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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Jul 25, 2026

For the first time, SpaceX's #Starship deployed a batch of operational next-generation #Starlink satellites - which underwent testing for a brief 20 minutes before falling to their doom, as planned. There was a nice bonus at the end, as you'll see in the embedded video. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/24/lucky-13-starship-sends-out-satellites-and-stays-intact/ #Space #SpaceX

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Jul 22, 2026

A #Seattle startup called #Interlune says its Cold Capture process takes advantage of cryogenic distillation to produce a rare and expensive type of helium that's used in #quantum computers. The process can be used on Earth - and on the #moon, where helium-3 is more abundant. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/interlune-helium-3-cold-capture-moon/ #Space #Helium3 #Space #Tech

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Jun 30, 2026

After decades of preparation, the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time has begun at last. Over the coming decade, the #LSST is expected to discover millions of asteroids, shed light on dark matter and dark energy, and widen our view of the cosmos. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-lsst-cosmic-movie/ #RubinObservatory #Space #Astronomy

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Jun 06, 2026

The protocols for dealing with purported signals from extraterrestrials have been revised for the era of deepfakes and doxing. Is it just a coincidence that the revisions are being revealed just as the #DisclosureDay movie is coming out? https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/05/seti-experts-update-their-protocols-for-disclosure-day/ #Space #Aliens #SETI

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Jun 03, 2026

Watch this space: Space Northwest, the Commercial Space Federation and the City of Kent are working out the details for a Pacific Northwest space business accelerator program that will have its official kickoff this summer .https://www.geekwire.com/2026/space-northwest-commercial-space-federation-accelerator-1/ #Space #PacificNorthwest

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Jun 03, 2026

#BlueOrigin CEO Dave Limp says the company plans to rebuild its #NewGlenn launch pad and return to flight by year's end, which is much sooner than many expected in the wake of last week's rocket blast. One thing's certain: company founder #JeffBezos can cover the bill. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-fix-launch-pad-return-flight/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 30, 2026

How will the launch-pad explosion of the #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn rocket affect customers ranging from #AmazonLeo to #NASA ? It's likely to take months to rebuild the pad, and "Amazon is probably in the best position to deal with this setback,” an industry analyst says. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origins-rocket-blowup-nasa-amazon-leo/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 29, 2026

A static-fire test of the #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn rocket ended in a spectacular launch-pad explosion that dealt a heavy blow to the company's Florida launch facility — and cast a dark cloud over the schedule for launching #AmazonLeo satellites and Blue Origin's lunar lander. (Photo credit: Spaceflight Now) https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-explodes-on-pad/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 27, 2026

Just days after the #FAA accepted the findings of a launch mishap investigation, Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture announced that its #NewGlenn rocket will soon send 48 satellites into orbit for the high-speed internet network that Bezos approved when he was #Amazon CEO. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-amazon-leo-satellites/ #Space #AmazonLeo #ProjectKuiper #NG4 #LN01

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 27, 2026

Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture wins a #NASA contract to send two crew-carrying #moon buggies to the lunar surface, with the first delivery set for as early as 2028. The buggies will be built by #Astrolab and #LunarOutpost. #FireflyAerospace also won a contract to drop off NASA's rocket-powered drones for future #MoonBase missions. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/nasa-taps-blue-origin-to-deliver-lunar-rovers-for-moon-base-initiative/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 23, 2026

Not everything went right during the first flight test for SpaceX's redesigned #Starship V3 rocket, but the results were impressive enough for #SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to congratulate the team for scoring "a goal for humanity." Be sure to watch the video clips. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/22/next-gen-starship-passes-its-first-flight-test-despite-snags/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 22, 2026

#SpaceX had to scrub its #Starship launch today due to technical difficulties, but a different sort of launch took place: The kickoff of crypto investor Chun Wang's campaign to ride Starship to #Mars and back someday in the future. Will his interplanetary plan actually get off the ground? Past precedents aren't encouraging. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/21/crypto-investor-plans-to-ride-starship-around-mars/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 20, 2026

