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Hello and receive back to TechCrunch Space . I hope everyone has a fantastic July 4 this week . Go wipe out a red-hot firedog .
Read my story from last weekon the effort of Starliner ’s additional delay and what it might signify for Boeing ’s Starliner program .
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Story of the week
The indisputable storey of the week is the massive $ 843 million contract NASA present to SpaceX to develop the fomite that will deorbit the International Space Station . Once the station enters the Earth ’s air , it will combust up , but the contract bridge is to ensure this is done in a mode safe to man on the flat coat . There are scant details about the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle , as it ’s being scream , but one NASA official did say it would be based on “ Dragon inheritance ” hardware .
What we’re reading
condition out my story about Starfish Space ’s new agreement with Intelsat . The GEO servicing market is still a few years away , but deals like this one show that it is much closer to being realise than the haters might think …
This week in space history
NASA has an article titled “ Fourth of July Holidays in Space ” and folks — it ’s as delicious as the title makes it sound . Apparently , there was n’t a July 4 celebration on orbit until 1982 , and the second take place 10 long time afterwards ! Now that we have a continuous mien of NASA astronauts on board the ISS , such festivity are an yearly event . All I have to say is : God bless genius - and - stripes pants in space .
