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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.

 
Md. Libertarians set statewide ticket, prepare to...
David Lashar accepts the Libertarian Party nomination for governor Monday night. (Maryland Matters/Josh Kurtz) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. “Turn right at the last pool table,” supporters of the Maryland Libertarian Party were told as they arrived at Nottingham’s, the sports bar in Columbia where the party’s nominating convention was taking place Monday night. Was it a metaphor? “Hope they’re behaving in there,” a...

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UN investigator: Gender equality in free speech...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent U.N. investigator warned Monday that despite the Nobel Peace Prize to courageous Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, “gender equality in freedom of expression remains a distant goal.” Irene Khan, the special investigator on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression, said that “women’s voices are being suppressed by laws, policies of the state as well as social customs, traditions, interpretation of religion and growing fundamentalism around the world that has actually...

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“No sientas pena por mí”: el mensaje...
(CNN) — Colin Powell habló con franqueza sobre sus problemas de salud con el periodista Bob Woodward en la que se cree que fue su última entrevista antes de morir. “No digas que no y no sientas pena por mí, por amor de dios. Tengo (casi) 85 años”, dijo Powell tras contarle a Woodward sobre su batalla contra el mieloma múltiple durante casi dos años. “No he perdido ningún día de vida luchando contra estas dos enfermedades. Estoy en...

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AP WAS THERE: 1st Black player’s contract...
NEW YORK (AP) — Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton broke the color barrier in the NBA as the league’s first Black players during the 1950-51 season. Clifton was the first Black player to have his contract purchased when the New York Knicks bought his deal from the Harlem Globetrotters. As part of its coverage of the NBA and its 75th season, The Associated Press is republishing verbatim the story on that deal from May 24, 1950:...

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Norrie, Badosa are 1st-time winners at Indian...
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — A handful of tennis’ superstars skipped the coronavirus-delayed BNP Paribas Open. A rash of upsets sent other big names packing, too. Left standing at the end as champions were two players ranked outside the Top 25. Britain’s Cameron Norrie beat Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday, giving the tournament its first men’s winner ranked outside of the Top 25 since 2010. Paula Badosa of Spain edged Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (2),...

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The Latest: Fauci dismayed by Texas’ move...
WASHNGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci is saying Sunday that it is “really unfortunate” that Gov. Greg Abbott has moved to ban vaccine mandates in the state of Texas. The nation’s leading infectious disease doctor, speaking on Fox News Sunday, said that the Republican governor’s decision to block businesses from requiring inoculations would damage public health since vaccines are the “most effective means” to stop the spread of COVID-19. Fauci was largely encouraged by the downward trend of coronavirus hospitalizations...

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Por qué un avión de pasajeros Mach...
(CNN) — Casi dos décadas desde que se retiró el Concorde, el interés por los viajes supersónicos se ha acelerado y se desarrollan varios aviones ultrarápidos. Las aerolíneas parecen interesadas: United ya se ha comprometido a ofrecer rutas supersónicas a partir de 2029. Pero, ¿qué pasa con los viajes hipersónicos, que ocurren a velocidades de Mach 5, cinco veces la velocidad del sonido, y superiores? Eso llevaría un avión de Nueva York a Londres en solo 90 minutos, en...

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Marchand scores 2 for Bruins in 3-1...
BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand scored twice, Jake DeBrusk broke a tie early in the third period and the Boston Bruins opened the season with a 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night. Marchand scored on a penalty shot in the first period and added an empty-netter with 1:37 left to play. Nick Foligno, Erik Haula and David Pastrnak each had assists and Jeremy Swayman stopped 27 shots for the Bruins, who never trailed. “All in all,...

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Stamkos nets OT winner, Lightning top Ovechkin,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored the overtime winner, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Saturday night. Mikhail Sergachev tied it early in the third period, Vasilevskiy was perfect after allowing the 733rd goal of Alex Ovechkin’s career and Stamkos scored with 14.2 seconds left in the 3-on-3 overtime. Vasilevskiy allowed only Ovechkin’s goal late in the second period with his countryman...

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Penguins score 4 in 1st, beat Blackhawks...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins are doing just fine so far without injured stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Drew O’Connor scored his first NHL goal, Danton Heinen got his third in three games and Pittsburgh tallied four times in the first period to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 in its home opener Saturday night. With the victory, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan surpassed Dan Bylsma for most regular-season wins in franchise history. “We still have a fair amount...

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NASA’s asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. Seven of the mysterious space rocks are among swarms of asteroids sharing Jupiter’s orbit, thought to be the pristine leftovers of planetary formation. An Atlas V rocket blasted off before dawn, sending Lucy on a roundabout journey spanning nearly 4 billion miles (6.3 billion kilometers). Researchers grew emotional describing the successful launch —...

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La misión Lucy de la NASA despegó...
(CNN) — La primera misión de la NASA que hará un reconocimiento de ocho asteroides antiguos fue lanzada en su ambicioso viaje. Las condiciones climáticas eran más del 90% favorables el sábado por la mañana cuando la misión Lucy despegó de la Estación de la Fuerza Espacial de Cabo Cañaveral a las 5:34 a.m. (hora de Miami). El equipo de lanzamiento confirmó que recibieron una señal de la nave espacial confirmando que era segura y bien justo después de...

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China’s Shenzhou-13 spacecraft docks for 6-month mission
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Shenzhou-13 spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts docked Saturday at its space station, kicking off a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost. The spacecraft was launched by a Long March-2F rocket at 12:23 a.m. Saturday and docked with the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station at 6:56 a.m., approximately six and a half hours later. The three astronauts entered the Tianhe space station core module at about...

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Ovechkin scores twice, Capitals beat Rangers 5-1...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin moved a couple of steps closer to Wayne Gretzky’s goals record, Hendrix Lapierre scored the first of his NHL career and the Washington Capitals made their season opener a great one for scoring instead of fighting. The fisticuffs never materialized against the division-rival New York Rangers, and the Capitals made their 5-1 victory Wednesday night memorable for Ovechkin passing Marcel Dionne for fifth on the career goals list and Lapierre scoring in his debut...

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Booker scores 17 in preseason debut, Suns...
PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker showed in his preseason debut he’s ready to lead the Phoenix Suns to another run at an NBA championship. Booker scored 17 points in 18 minutes in the first half of the Suns’ 119-74 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday. Booker missed the beginning of training camp and the Suns’ first three preseason games after testing positive for COVID-19, despite being vaccinated. Suns coach Monty Williams said Booker’s conditioning had improved enough...

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