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Blastoff! SpaceX launches 30th cargo mission to space station, nails landing

SpaceX's evening Starlink launch wows West Coast skywatchers (photos) (msn.com)

Rocket Lab launches mysterious spy satellites in 4th-ever US liftoff | Space

Reading material:

2745 Eroded volcano and recent glaciers on Mars.pdf (usra.edu)

Cosmic cleaners: The scientists scouring English cathedral roofs for space dust (msn.com)

SpaceX's Starship could fly again as soon as early May | Space

DoD innovation unit to assess Firefly vehicle for missions beyond Earth orbit - SpaceNews

Electron Microscope Discovers Cosmological Building Blocks of Life (msn.com)

Astronomers call for radio silence on the far side of the moon | Space

Dying SpaceX rocket creates glowing, galaxy-like spiral in the middle of the Northern Lights | Space

The Mars Science Helicopter Could be an Airborne Geologist on Mars - Universe Today