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SpaceX drone ship heads to the Bahamas for its ride to California

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Known as Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY), a name derived from late science fiction author Iain Banks’ Culture universe, the drone ship supported its first Falcon booster landing attempt in March 2016 and successfully recovered a booster two months later. Mighty Servant 1 is a massive submersible heavy-lift ship.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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As a full professor and deputy president of the School of engineering at the University of Bologna in Italy, Metra specializes in design for test and reliability of integrated circuits and systems. He was also responsible for planning the transmission and distribution systems and the maintenance of the Panama Canal power system.

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Investigators Outline Critical Questions in Boeing 737 Max 9 Incident

Baua Electric

Anthony Brickhouse, a professor of aerospace safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, said a blowout at a cruising altitude of more than 30,000 feet could have been disastrous. “We Other airlines with Max 9 planes are outside the United States, such as Copa Airlines of Panama, Turkish Airlines and Icelandair.

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