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Episode 170: Space Test Pilot
This week in SF history
— 15 August 2007: Rick Mastracchio finds a hole in his glove (wikipedia.org) (nasaspaceflight.com) (universetoday.com)
Spaceflight news
— Dragon and Starliner updates
— Flight test dates (americaspace.com)
— Astronaut assignments (spacenews.com) (parabolicarc.com)
Short & Sweet
— Starliner needs a minor design change (spacenews.com)
— SLS Core stage gets rid of its waxy build-up. (nasaspaceflight.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Peter Zink via email: more info on solar physics and Parker Solar Probe (phys.org)