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Orbite begins the launch countdown for its commercial astronaut training programs

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(Orbite Photo) After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called Orbite is ready to start signing up customers for private-sector astronaut training programs. Prices for the five-night suborbital training program start at $49,500 per person. Just as Spaceflight Inc.

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Boeing shifts its team leaders for space station and Starliner space programs

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Boeing’s John Mulholland gives a briefing to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a visit to the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2018. Mark Mulqueen , who has served as Boeing’s space station program manager since 2015, will be retiring July 2.

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Meet the new leader of Sea.citi, a nonprofit that aims to engage Seattle tech workers with civic life

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(WTIA Photo) Terrance Stevenson is bringing his passion for peace-building, community development, and innovation to the Seattle tech industry. Stevenson this week was named director of Sea.citi, a nonprofit that launched in 2018 and aims to help tech workers engage with civic issues.

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LeoStella delivers first Loft Orbital satellite for SpaceX’s jam-packed rideshare mission

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SpaceX is getting set to launch scores of satellites for its Transporter-2 rideshare mission, and one of those satellites marks a milestone for LeoStella. Rider said the approach developed for Loft Orbital could be used for other satellites. In the background, clean-room workers use their arms to spell out Y-A-M-3. Leostella Photo).

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Blue Origin practices with a dummy version of its New Glenn orbital rocket in Florida

GeekWire

In a series of tweets , the company said the GS1 simulator would “enable the team to practice ground ops for New Glenn’s massive first stage, including the transport from the rocket manufacturing complex to LC-36 for integration.”

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Spaceflight and Tethers Unlimited team up on deorbiting system for satellite carrier

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An artist’s conception shows Spaceflight’s Sherpa-FX, the first orbital transfer vehicle to debut in the company’s Sherpa-NG (next generation) program. says it’ll use a notebook-sized deorbiting system developed by another Seattle-area company to deal with the disposal of its Sherpa-FX orbital transfer vehicle. .’s

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Flying taxi startup Lilium will build a hub for its electric aircraft in Florida

The Verge

Lilium, the five-year-old venture-backed startup from Munich, announced that it will build a 56,000-square-foot transportation hub for its aerial taxi service in Orlando, Florida. It will work with the primary real estate developer in the area, Bahamas-based Tavistock Development Company, on the development and construction of the vertiport.