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Rocket Report: NASA dishes on small rockets, Jeff buys a ride on a Falcon 9

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Rocket engine under construction inside a mammoth, white-walled hangar.

Enlarge / Image of the first AR1 engine built by Aerojet Rocketdyne. (credit: Aerojet Rocketdyne)

Welcome to Edition 3.29 of the Rocket Report! What a wild weekend we’re heading toward in the world of rockets and launch, with seemingly too much news to cover:

• Electron, Saturday, 07:38 UTC

• SLS Hot Fire, Saturday, 22:00 UTC

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