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Episode 224: Downward Vector
This week in SF history
— August 21, 1959. Little Joe 1 failure (pao.ksc.nasa.gov) (wikipedia.org)
Spaceflight news
— Linkspace hover test (spacenews.com)
— ESA confirms second Exomars parachute test has failed (spacenews.com)
— Vector Launch closes its doors (spacenews.com) (PDF: vector-launch.com)
Short & Sweet
— OSIRIS-REx mission selects candidate sampling sites (nasa.gov)
— Robonaut returns to Station. (https://spacenews.com/robonaut-to-return-to-iss/)
— BEAM to stay on ISS (spacenews.com)
— Virgin Galactic updates (parabolicarc.com) (engadget.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
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