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Extra, Extra: Inside NASA's High Stakes Mars Rover Landing
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Extra, Extra: Inside NASA's High Stakes Mars Rover Landing


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Published Feb 16, 2021


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  • The House Homeland Security chairman has filed a lawsuit in federal court against former President Donald Trump and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, alleging that they incited the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th.
  • The current power grid collapse in the storm-ravaged central and southern U.S. underscores the grave challenges ahead for the nation's electricity grid in the age of climate change.
  • Here's the Athens Acropolis covered in snow, which is apparently very unusual.
  • Martin Scorsese has written an impassioned tribute to Federico Fellini "and the lost magic of cinema."
  • NBC's Storm Team 4 has looked into their frozen crystal ball and sees as much as eight inches of snow for NYC by the end of the week.
  • The Shinnecock Nation plans to open up a casino on their reservation in Southampton.
  • Some NYC restaurant owners resuming indoor dining say the food media should be more supportive.
  • NASA's new Mars rover, Perseverance, is expected to touch down on Mars on Thursday, and everybody's a little on edge.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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