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TechCrunch Space: Returning to the moon
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Mark your calendars, everyone: Boeing and NASA are planning to conduct the first crewed Starliner mission as soon as May 1.
As a preliminary step, the company used that second pad to launch an uncrewed Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. I’ve always privately wondered about how the rise of NewSpace companies has impacted hiring and retention at places like NASA — so I was really excited to see this story from Bloomberg looking into exactly that question. The shuttle was carrying astronauts Jack R. Lousma and C. Gordon Fullerton, who were returning home after a successful eight-day mission.
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