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	Science Daily update ⋅ June 16, 2021
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	Space.com NASA asteroid-hunting satellite clears hurdle on path to 2026 launch Space.com A NASA satellite designed to hunt for potentially dangerous asteroids and comets just took a big step toward the launch pad. NASA has approved the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor space telescope to move into "preliminary design," its next phase of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com NASA wants proposals for 2 private astronaut missions to space station Space.com NASA is looking for proposals for two new commercial astronaut missions to begin as soon as 2022 as the agency works to make space more accessible. As private companies like SpaceX and Boeing are beginning to fly astronauts to the International Space ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN SpaceX likely won't hit July target for orbital test of Mars rocket CNN New York (CNN) SpaceX has been targeting July for the first orbital flight of its gargantuan Starship system, which will be the most powerful launch vehicle ever created -- and, the company hopes, will eventually take humans to Mars. But the company is not ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Minotaur 1 rocket launches 3 classified spy satellites for National Reconnaissance Office Space.com A Minotaur 1 rocket blasted off from the Eastern Shore of Virginia Tuesday morning (June 15), heading to orbit with three secret spacecraft for the U.S. government's spy satellite agency. Powered by a repurposed missile stage that dates back to the 1960s, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Strange 'blinking' star near heart of Milky Way catches scientists' eyes Space.com It's always a good sign when astronomers are blunt about how observations have puzzled them. One such confusing object, discovered by a project called the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea survey, or VVV, appears to be just the second of its kind known to ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Watch astronauts give the International Space Station a power boost CNN (CNN) The International Space Station is about to get a powerful upgrade. On Wednesday morning, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet will conduct a spacewalk to begin the installation of new solar ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET 55 weird objects seen on Mars, explained CNET From a "butt crack rock" to a cannonball, entertaining images from Mars amuse scientists and excite conspiracy theorists and alien fans. amandakooser.jpg. Amanda Kooser June 15, 2021, 11:24 a.m. PT. 1 of 57 NASA ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Russia, Once a Space Superpower, Turns to China for Missions The New York Times MOSCOW — Sixty-three years ago, the Soviet Union put the first satellite in space. Nearly four years later, it sent the first man into orbit, Yuri Gagarin. It fell behind NASA in the space race that followed, but even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Weather Channel Wandering Moons of Rogue Exoplanets Could be Habitable, Host Liquid Water: Study The Weather Channel The cosmic universe is vast, with countless worlds scattered around billions of distant galaxies—each different and unique from the other. The planets beyond the bounds of our solar system are known as exoplanets, and astronomers have long suspected ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Antarctica was likely discovered 1100 years before Westerners 'found' it Livescience.com The first humans to discover Antarctica weren't seafaring Westerners but rather Polynesians, who found the coldest continent 1,300 years ago, a new study suggests. Researchers in New Zealand assessed oral histories about a Polynesian explorer spying an ... Flag as irrelevant
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