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1957 Space Exploration Mission Updates Bob Zimmerman discusses NASA’s Artemis moon program plans and shifting engineering philosophies, structural leak issues on the International Space Station’s Zvezda module, Russian satellite maneuvers, and SpaceX’s Starfall capsule tests. He also notes the Swift Observatory’s science retirement and ancient Earth magnetic field polarity reversals. (9)

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