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If you happen to’re in search of a Starliner mission recap, you’ll have to attend a bit of longer, as a result of the mission has formally been delayed. At this level, we’re no sooner than Might 17 for the launch. The lengthy delay is to make sure launch supplier United Launch Alliance can roll the rocket again to the Vertical Integration Facility hangar to exchange a valve. (All the time these stinkin’ valves!)
Not fairly a scoop this week, however I did write an unique on a five-month-old startup known as Layup Components, which has closed a $9 million financing spherical led by Founders Fund. The corporate desires to carry automation to composite components manufacturing, in the identical means that Protolabs and Xometry have reworked CNC machining, for instance.
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As a substitute of recommending one thing to learn this week, I’m going to advocate one thing to observe: this incredible 30-minute video from the good On a regular basis Astronaut. It takes a deep dive into the primary Polaris Daybreak mission and the brand new spacesuits the personal astronauts will likely be sporting, designed by SpaceX.
Everyone knows (and love) the Worldwide House Station, however earlier than there was the ISS there was a bit of orbiting platform referred to as Skylab. And 50 years in the past, on Might 14, 1973, Skylab lifted off on the final Saturn V rocket.
