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	Science Daily update ⋅ August 21, 2020
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	Space.com Blue Origin-led 'National Team' delivers mock-up moon lander to NASA for tests Space.com A private team led by Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin has delivered a mock-up of its crewed moon lander to NASA for testing. In late April, NASA announced that it had awarded funding to three commercial groups — SpaceX, Dynetics and the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Japanese HTV cargo ship, the last 'White Stork' in space, burns up in Earth's atmosphere Space.com The last of Japan's first-generation space cargo ships has gone out in a blaze of glory. The ninth and last-ever H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), a robotic International Space Station resupply ship also known as Kounotori (Japanese for "white stork"), burned up in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com NASA investigating small air leak on International Space Station Space.com NASA is tracking down the source of a minor air leak on the International Space Station. Crewmembers of the station's current Expedition 63 are in no immediate danger and will spend the weekend in the orbiting laboratory's Russian segment, inside the ... Flag as irrelevant
	EarthSky Amazing photos in Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter celebration EarthSky NASA has posted a sampling of some of the most awe-inspiring photos of Mars, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the launch of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. They are proof that Mars is a very photogenic world. Sharing is caring! Tweet. Share. Pin. Mail. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com How Earth-orbiting satellites are tracking the 2020 hurricane season Space.com While humans on Earth prepare for hurricane season, satellites in orbit are making their own preparations. This year's Atlantic hurricane season is ramping up as it enters its period of peak activity, which lasts from mid-August to late October. And, as ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Asteroid flyby: How Earth's gravity changed record-breaking space rock's path forever Space.com The record-breaking asteroid 2020 QG won't soon forget its run-in with Earth. Early Sunday morning (Aug. 16), the car-sized 2020 QG zoomed just 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above the Indian Ocean, making the closest known flyby by an asteroid that ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News 'Mummified' plants give glimpse of Earth's future BBC News Fossil leaves from the remains of a 23 million-year-old forest suggest some plants may adapt to grow more quickly as CO2 levels rise, a study says. Scientists recovered the very well-preserved leaves from an ancient lake on New Zealand's South Island. Flag as irrelevant
	Spaceflight Now Images: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, catches rocket's payload fairing Spaceflight Now The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:31 a.m. EDT (1431 GMT) Tuesday with 58 SpaceX-built Starlink broadband satellites and three SkySat Earth-imaging satellites for Planet, a San Francisco-based ... Flag as irrelevant
	EurekAlert A new lens on the world: Improving the metalens with liquid crystal EurekAlert CLEVELAND--For more than 500 years, humans have mastered the art of refracting light by shaping glass into lenses, then bending or combining those lenses to amplify and clarify images either close-up and far-off. But in the last decade or so, a group led by ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Upcoming space mission to test drag sail pulling rocket back to Earth Phys.Org Purdue spacecraft laboratory engineer Anthony Cofer works in a vacuum chamber where he tested the drag sail's motor and controller. Credit: Purdue University photo/Mark Simons. A rocket is going up into space with a drag sail. The goal? For the drag sail ... Flag as irrelevant
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