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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

Rally raises $17M to expand a platform...

When people ponder the investment opportunity around collectibles, they probably think about things like wine auctions, sales of very expensive, old cars or baseball cards, or maybe a pocket watch that made an unlikely appearance on an antiques TV show, hoping that their piece of treasured tat might one day also be worth millions. But a startup announcing some funding today is hoping that you might add another kind of more realistic kind of collectibles investment into the mix:……

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New program wants to be the Y...

Rolling funds, the rise of solo capitalists, crowd syndicates, and team-based seed funds all scream one thing in unison: venture capital is growing and getting unbundled at the same time. While the asset class remains largely exclusive and skewed white and male, innovation does have the potential to usher in a new, far more inclusive generation of investors. The question is how to ensure that these newer investors survive and thrive and are able to scale their operations in……

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Obelisk of Odzun in Odzun, Armenia

Odzun is a small village on the edge of a plateau that drops abruptly into the gorge formed by the Debed river. In addition to breath-taking views of the valley and mountains, Odzun is home to a historic basilica that was founded around 580. Located on the grounds of the basilica is a massive ancient obelisk of mysterious origins. The obelisk consists of two stelae protruding upward from a platform that is framed by two narrow arches. Although the……

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Validating the physics behind the new MIT-designed...

Two and a half years ago, MIT entered into a research agreement with startup company Commonwealth Fusion Systems to develop a next-generation fusion research experiment, called SPARC, as a precursor to a practical, emissions-free power plant. Now, after many months of intensive research and engineering work, the researchers charged with defining and refining the physics behind the ambitious tokamak design have published a series of papers summarizing the progress they have made and outlining the key research questions SPARC……

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Crypto exchange Bitpanda closes $52M Series A...

Bitpanda, a crypto assets platform, has closed a $52 million Series A funding round form Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Vienna-based VC Speedinvest also participated, alongside other unnamed investors. Claiming 1.3 million users, Bitpanda has previously been trading digital assets and tokenizing precious metals. The Vienna-based company will use the cash to expand internationally. It expanded to France, Spain and Turkey in 2020 and plans to enter additional European markets this year and next. It has 300……

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Maroon becomes back-to-back Cup winner with Blues,...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Patrick Maroon didn’t get the chance this time to lower the Stanley Cup so that his son, Anthony, could kiss it before lifting it again over his shoulders. Anthony stayed home in the U.S., as did fiancée Francesca as Maroon celebrated with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night as he became a back-to-back NHL champion. A year ago on the ice in Boston, the St. Louis native won the Cup with the Blues, his…

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Bubble hockey champions: Tampa Bay Lightning win...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The joyful yells from the bench could be heard in the empty arena in the final seconds and the roar from players when Commissioner Gary Bettman called for Steven Stamkos to accept the Stanley Cup echoed even louder. The triumph of winning the NHL championship in a bubble was certainly no less sweet for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Brayden Point scored his playoff-best 14th goal and the Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Monday…

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Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedman wins Conn Smythe...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — When the Tampa Bay Lightning were still in Toronto, they enjoyed some fresh air outside at the football stadium inside the bubble. Victor Hedman kicked and made a 50-yard field goal, soccer style, perfectly splitting the uprights. Is there anything this guy can’t do? Hedman did it all on and off the ice for the Lightning on the way to winning the Stanley Cup, and the big Swedish defenseman was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy…

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Not 1 for aged: Stars come up...

All those old guys couldn’t get the Dallas Stars another Stanley Cup championship. Rick Bowness is the 65-year-old interim head coach who has been behind NHL benches in parts of five different decades. Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry are the veteran forwards in the mid-30s who had spent their entire careers with their original teams before signing with Dallas in free agency last summer just for this chance. Instead of a title for the aged after the best efforts…

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Conn Smythe Trophy Winners

The most valuable players in the Stanley Cup playoffs: 2020_Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning 2019_Ryan O’Reilly, St. Louis Blues 2018_Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals 2017_Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins 2016_Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins 2015_Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks 2014_Justin Williams, Los Angeles Kings 2013_Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks 2012_Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings 2011_Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins 2010_Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks 2009_Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins 2008_Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings 2007_Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks 2006_Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes 2005_Lockout 2004_Brad Richards, Tampa Bay…

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Stanley Cup Winners

2020 — Tampa Bay Lightning 2019 — St. Louis Blues 2018 — Washington Capitals 2017 — Pittsburgh Penguins 2016 — Pittsburgh Penguins 2015 — Chicago Blackhawks 2014 — Los Angeles Kings 2013 — Chicago Blackhawks 2012 — Los Angeles Kings 2011 — Boston Bruins 2010 — Chicago Blackhawks 2009 — Pittsburgh Penguins 2008 — Detroit Red Wings 2007 — Anaheim Ducks 2006 — Carolina Hurricanes 2005 — Lockout 2004 — Tampa Bay Lightning 2003 — New Jersey Devils 2002…

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Stanley Cup Champions

2020 — Tampa Bay Lightning def. Dallas Stars, 4-2 2019 — St. Louis Blues def. Boston Bruins, 4-3 2018 — Washington Capitals def. Vegas Golden Knights, 4-1 2017 — Pittsburgh Penguins def. Nashville Predators, 4-2 2016 — Pittsburgh Penguins def. San Jose Sharks, 4-2 2015 — Chicago Blackhawks def. Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-2 2014 — Los Angeles Kings def. New York Rangers, 4-1 2013 — Chicago Blackhawks def. Boston Bruins, 4-2 2012 — Los Angeles Kings def. New Jersey…

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The Archaeologists Who Unlocked Cold War Spy...

Search for Israel in the satellite view of Google Maps and you’ll see beige strips of desert, brown crinkles of mountain, and the deep-blue tongue of the Dead Sea. Try to zoom in, however, and the online mapping service thwarts your curiosity: Anything smaller than roughly six feet across, anywhere in the country, looks fuzzy. Do the same thing in many other parts of the world, and it’s possible to spot street lamps, bushes, and even individual pedestrians. Today,……

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N26 hires Adrienne Gormley as its new...

Fintech startup N26 is announcing some changes in the leadership team with two new C-Level hires. First, Adrienne Gormley, pictured above, is joining the company as chief operating officer, replacing Martin Schilling who left the company in March 2020. Second, Diana Styles, pictured below, will become N26’s chief people officer. Gormley has spent the last six years working for Dropbox in Dublin. She was the VP of Global Customer Experience as well as the head of EMEA for Dropbox…….

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