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In this June 18, 2020 photo provided by NASA, astronaut Kate Rubins, center, and support personnel review the Universal Waste Management System, a low-gravity space toilet, in Houston. The new device is scheduled to be delivered to the International Space Station on Oct. 1, 2020. (Norah Moran/NASA via AP)

Potty training: NASA tests new $23M titanium space toilet

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This image released by Netflix shows Challenger 7 on the launchpad in a scene from &quot;Challenger: The Final Flight.&quot; The four-part series about the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster premieres Wednesday. (NASA/Netflix via AP)

Netflix delves into the ‘human side’ of Challenger disaster

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

From Greece to NASA to Columbus

By SLIM SMITH and The Dispatch - Associated Press

This photo provided by SpaceX shows a prototype of its Mars ship, Starship, is launched on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2020 in south Texas. Tuesday night's flight lasted barely 45 seconds, but was an important first for SpaceX's Starship. SpaceX chief Elon Musk tweeted: “Mars is looking real.” Musk says several more short hops are planned before a test version of Starship aims for a high altitude. The latest prototype is relatively plain: It stands a full-scale 100 feet tall and resembles a steel silo with a cap on top. (SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX’s Mars test rocket makes 1st flight, landing upright

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this frame grab from NASA TV video, astronauts Bob Behnken, left, and Doug Hurley wave during a news conference, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Houston. The two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown carried out by Elon Musk's SpaceX company. (NASA TV via AP)

Astronauts: SpaceX Dragon capsule ‘came alive’ on descent

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

AP mistakenly sends photo meant to illustrate SpaceX return

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

SpaceX capsule with two NASA astronauts makes dramatic splashdown in Gulf of Mexico to end test flig

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In this image from video made available by NASA, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule separates from the International Space Station on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this frame grab from NASA TV, astronaut Bob Behnken is assisted out of the SpaceX capsule, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 in the Gulf of Mexico. Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken spent a little over two months on the International Space Station. It will mark the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first time a private company has ferried people from orbit. (NASA TV via AP)

Space X capsule splashes down with Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken

By Marica Dunn - Associated Press

This photo provided by NASA shows, from left, front, astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley during an interview on the International Space Station on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to leave the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule on Saturday and splashdown off the coast of Florida on Sunday. (NASA via AP)

NASA astronauts aim for Florida coast to end SpaceX flight

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - The Amazon DTW1 fulfillment center is shown in Romulus, Mich. Amazon is heading to space. The online shopping giant received government approval to put more than 3,200 satellites into orbit that would beam down internet service to earth. Amazon said the satellites could provide internet to parts of the world that don’t have it. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Amazon closer to launching satellites, upping internet reach

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

This photo provided by NASA shows from left, astronauts Bob Behnken, Chris Cassidy and Doug Hurley during an interview on the International Space Station on Friday, July 31, 2020. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to leave the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule on Saturday and splashdown off the coast of Florida on Sunday. (NASA via AP)

US astronauts pack up for rare splashdown in SpaceX capsule

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This July 1, 2020 photo made available by NASA shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon, right, docked to the International Space station, during a spacewalk conducted by astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy. On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, SpaceX and NASA cleared the Dragon crew capsule to depart the International Space Station and head home after a two-month flight. (NASA via AP)

Tropical storm may delay 1st SpaceX crew’s return to Earth

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This photo provided by NASA shows astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy on a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. The astronauts are on their fourth and final spacewalk in under a month and instead of swapping batteries, they'll be routing cables and hooking up a tool storage chest. (NASA via AP)

Astronauts squeeze in last spacewalk before SpaceX departure

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 photo made available by NASA, Boeing, NASA, and U.S. Army personnel work around the Boeing Starliner spacecraft shortly after it landed in White Sands, N.M. On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, NASA officials said they have identified 80 corrective actions for safety, mostly involving software, that must be implemented before the Starliner capsule launches again. The previous count was 61. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

NASA adds more safety fixes for Boeing’s crew capsule

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a global positioning satellite for the U.S. Space Force, lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SpaceX launches Air Force’s newest GPS satellite

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Illustration on expanded broadband to rural areas by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

North Carolina House Bill 1228 would bring more broadband opportunity to rural areas

By Jason Saine

Illustration on the vital space race against China by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Time to get American astronauts back to the moon and then Mars before China can

By Brandon J. Weichert

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, poses for a photo outside the New York Stock Exchange as fireworks are exploded before his company's IPO. In 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said space is currently a $400 billion market, including satellites. Opening up spaceflight to paying customers, he said, could expand the market to $1 trillion. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

CORRECTS TO NASDAQ, NOT NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE - In this image from video made available by NASA, astronaut Chris Cassidy, right, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange accompanied by fellow astronauts Robert L. Behnken, left, and Doug Hurley in the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (NASA via AP)

Astronauts ring opening bell for Nasdaq from space station

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press