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In this July 17, 2018 photo Robin Newgard, a service technician for Ingersoll Machine Tools, operates the Mongoose the machine that will manufacture cryogenic tanks and fairings in Rockford, Ill., for Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. Ingersoll has built the largest machine of its kind in the world for Bezos, who will use the engineering marvel to build rockets to carry humans to the moon and maybe even Mars. It took three years to design and manufacture the Sasquatch-sized machine, which stands 51 feet tall, 136 feet long and 43 feet wide.(Arturo Fernandez/Rockford Register Star via AP)

EXCHANGE: Rockford-made machine to build parts for rockets

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New Mexico tech firm crowdfunding for Wi-Fi space project

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This photo provided by Blue Origin shows the New Shepard Crew Capsule 2.0 after landing in west Texas during a test on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Named after the first American in space, Alan Shepard, the spacecraft made a 10-minute suborbital flight. An instrumented test dummy was aboard, named Mannequin Skywalker. (Blue Origin via AP)

‘Mannequin Skywalker’ rides Blue Origin’s new crew capsule

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Alabama city approves deal for rocket engine plant, 400 jobs

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Rocket engine plant announced for Alabama by Bezos’ company

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In this image made from video provided by Blue Origin, the New Shepard capsule, left, prepares to return to the ground as its booster rocket continues upwards during a test of the escape system in west Texas on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. The escape system is designed to save lives if something goes wrong with the rocket during liftoff. (Blue Origin via AP)

Blue Origin successfully tests escape system, lands rocket

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press