Liftoff

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There's a new boss at NASA, and he already has a mess to deal with in the contested Human Landing System contract with SpaceX, which is seeing success in Texas with Starship testing. Then, an update on Mars missions and a goodbye to Michael Collins.

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  • Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership A Message from NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson to the NASA Workforce - YouTube Vice President Kamala Harris to lead National Space Council - CBS News NASA Suspends HLS Contract With SpaceX – SpacePolicyOnline.com Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin protests NASA’s $2.9 billion Moon contract with SpaceX - The Verge Bill Nelson backs NASA decision on lunar lander in confirmation hearing | Ars Technica Tianhe, the Core of the Chinese Space Station | The Planetary Society This Is What Legally Happens If An Uncontrolled Rocket Damages Something | The Planetary Society Skylab (Re-entry and debris) - Wikipedia SpaceX's Starship SN15 lands successfully! - SpaceFlight Insider Liftoff #144: Elon Being Elon and the Early Days of SpaceX, with Eric Berger - Relay FM How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster - SpaceX on YouTube Ingenuity shifts from technology to operations demo after successful fourth flight - SpaceNews NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen From Red Planet – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program Michael Collins, ‘Third Man’ of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90 - The New York Times Liftoff #62: Get Out of Low Earth Orbit - Relay FM Liftoff #103: Apollo 11 - Relay FM Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys - Amazon.com: Books
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