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Ax-1 crewmember Larry Connor set to attempt new HALO world record on Sept 28, NASA picks 3 museums to display OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples, ESA to Publish Vega C Test Z40 Test Failure Findings This Week,
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https://www.space.com/ax-1-private-astronaut-record-skydive
> Private astronaut to attempt record skydive on Sept. 28
> Ax-1's Larry Connor and his colleagues will try to set a new formation skydiving world record on Thursday morning (Sept. 28).
> Connor — one of the crewmembers on April 2022's Ax-1, the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station — plans to set a new mark for highest HALO (high altitude, low open) formation skydive on Thursday in the skies over Roswell, New Mexico.
> "To break the existing world record for the highest HALO formation skydive, the team will ascend to an altitude of 35,000 feet [10,700 meters] using a specially designed balloon," the project's website states.
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https://www.space.com/osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-sample-public-display-museums
> NASA picks 3 museums to display OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples
> The three venues in Washington, D.C., Houston and Tucson have been told to be ready by mid-November.
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https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-to-publish-vega-c-test-z40-test-failure-findings-this-week/
> ESA to Publish Vega C Test Z40 Test Failure Findings This Week
> The first commercial flight of the Vega C launch vehicle failed in December 2022. A subsequent investigation found that the over-erosion of the vehicle’s Z40 solid rocket motor’s throat insert was the cause. This led to Vega rocket builders Avio replacing the insert with one supplied by ArianeGroup.