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Former Spaceflight CEO Curt Blake joins law firm to focus on new space ventures

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Curt Blake, former CEO of Spaceflight Inc., GeekWire File Photo / Alan Boyle) Spaceflight Inc.’s ” During his 12-year tenure as the CEO at Spaceflight Inc. He was a board member for the Commercial Spaceflight Federation from 2012 to 2022. Before he helped Spaceflight Inc. and Yamasa Co.

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Astra rocket launches satellites from Alaska, giving a lift to Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.

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California-based Astra sent three satellites into orbit for Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. Spaceflight Inc., The satellite is meant to test the technologies that will be used for OreSat, a NASA-supported mission to conduct climate science and foster STEM outreach. Astra Photo / Brady Kenniston).

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Blue Origin puts a test pilot who could have been NASA’s first Black astronaut on its next space crew

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In 2001, Hess founded Science Buddies , a K-12 nonprofit that’s based in California and focuses on STEM literacy. Six people are in line to take Blue Origin’s next crewed spaceflight, known as NS-25. Hess , a software engineer and entrepreneur who developed the Family Tree Maker product line in the 1990s.

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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. “There is a fascination about spaceflight from the American people, but that’s particularly so with children.” ’ I said ‘Yes, ma’am.'”

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Astrobotic rules out soft landing on moon after propellant leak dooms its spacecraft

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Peregrine’s main mission was to deliver a suite of NASA-supported science instruments to the lunar surface, under the terms of a program known as Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS. On Monday, NASA said it was “working with Astrobotic to determine impact” on its planned science investigations.

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BlackSky makes a deal to sell satellite imagery to NASA — and makes its first quarterly report

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BlackSky traces its lineage back to Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, which sold off Spaceflight Inc. Helping NASA-backed researchers broaden their understanding around critical changes in the Earth’s ecosystems, oceanography, geographic and polar sciences is vitally important,” O’Toole said.

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Try before you fly: Orbite sets schedule for luxurious astronaut orientation sessions

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There’s a smorgasbord of spaceflight shaping up for paying customers, ranging from the suborbital tours planned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to the orbital trips offered by SpaceX. Meanwhile, Blue Origin is auctioning off an open seat for its first crewed suborbital spaceflight , scheduled for July. Orbite Photo).

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