfred Worden, who orbited the moon and walked in deep space, dies at 88 Washington Post Alfred M. Worden, who orbited the moon for three solitary days in the summer of 1971, piloting the Apollo 15 command module and taking detailed pictures of the lunar surface as his fellow astronauts drove a rover far below, died March 17 or 18 at an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com You can see Jupiter and Mars snuggle up in the predawn sky Friday. Here's how. Space.com Early Friday morning (March 20), Jupiter and Mars will make a close approach, and you can catch them together with Saturn and the crescent moon. Jupiter and Mars will be in conjunction, meaning they share the same celestial longitude, at 2:21 a.m. EDT ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Activities and online resources for homebound kids Livescience.com Stuck at home with the kids because of coronavirus? Here's a list of educational and entertaining activities to keep them occupied. Shares. Comments (0). A simple experiment with cabbage leaves and food coloring demonstrates how plants absorb water and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Coronavirus Delays Work on NASA's Moon Rocket and Capsule The New York Times The coronavirus pandemic on Earth is knocking NASA's moon plans off course. On Thursday evening, Jim Bridenstine, the space agency's administrator, announced the suspension of the manufacture and testing of the Space Launch System and Orion, the ... Flag as irrelevant
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