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Trump campaign pulls ad featuring SpaceX launch

Posted on June 4, 2020 by

An online advertisement that plays off last weekend’s historic crewed SpaceX launch to boost President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign drew a protest from the wife of one of the astronauts today — and soon afterward, the campaign deleted its version of the … Continue reading →

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Planetary Resources’ hardware is going, going, gone

Posted on June 4, 2020 by

REDMOND, Wash. — Wanna buy a used thermal vacuum chamber? If you have a sudden yen to replicate outer-space conditions, it behooves you to check out today’s online-only auction of the hardware left over from Planetary Resources, the Redmond venture that aimed to … Continue reading →

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SpaceX launches eighth batch of Starlink satellites

Posted on June 3, 2020 by

Less than a week after sending two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, SpaceX sent 60 more of its Starlink broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit tonight, boosting the constellation to 480 satellites. Get the news brief on GeekWire.

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Space investor reserves spot on Xplore probe

Posted on June 3, 2020 by

Seattle-based Xplore says space investor and philanthropist Dylan Taylor plans to reserve payload space on its first mission beyond Earth orbit, on behalf of a nonprofit group he founded. Get the news brief on GeekWire.

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NASA’s Dragon riders capture the flag

Posted on June 1, 2020 by

A day after arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken laid claim to a U.S. flag that symbolizes America’s capability to send people to orbit from U.S. soil. The handkerchief-sized flag, … Continue reading →

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Astronauts reach space station in SpaceX capsule

Posted on May 31, 2020 by

For the first time in nearly nine years, astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station in a spaceship that was made in the USA. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, which was christened Endeavour soon after Saturday’s launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in … Continue reading →

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Trump hails SpaceX launch after seeing it firsthand

Posted on May 30, 2020 by

President Donald Trump held up America’s space effort as a unifying endeavor for a divided nation after becoming only the third sitting president to witness the launch of American astronauts in person. Get the full story on GeekWire.

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