A Seattle-area startup called #StarfishSpace has announced that an Australian space startup will be its partner in what promises to be a dramatic satellite docking demonstration. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/starfish-space-australian-satellite-docking/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 20, 2026

The leader of the team behind the #AmazonLeo satellite broadband network reveals how Jeff Bezos got the ball rolling in the connectivity competition with SpaceX's #Starlink. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-leo-leaders-inside-look-satellite-past-future/ #Space #Tech #TechAlliance #Amazon

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 19, 2026

Two veterans of Microsoft's #geospatial data projects are unveiling #TerraByte #AI, a stealthy startup that uses an "Earth Search Engine" to glean insights from intersecting streams of satellite data. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/terrabyte-ai-stealth-geospatial-data/ #Tech

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 15, 2026

#Seattle science-fiction writer Vonda McIntyre completed the manuscript for a different kind of #Odyssey - from ancient Crete to the Pacific Northwest - just before she died in 2019. Seven years later, "The Curve of the World" has finally been published, and that's a cause for celebration. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/15/late-author-curve-world/ #FictionScience #Minoan #History #Science #Archaeology #Books #ClarionWest

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 14, 2026

#AmazonLeo is planning to launch its commercial #satellite #broadband internet service in the "next couple of months," according to the project's vice president of business and product. But the service won't be available everywhere all at once. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-leo-double-pace-roll-out-satellite-broadband/ #Amazon #Space #Tech

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 13, 2026

The Financial Times quotes unidentified sources as saying that @blueorigin@mastodon.social is looking at the option of seeking outside investors to boost the company's launch rate. Company founder Jeff Bezos, whose net worth currently amounts to around $270 billion, has put billions of dollars into his privately held space venture over the past 26 years. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-outside-investment/ #Space #BlueOrigin

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 09, 2026

Just catching up with this week's big news from the #KuiperBelt - about a mini-world that shouldn't have an atmosphere but apparently does. I also manage to wedge in a word about #Pluto. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/08/pluto-like-worlds-thin-atmosphere-poses-a-mystery/ #Space #TNO

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 09, 2026

Today's big data dump from the federal government's #UFO files includes a "bogey" seen by astronaut Frank Borman during the Gemini 7 mission in 1965. Actually, UFO sleuths explained that bogey 30 years ago. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/08/pentagon-releases-ufo-files-from-moon-trips-and-more/ #PURSUE #UAP #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · May 04, 2026

#NASA has awarded Seattle-based #Interlune $6.9 million to develop a payload suite that can cook gases out of #moon dirt and look for traces of potentially valuable #hydrogen and #helium3. The project fits into Interlune's grand plan to sell lunar helium-3 for earthly applications. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/interlune-nasa-contract-extract-helium-3-hydrogen-moon/ #Space #Regolith

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

A Seattle-area tech venture called #PowerLight Technologies demonstrated to the #Pentagon how it can keep a military #drone flying with its power-beaming #laser system. The system could also be adapted to fight off enemy drones. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/powerlight-laser-power-beaming-drone-pentagon-test/ #Tech #Military #BeamPower

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Apr 19, 2026

UPDATE: After a good-looking launch and landing for Blue Origin's first twice-used #NewGlenn rocket booster, AST SpaceMobile reports that its satellite was put into an orbit that's too low to sustain operations. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-uses-a-recycled-rocket-to-launch-satellite-for-ast-spacemobile/ #Space #BlueOrigin #NG3 #ASTSpaceMobile

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Apr 19, 2026

#BlueOrigin was able to stick the landing at sea with a previously flown rocket booster - which is a first for the #NewGlenn launch system. However, the satellite that was launched didn't reach its intended orbit, and the company says it's assessing the situation. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-uses-a-recycled-rocket-to-launch-satellite-for-ast-spacemobile/ #NG3 #ASTSpaceMobile #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Apr 07, 2026

