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Episode 168: Goosing ISS
This week in SF history
— 27 July 1972, birth of Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (wikipedia.org)
— “Guidelines for Performing Islamic Rites at the International Space Station” (DOC: wired.com)
Spaceflight news
— Blue Origin does a high altitude escape. (spaceflightnow.com)
— Cygnus reboosted the ISS (nasaspaceflight.com)
Short & Sweet
— Parker Solar Probe B is pushed back to August the 6th (spaceflightnow.com)
— Scotland gets a launch site. (spaceflightnow.com)
— Astra Space successfully conducts first launch! (twitter.com/kdmgabe)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Everyone, via everything: Ben said Curiosity, not Opportunity RE: Mars operational record