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SpaceX’s current (or replayed, depending on when you watch) activity:

SpaceX has has announced the full (hypothetical) crew of the first “all-civilian” space mission, scheduled to launch next September. Hopefully the launch will occur without too many complications and prove an Inspiration for future space exploration.

Meanwhile….

Perseverance’s helicopter, Ingenuity, has touched down on Mars. Some background may be found here.

A piece of debris from the SpaceX launch landed on someone’s farm in Washington.

Russia’s activity in space is raising some concerns.

Here on earth, many teens struggle with COVID restrictions on education. That hasn’t stopped one teenager from making a breakthrough on building a better bicycle.

We may now be able to explain why catnip repels insects.