This week in SF history— 16 June 1963. Launch of Vostok 6 with Valentina Tereshkova (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Planned retirement of Spitzer (spaceflightnow.com) — Final GO, launched in 2003 at ~1:30am (boeing.mediaroom.com) — Private Funding (spaceflightnow.com) — Iconic image of Andromeda Galaxy (spitzer.caltech.edu) — Another iconic image, the Helix Nebula (spitzer.caltech.edu)Short & Sweet— ISS wants to go commercial (spacenews.com)— NASA tries new strategy for stuck Martian instrument (mars.nasa.gov)— China carries out a successful sea launch. (spacenews.com)