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Moon
Resting places for Boeing’s moon rovers win Washington state landmark status
geekwire.com - Alan Boyle
Three spots on the moon are now official Washington state historic landmarks, thanks to a unanimous vote by a state commission. The thumbs-up, …
3 hours ago
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OSIRIS-REx
OSIRIS-REx probe touches down to grab bits of an asteroid, with assist from Aerojet
geekwire.com - Alan Boyle
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe reached the climax of its seven-year round trip to deep space today and briefly touched down on a near-Earth asteroid, …
3 days ago
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SpaceX
Microsoft partners with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service for Azure Space cloud platform
geekwire.com - Alan Boyle
Microsoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite constellation. “By …
4 days ago
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Artemis Accords
U.S. and seven other countries sign Artemis Accords to cooperate on moon missions
geekwire.com - Alan Boyle
Seven nations have signed up with the United States to participate in NASA’s Artemis effort to put astronauts on the moon by as early as 2024. The …
Oct 13
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Space Tourism
Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship tests NASA’s moon landing system in Texas
geekwire.com - Alan Boyle
Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship today conducted a robotic rehearsal for a future touchdown on the moon — and by all appearances, it stuck the …
Oct 13