NASA has started posting high-resolution pictures from the #Artemis2 lunar flyby, including a stunning #Earthset photo that rekindles the thrill surrounding the Apollo 8 #Earthrise photo from 1968. Check out images.nasa.gov ... #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Apr 03, 2026

Today's #Artemis 2 flight log: #Orion moonship fires up its engine to leave Earth behind, and the mission team deals with a balky toilet and computer glitches. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/02/orion-moonship-fires-up-its-engines-to-leave-earth-behind/ #Space #Artemis2 #Moon #NASA

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Mar 25, 2026

These pictures of #Saturn look like two scoops of ice cream - maybe mocha and mango - but they're actually infrared and visible-light views from the James #Webb Space Telescope and the #Hubble #Space Telescope that scientists can dig into for tasty insights. Yum! https://cosmiclog.com/2026/03/25/two-space-telescopes-see-saturn-in-a-different-light/ #NASA #JWST

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Mar 25, 2026

#NASA gives a thumbs-up to building a #moon base within a decade and sending a nuclear-powered spacecraft to #Mars by 2028 - while hitting the pause button on commercial space stations and a moon-orbiting outpost. Some say the plan is essential to beat China, while others wonder whether it's realistic or wise. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/03/24/nasa-pivots-to-moon-base-and-nuclear-mars-mission/ #Space #Ignition #Gateway

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Mar 19, 2026

#PortalSpaceSystems is partnering with an Australian venture called #PaladinSpace on a commercial service that would round up and dispose of potentially hazardous orbital debris. The first mission is being targeted for 2027. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/got-space-junk-portal-and-paladin-team-up-to-create-an-orbital-trash-disposal-service/ #Space #OrbitalDebris #SpaceJunk

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Mar 05, 2026

Here's one less threat to worry about ... or one less cosmic fireworks show to look forward to: #NASA has ruled out any chance that an #asteroid called #2024Y4 will hit the #moon in 2032. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/03/05/phew-nasa-rules-out-asteroid-smashup-on-the-moon/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Mar 02, 2026

Here's the scoop on exactly when you can see tonight's total lunar #eclipse - and perhaps just as importantly, exactly where you can find cloud-cover forecasts telling you how likely it is that you can see it. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/total-lunar-eclipse-visibility-weather/ #tle #lunareclipse #moon #space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 27, 2026

#NASA reschedules the first crewed lunar landing since the #Apollo era for 2028, and slips in a test mission in 2027 that could put the #BlueOrigin lunar lander through its paces in low Earth orbit. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/nasa-overhauls-artemis-moon-program-blue-origin/ #Space #Artemis #BlueMoon #Moon

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

#NASA has finished rolling back its Space Launch System rocket and #Orion crew capsule from the launch pad to the Vertical Assembly Building. Let's hope they can get everything fixed up in time to send four astronauts on a historic #Artemis 2 trip around the #moon in early April. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/25/moon-rocket-goes-back-to-the-garage-for-troubleshooting/ #Space #SLS #Rollback

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

On its first night of operation, an astronomical alert system developed at the University of Washington sent out 800,000 notifications about changes in the night sky detected by the #RubinObservatory. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-data-alert/ #Space #Astronomy

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 25, 2026

#SophiaSpace has attracted millions of dollars in investment for its plan to build edge-computing spacecraft for orbital data processing, with a longer-term goal of creating a constellation of #AI #datacenters. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/sophia-space-10m-space-computing-network/ #Space #Tech

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 22, 2026

Just days after a successful launch-pad rehearsal, NASA's chief says an issue involving a helium pressurization system will rule out launching the rocket for the #Artemis 2 round-the-moon mission in March. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/helium-problem-nasa-delay-artemis-2-launch-rollback/ #NASA #Moon #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 20, 2026

#NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman responds to an independent panel's report on 2024's troubled #Starliner mission by putting the event in the agency's most serious category of anomalies - and declaring that astronauts won't ride on Starliners until corrective actions are taken. The report faults NASA as well as #Boeing ... https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/19/nasa-blames-itself-and-boeing-for-starliner-screw-ups/ #Space #ISS

