NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 crew members sat in the Crew Dragon spaceship during training. From left to right: NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Oliver and Mike Hopkins, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi. SpaceX NASA and SpaceX plan to launch the company’s first full mission with astronauts no earlier than October 23, …
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The Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo is seen during the 4th annual Latin American Business and Technology Congress of América Digital in Santiago de Chile, September 5, 2018. Ivan Alvarado | Reuters Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing arm of the e-commerce giant, is further expanding its services in the …
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