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    #72: Into the Black

    May 8th, 2018 · 54 minutes

    InSight is headed to Mars, the SLS Segment has a name, and Jason and Stephen read Into the Black, by Rowland White.

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    Links and Show Notes

    NASA cancels lunar rover, shifts focus to commercial moon landers – Spaceflight Now
    NASA's InSight Mars Lander - NASA Mars
    Why NASA is launching a spacecraft to Mars to feel the planet as it rumbles - The Verge
    Instruments | InSight - NASA Mars
    JPL | Cubesat | MarCO
    Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her: Rowland White, Richard Truly: 9781501123634: Amazon.com: Books
    'Into the Black': Book Recounts Untold Story of 1st Space Shuttle Flight
    STS-1 Columbia Cargo Bay - Missing Tiles