There's a new boss at NASA, and he already has a mess to deal with in the contested Human Landing System contract with SpaceX, which is seeing success in Texas with Starship testing. Then, an update on Mars missions and a goodbye to Michael Collins.

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A Message from NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson to the NASA Workforce - YouTube

Vice President Kamala Harris to lead National Space Council - CBS News

NASA Suspends HLS Contract With SpaceX – SpacePolicyOnline.com

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin protests NASA’s $2.9 billion Moon contract with SpaceX - The Verge

Bill Nelson backs NASA decision on lunar lander in confirmation hearing | Ars Technica

Tianhe, the Core of the Chinese Space Station | The Planetary Society

This Is What Legally Happens If An Uncontrolled Rocket Damages Something | The Planetary Society

Skylab (Re-entry and debris) - Wikipedia

SpaceX's Starship SN15 lands successfully! - SpaceFlight Insider

Liftoff #144: Elon Being Elon and the Early Days of SpaceX, with Eric Berger - Relay FM

How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster - SpaceX on YouTube

Ingenuity shifts from technology to operations demo after successful fourth flight - SpaceNews

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen From Red Planet – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program

Michael Collins, ‘Third Man’ of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90 - The New York Times

Liftoff #62: Get Out of Low Earth Orbit - Relay FM

Liftoff #103: Apollo 11 - Relay FM

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys - Amazon.com: Books