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SpaceX drone ship sails through Panama Canal on the way to California

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For the third time ever, one of SpaceX’s “autonomous spaceport drone ships” has successfully transited the Panama Canal on its way to a new home port. Now, though, the company intends to restart West Coast launches with a vengeance – and soon. por toda la información! Aprendí mucho! Welcome to the Pacific Ocean!

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SpaceX outfits drone ship for Panama Canal transit after 45th booster recovery

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Just an hour or two after B1067 was craned onto dry land, SpaceX began removing OCISLY’s water ballast and installing bumpers on the corners of the drone ship’s ‘wings,’ potentially indicating that the company’s plans to begin West Coast Starlink launches as early as July may actually be within reach.

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Maersk sets net zero CO2 emission target by 2050

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Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, has set a goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. In comparison, a container vessel carrying thousands of TEU sailing from Panama to Rotterdam makes around 8,800 km. The maritime industry emitted close to 1000 million tonnes of CO 2 in 2012, representing about 2.2%

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SpaceX sends reused Falcon 9 booster west for first California Starlink launches

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SpaceX has shipped the first of one or two flight-proven Falcon 9 boosters from Florida to California in the latest sign that the company is preparing to begin dedicated polar Starlink launches in the near future. Virtually all of those missions will carry the company’s own Starlink satellites.

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SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth after second trip to orbit

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A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft has safely returned to Earth after a month in orbit, completing the company’s 24th successful cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS). Splashdown is expected in the Gulf of Mexico near Panama city at 22:05 today. tons (18,500 lb) – about 40% of all cargo delivered in 2021.

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SpaceX preparing salvo of polar Starlink launches from West and East coasts

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Known as Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4), SpaceX last used its Vandenberg Air/Space Force Base (VAFB) pad to launch a joint primarily European Earth observation satellite in November 2020 – itself the site’s first launch since June 2019.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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Airlines abroad, including Turkish Airlines and Copa Airlines in Panama, also parked Max 9 planes. Another version of the Max, a 737 Max 8, was involved in two crashes that killed hundreds of people in 2018 and 2019 and led to a worldwide grounding of that plane. airlines or in U.S.

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