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Spaceflight news

— JWST launched (blogs.nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)

— Realtra’s VIKI cameras looked fantastic! (realtra.space) (theorbitalmechanics.com)

— Deployment explorer (webb.nasa.gov)

— Port mid-boom deployment was delayed due to cover switches (twitter.com/NASAWebb)

— Non-explosive pins were discussed in the pre-launch coverage (youtube.com

— Sunshade tensioning will be discussed in ep 341, as it was successfully completed the day this episode was published (twitter.com/NASAWebb)

Short & Sweet

- Tianhe avoids a pair of Starlinks spacenews.com)

— Sherpa goes green (spacenews.com)

— SLS is delayed by a computer problem (spacenews.com)

This week in Spaceflight History

— 5 Jan, 1973: Cancellation of the NERVA program (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov)

— Next week (1/11 - 1/17) in 1965: No towah, moah problems