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Astra aims for first orbital launch in early August

the start of Astra space flight it plans to reach orbit for the first time in early August. On Monday (July 20), the California-based company announced that its 38-foot-tall (11.6-meter) Rocket 3.1 is scheduled to launch from the Pacific Space Port Complex on Alaska’s Kodiak Island during a six-day window …

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Man ‘plays’ badminton with Comet NEOWISE in viral photo

That is one way to stay active during a pandemic. An Englishman took a photo of himself “playing” badminton with Comet NEOWISE over Quantock Hills in Somerset, England, reports the British news agency SWNS. Laurence Douglas-Greene said she wanted to create an image that no one had yet seen, despite …

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All Michigan State football team in 14-day quarantine

The entire Michigan State soccer team will either be quarantined or isolate itself for 14 days after a second staff member and an athlete tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Friday. “As part of the athletic department’s return policy to campus, student athletes are quarantined when they come into …

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