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 20, 2026

#NASA runs through a mostly trouble-free rehearsal for the launch of its #Artemis2 mission, which aims to send astronauts around the #moon for the first time since 1972. Liftoff could come as early as March 6. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/nasa-smooth-rehearsal-artemis-2-moon-launch/ #Space #Artemis #SLS #Orion

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 18, 2026

Amazon Web Services has launched two credit programs worth up to $100 million to help federal agencies use cloud services and AI for applications ranging from battle management to quantum computing. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/aws-accelerator-initiatives-100m-credits-federal-agencies/ #Tech

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 17, 2026

When we scheduled our #FictionScience podcast with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon to talk about his book, "Becoming Martian," we didn't know that #ElonMusk would be doing his strategic pivot from a city on #Mars to a city on the #moon. But that made the podcast even more timely. Hope you enjoy listening to our conversation! https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/17/occupy-mars-or-the-moon-its-time-for-a-reality-check/ #space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 11, 2026

#Amazon still has to get its first-generation #Leo #satellite #broadband network into full operation, but it's already won the OK from regulators to move on to the second-generation satellites (and end up putting 7,700 satellites in low Earth orbit). https://www.geekwire.com/2026/fcc-amazon-leo-gen2-broadband-coverage-polar/ #FCC #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 11, 2026

#StokeSpace has boosted its Series D financing round to $860 million, with the newly announced $350 million going toward getting the Seattle-area startup's Florida launch pad activated and expanding production capacity for Stoke's fully reusable rockets. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/stoke-space-350m-added-funding/ #Space #Nova

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 09, 2026

Seattle-based #Teague started out designing Texaco service stations - but now it's helping its partners create the look and feel of commercial space stations including #Starlab and #OrbitalReef. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/design-space-station-teague/ #Space #Design

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 07, 2026

Even before the first Otter satellite servicing spacecraft is launched for the U.S. #SpaceForce #Space Systems Command, they're ordering up another one for $54.5 million from #StarfishSpace. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/starfish-space-54-5m-space-force/

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 04, 2026

Seattle-based #Interlune was created to seek out and harvest #helium3 and other resources on the #moon - but now it's also aiming to help #NASA build base camps and other infrastructure on the lunar surface. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/interlune-excavator-helium-3-moon-construction/ #Space #Artemis

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Feb 03, 2026

Why did #ElonMusk fold #xAI into SpaceX? Some industry observers say the acquisition, and SpaceX's proposal to put a million #AI data center satellites in orbit, are aimed at boosting interest in an initial public offering for #SpaceX (and throwing a lifeline to xAI). https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/02/elon-musk-lays-out-a-new-vision-as-spacex-acquires-xai/ #Space #Tech

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Jan 31, 2026

A #SpaceX proposal to put up to a million #satellites in orbit to process #AI data takes the controversies over its #Starlink network and ramps them up by two orders of magnitude. The plan would seem to trump other companies' aspirations to create orbital #datacenter constellations. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/spacex-fcc-million-data-center-satellites/ #Space #Tech #FCC

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Jan 31, 2026

#Amazon says that delays in getting new rockets off the ground have made it impossible to meet an #FCC deadline for deploying the required number of #AmazonLeo broadband internet satellites by a July 30 deadline, so the company is asking for a two-year extension. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-leo-fcc-extension-request/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Jan 30, 2026

Aerospace consultant Roger Myers explains the geopolitical rationale behind the drive by #NASA and the Department of #Energy to put a #nuclear reactor on the #moon by the 2030s. Check out the #FictionScience podcast: https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/30/why-nasa-is-going-nuclear-for-a-power-play-on-the-moon/ #Space

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Alan Boyle @alanboyle@mastodon.social · Mar 25, 2025

Skeptics laughed when the founders of #Outbound #Aerospace told them they planned to build a new type of blended-wing airplane using innovative manufacturing technologies. Now Seattle-based Outbound has flown its first small-scale prototype. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/outbound-aerospace-test-flight-funding/ #STeVe #Tech #Technology #Aviation

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