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May 25 - 29, 2020
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch, which will transport two NASA astronauts to the international space station, is set for tomorrow afternoon (Sat, 3:22 PM EST; live stream here). It will mark the first space flight with humans aboard since 2011, and more notably, the first time a private commercial rocket is used for the task (SpaceX is Elon Musk’s private company). The mission stems from a public-private cooperative initiated by the U.S. government to increase space exploration. The launch was initially scheduled for Wednesday but was postponed due to bad weather.

Twitter added a fact-check link to one of President Trump’s tweets on Tuesday. The fact-check link stems from an effort by Twitter to counter what it deems as misleading or false information. It marks the first time it has been used on one of T…