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Seattle-area Space Summit features NASA leader and hints at new manufacturing institute

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Cantwell is chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which oversees NASA and the space industry. billion NASA contract to provide a lunar landing system for the Artemis 5 mission, which is set for 2029. Cantwell and Nelson, a former senator, were commerce committee colleagues for well over a decade.

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Policy proposals: A list of the tech-related bills in this year’s Washington state legislative session

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For just 60 days, lawmakers will sift through hundreds of bills on issues ranging from housing and transportation to climate change and the opioid crisis. The Seattle Department of Transportation already has its own Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit program. Sponsors: Sen. John Lovick – D, Sen. Manka Dhingra – D, Sen.

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Blue Origin-led team wins $3.4B contract for NASA’s second lunar landing system

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Blue Origin’s Blue Moon system would be used for Artemis 5, currently set for 2029. ” Lockheed Martin would provide a cislunar transporter that could travel between low Earth orbit and lunar orbit to refuel the Blue Moon system, Couluris said. Both types of landers could be available to NASA for missions beyond Artemis 5.

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Blue Origin targets 2025 for cargo lander’s inaugural moon trip, with humans to follow

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Blue Origin envisions building multiple cargo landers, as well as a crewed version of the Blue Moon lander that could transport NASA astronauts to and from the lunar surface. billion contract with NASA calls for the crewed lander to be available for the Artemis 5 moon mission by 2029.

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California makes zero-emission trucks and vans mandatory by 2045

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It’s the first rule of its kind in the United States, and it follows California’s 2018 decision to mandate that transit agencies purchase all-electric buses starting in 2029, as well as its long-standing Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program for passenger cars and trucks. There will be progressive milestones along the way, too.

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Boom Supersonic unveils its prototype for a commercial supersonic jet

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At 71 feet long, the XB-1 is a scaled-down version of the full production model that Boom hopes to have ready for passengers by 2029. The XB-1 demonstrator won’t take flight until 2021, but Boom unveiled the prototype to a group of aviation and aerospace executives at Centennial Airport in Denver.

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