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Jackie Wattles

Jackie Wattles

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SpaceX slams regulatory ‘headwinds’ for holding up Starship, risking US dominance in space - CNN

A top SpaceX executive is accusing government regulators of stifling the company’s progress on its Starship megarocket — potentially opening the door for China to beat US astronauts back to the moon. William Gerstenmaier — SpaceX’s vice president for build and reliability who previously served as NASA’s associate administrator for human exploration — delivered the warning Wednesday to the Senate subcommittee on space and science at a hearing on commercial space regulations. The remarks come as S…
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A seaweed blob twice the width of the US is heading toward Florida....

Here’s what you should know about the 5,000-mile-wide blob of seaweed headed for Florida.
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SpaceX, NASA astronaut launch to International Space Station called...

SpaceX and NASA have called off an astronaut launch to the International Space Station after an issue with the rocket’s ground system was detected.
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SpaceX, NASA to launch crew of international astronauts to space .....

SpaceX and NASA have called off an astronaut launch to the International Space Station after an issue with the rocket’s ground system was detected.
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A fungus as strong as wood could hold the secret to replacing some ...

Researchers took a closer look at the molecular structure of tinder fingus, a bell-shaped fungus that grows on trees — and they’ve found “ingeniously lightweight biological designs.”
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Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman on the space station crew, d...

Astronaut Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to join an International Space Station expedition. As a member of NASA’s Artemis team, she’s part of a group of astronauts who could be selected to join upcoming crewed missions to the moon, and, perhaps, eventually to Mars.
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SpaceX put a Tesla sportscar into space five years ago. Where is it...

SpaceX launched a Tesla roadster belonging to company founder and billionaire Elon Musk in 2018, and what’s left of the car may still be in orbit today.

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Rocket Lab launches Electron rocket from the US for the first time ...

Rocket Lab, a prolific launch company that routinely blasts its 60-foot tall Electron rockets into orbit out of New Zealand, conducted its first liftoff from US soil from Virginia on Tuesday.
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Rocket Lab launches Electron rocket from the US for the first time ...

Rocket Lab, a prolific launch company that routinely blasts its 60-foot tall Electron rockets into orbit out of New Zealand, conducted its first liftoff from US soil from Virginia on Tuesday.
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SpaceX books another ride for a millionaire around the moon - CNN

Dennis Tito, a US millionaire who previously paid his way to the International Space Station in 2001, and his wife, Akiko, plan to take a lunar expedition that will last roughly a week, according to SpaceX.
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NASA eyes two dates in late September for Artemis I launch but seve...

NASA has two new date in mind — September 23 or September 27 — for the next attempt at launching its massive new moon rocket on an uncrewed test mission. But there are still several hurdles that could stand in the way, any of which could push the launch date back further.