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Story of the week
This hebdomad , we ’ve make some very cool news from Hubble Networks , which became the first company in story to connect a Bluetooth chip to a orbiter . The inauguration has stayed comparatively downhearted visibility , but with this tech validation they ’re looking to thrive — and connect possibly billions of Bluetooth - enabled machine .
Scoop of the week
Slides and audio from a nonpublic NASA meeting bring out the challenging plan the agency has for its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia . convey these plans to fruition is cardinal for private space companies , include Rocket Lab , Northrop Grumman and others , and could alleviate launch pad over-crowding on both coasts .
What we’re reading
Over at The New York Times , Kenneth Chang tell how a group of scientist identified 27,500 newly give away asteroids in the solar organisation — including around 100 “ near - Earth ” asteroid , or those that drop dead within Earth ’s orbit .
This week in space history
We ’re looking in advance this week … On Monday , May 6 ( today ! ) , Boeing is hoping to make history bycarrying two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station using its Starliner capsulefor the first sentence . The mission will take off at 10:34 PM EST .
Godspeed Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams ! Godspeed Starliner !
