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    #122: Get an Exoplanet; Lose an Exoplanet

    April 21st, 2020 · 49 minutes

    May seems to be the Month of Commercial Crew! Also: NASA is working from home, an exoplanet may be no more and a look at a future Mars sample return mission.

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    Links and Show Notes

    How engineers are operating space missions from their homes - The Verge
    NASA's Curiosity Keeps Rolling As Team Operates Rover From Home
    An Earth-Sized World Orbiting in its Star's Habitable Zone Was Found in Older Kepler Data - Universe Today
    The Case of the Disappearing Exoplanet - The New York Times
    Strange ingredient in interstellar Comet Borisov offers a clue to its origins | Space
    Why the Big Bang Produced Something Rather Than Nothing - The New York Times
    NASA DM-2
    SpaceX returns to the launch pad, and there are a few things to watch for | Ars Technica
    Robert L. Behnken (Colonel, USAF, PH.D.) NASA Astronaut | NASA
    Douglas G. Hurley (Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, Ret.) NASA Astronaut | NASA
    This is SpaceX’s very first human crew - YouTube
    NASA reveals ambitious multi-spacecraft plan to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth | TechCrunch
    NASA narrows design for rocket to launch samples off of Mars – Spaceflight Now