It's a real roller coaster this week, except for the Astra rocket that went ... sideway off the pad. Other stories include Inspiration4, the James Webb Space Telescope and dual-core stars.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Successfully Cores Its First Rock – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample | NASA

Cosmonauts Find Cracks in the Aging Zarya ISS Module - Universe Today

Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in ISS module | Reuters

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Completed Testing | NASA

Upper stage of Ariane 5 rocket for James Webb Space Telescope launch arrives in French Guiana - Space Explored

Cosmic indigestion: Swallowing a neutron star can cause a star to explode | Ars Technica

Inspiration4 - [object Object]

Netflix: Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space

How It Happened - Podcasts - Axios

St. Jude Mission of a Lifetime Podcast

NASA’s big rocket misses another deadline, now won’t fly until 2022 | Ars Technica

Vibration Tests for Moon Rocket Help Ensure Safe Travels to Space | NASA

FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s core spaceship pending probe into Richard Branson’s flight - The Verge

Astra LV0006 rocket fails to reach orbit after sliding horizontally off the pad - The Verge

Chris Kemp on Twitter: RE: Astra LV0006

Firefly Alpha failure blamed on premature engine shutdown - SpaceNews

Firefly Alpha FLTA001 - YouTube