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Episode 153: Falling with Style
This week in SF history
-- 13 April 1990, relaunch of Palapa B2R. (HT /u/deltavof4point3: sattel.com)
Spaceflight news
-- SpaceX fairing recovery efforts
-- Parafoil manufacturer identified as MMIST (reddit.com/r/spacex)
-- FCC assessment (PDF: faa.gov)(reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge)
-- Iridium-5 fairing recovered intact, just maybe missed Mr. Steven? (twitter.com/elonmusk)
-- VSS Unity flies (spaceflightnow.com)
-- Interstellar Glory arrives on the scene (HT Sam Moore: weixin.qq.com)
Short & Sweet
-- Astra Space flight scrubbed (HT twitter.com/jeff_foust PDF: faa.gov)(HT twitter.com/kdmgabe paywall: kodiakdailymirror.com)
-- RemoveDebris is now in orbit (space.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
-- /u/Nerobro: FCC/NOAA update