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	Science Daily update ⋅ June 18, 2021
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	Space.com SpaceX launches advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force, sticks rocket landing at sea Space.com "What a beautiful view of the first stage landing," Youmei Zhou, a SpaceX propulsion engineer, said during the company's live launch commentary. The GPS III SV05 satellite mission is the second to launch ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post As China's space ambitions grow, NASA tells Congress it needs more money to compete The Washington Post China's crewed launch follows spacecraft landings on the moon and Mars. 'Watch the Chinese,' the NASA Administrator has warned. Error: ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Mystery solved? Dust cloud caused Betelgeuse star's weird dimming, study finds Space.com These images, taken with the SPHERE instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, show the surface of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse during its unprecedented dimming, which happened in late 2019 and early 2020. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com You can watch SpaceX launch a new GPS satellite for the US Space Force today. Here's how. Space.com The flight — the 18th launch this year for SpaceX and its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket — is scheduled to blast off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station here during a 15-minute window that opens at 12:09 p.m. EST (1609 GMT). Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Physicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state Phys.Org MIT scientists have cooled a 10-kilogram object to a near standstill, using LIGO's precise measurements of its 40-kilogram mirrors. Shown here are LIGO optics technicians examining one of LIGO's mirrors. Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab. To the human eye, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN You can help NASA name the mannequin heading to the moon CNN (CNN) One mannequin is about to have a much more astronomical purpose than its peers. When NASA's Orion spacecraft launches for the upcoming uncrewed Artemis I moon mission later this year, its commander's seat won't be empty: A mannequin ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Russia, China reveal moon base roadmap but no plans for astronaut trips yet Space.com China and Russia have invited international partners to join them in building a moon base but revealed they don't plan to send astronauts to the moon in the next decade. The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) will consist of a space station in lunar ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Hubble Space Telescope sidelined by issue with its 1980s computer Space.com "There is no definitive timeline yet as to when this will be completed, tested, and brought back to operational status," the Hubble operations team said. June 13, 2021, the Hubble Space Telescope shut down after an issue with a 1980s-era payload computer. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA delayed a week by 'visiting traffic' at space station Space.com The foursome will leave Earth atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for what is expected to be a six-month mission, a typical space station tour of duty. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Betelgeuse Merely Burped, Astronomers Conclude The New York Times In the autumn of 2019 the star, a red supergiant at the shoulder of the constellation Orion the Hunter, began to dim drastically to less than half its usual brightness, and some astronomers worried — or perhaps were hoping — that it would explode in a supernova ... Flag as irrelevant
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