SpaceX launched NASA’s Sentinel 6-Michael Freilich oceanography satellite from Vandenberg Air Force base in California on Saturday.
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USA TODAY exclusive video: Busch Gardens home to world’s fastest, steepest hybrid coaster
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Denmark to slaughter 15M farmed minks over coronavirus fears
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Hurricane Delta leaves behind massive flooding in Louisiana
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The US dropped the first warfare atomic bomb on Hiroshima 75 years ago
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Florida friends killed in ‘massacre’ at fishing trip lake meetup
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Walt Disney World reopens to the public after 4-month coronavirus closure
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