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Mandatory Booster Selfie
# I'm not sure how many with JRTI but it's a lot and this is the last with a booster on deck. 🥺
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Well old gal, it's time for a bit easier career in hauling. One with less scorch. Just Read The Instructions returns for a final time with booster 1095. This is the only deck this booster has landed on to date.
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NGC 4163 might look like a calm galaxy, but it played host to a "starburst" 200 million years ago.
This period of fast and furious star-forming acted like a chain reaction. Pockets of star formation spread through the galaxy like a string of firecrackers: https://go.nasa.gov/4u4P2Lc
NGC 4163 might look like a calm galaxy, but it played host to a "starburst" 200 million years ago.
This period of fast and furious star-forming acted like a chain reaction. Pockets of star formation spread through the galaxy like a string of firecrackers: https://go.nasa.gov/4u4P2Lc