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Spaceflight news Bolden calls for ending Opportunity funding (planetary.org)(Opinion: roadtoendevour) SPX to recover fairings with helicopters (Imgur via /r/SpaceX) SPX also put all photos under Creative Commons License for 20 minutes, then goes public domain (VICE) (Twitter) Shotwell does a testimony before US House Armed Services Committee. (Youtube)(Soundbyte) TurkmenSat delayed due to He bottle issue (Zero G) NASA teams up with SNC (NASA) (Project life-cycle, fig. 5-2, NASA) SNC secures Huston landing site for uncrewed Dreamchaser (Parabolic) Mangalyaan mission extended 6 months (The Hindu)

Questions, comments, corrections; Ep 10 webcast: April 12 at 12pm Eastern, 9am Pacific Ben Feist’s A-17 in real time (benfeist.com)(apollo17.org)

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Upcoming spaceflight events April 10: SPX CRS-6 on Falcon 9 (Live coverage on Twitter) April 15: Thor 7 & Sicral 2 on Ariane 5

