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Firefly Aerospace signs customer Spaceflight for Alpha rocket launch in 2021

Firefly Aerospace has signed an agreement with Spaceflight Inc. that provides Spaceflight with the majority of the payload capacity aboard a Firefly launch vehicle scheduled to take off from Vandenbe

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Porsche to produce a cheaper version of its all-electric Taycan

Porsche is producing three variants of its all-electric Taycan sports sedan with base prices that range from a skosh over $105,000 to $185,000.Now, it seems the automaker is preparing to introduce a

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In-space satellite servicing proves successful in record-breaking orbital spacecraft operation

A demonstration mission of Northrop Grumman’s first-ever Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) has proven successful, extending the life of an Intelsat satellite by five years. The mission involved

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Tesla resurrects long-range RWD Model 3 for the Chinese market

Tesla is now producing and selling the long-range rear-wheel drive version of its Model 3 electric vehicle at its Shanghai factory, a month after receiving approval from the Chinese government.The mov

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Efforts going on to block chemical leak in China's Yunnan

Firefighters are speeding up their efforts to stop a chemical leak that happened Friday in southwest China's Yunan Province. At 5:07 p.m., the fire brigade of Kunming,

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NASA and SpaceX add some retro flair to the Falcon 9 rocket flying the first crewed Dragon launch

NASA and SpaceX are moving ahead full-steam with the Demo-2 launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft – the first launch to carry astronauts to space aboard a private launch vehicle from Ameri

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Urgent: Roadside bomb kills 7 in S. Afghanistan: media

A roadside bomb blast killed seven people and injured two more on a civilian vehicle in Nahri Saraj district of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, Sputnik quoted a local government official as

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Suspension of int'l passenger transport stays at all land ports: official

Suspension of international passenger transport will continue at all land ports across China, said an official with the Ministry of Transport Monday. Among China's 65 land ports that provide inter

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The Global Guardians: Prevention beats a cure, shows a Delhi worker

05:13 The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India rose to 1,071 on March 30. Irshad is an employee at Rajghat Depot 2 in Delhi. He sprays disinfectant on taxis and rickshaws

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Chinese car maker BYD unveils "blade battery"

SHENZHEN, March 30 (Xinhua) -- China's leading new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer BYD unveiled a new blade-shaped battery Sunday in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, which is expected to solv

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TuSimple partners with supplier ZF to mass produce self-driving truck tech

Self-driving truck startup TuSimple is partnering with automotive supplier ZF to develop and produce autonomous vehicle technology such as sensors on a commercial scale.The partnership, slated to beg

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Major automakers Toyota, Honda, FCA extend factory closures

Toyota, Honda and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will not reopen North American factories at the end of the month as planned, as the COVID-19 disease spreads and dampens demand for new cars, trucks and SU

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Waymo suspends all self-driving services in light of coronavirus pandemic

Waymo has extended the partial suspension of its autonomous vehicle service pilots to include fully driverless vehicle testing, the company confirmed on Friday. While Alphabet-owned Waymo had already

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Tesla U.S. vehicle factory to suspend production due to coronavirus

A Tesla service center is shown in Costa Mesa, California, U.S., March 18, 2020. /VCG Tesla Inc will suspend production at its California vehicle factory beginning on March 24 to comply with l

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Joint Russian-European Mars mission postponed over coronavirus

A joint Russian-European mission to send a rover to Mars has been postponed by two years because its final phase has been compromised by the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, the European and Russia

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EV startup Bollinger targets commercial industry with its new chassis

Bollinger Motors, the Michigan-based startup known for its rugged electric SUV and pickup truck, unveiled Thursday a chassis designed for a Class 3 commercial vehicle that has the potential to expand

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What do we mean when we talk about deep tech?

Deep tech — the generic term for technologies not focused on end-user services that includes artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain, advanced material science, photonics and electronics, biotec