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Jackie Wattles

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jackie Wattles, CNN

    Can AI data centers operate in space? With imminent test launch, Google is on a mission to find out (opens the original)

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    (CNN) — As rural communities across the United States wage intensifying battles to keep AI-computing data centers out of their backyards, some tech giants are mulling methods that could sidestep such local resentment — by sending the facilities to space. There are no guarantees the technology will work, nor is it clear whether sending data centers to Earth orbit will make economic sense. But Google is testing the waters. The company is set to launch its first test satellite for Project Sunca

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Jackie Wattles, CNN

    SpaceX’s megarocket is on the verge of paradigm-shifting success. It’s spurring a ‘crisis’ (opens the original)

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    (CNN) — The most powerful rocket ever made, SpaceX’s Starship, reached orbit for the first time on Monday, deploying operational Starlink satellites in an unprecedented step forward. The mission marked the beginning of a new era — and possibly the beginning of the end of another. As Starship flights ramp up, SpaceX has made clear that the company will phase out the use of two of its most iconic creations: the Dragon spacecraft, which ferries astronauts and cargo to and from the Internation

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Jackie Wattles, CNN

    NASA reveals new plan for Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft and commander of future mission (opens the original)

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    The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is pictured docked to the Zenith port of the International Space Station's Harmony module as the orbiting complex soared 265 miles above the Indian Ocean. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft approaches the ISS in May 2022, during Orbital Flight Test 2. Astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore speak during a news conference at the NASA Johnson Space Center on March 31, 2025, shortly after returning from space. (CNN) — Months after NASA’s lea

  4. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Jackie Wattles, CNN

    The most powerful rocket ever built is on the verge of its biggest — and riskiest — test yet (opens the original)

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    (CNN) — People near the sandy shores of Texas’ southernmost coastline are accustomed to the earth-shattering roar of the most powerful rocket ever made: Since 2023, various prototypes of SpaceX’s Starship have taken flight from the area 13 times — with nearly half ending in some form of unintended explosion. But the stakes are about to get even higher. On Monday, SpaceX will attempt to launch Starship to orbit for the first time, allowing it to deploy the inaugural batch of a new generat

  5. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Jackie Wattles, CNN

    Trump’s proposed Space Academy aims to educate a new generation of astronauts and engineers (opens the original)

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    On January 1, 1955, Secretary of the Air Force, Harold Talbott, center, pointed out features on a model of the Air Force Academy that was to be constructed later that year. (CNN) — President Donald Trump is proposing the creation of a “United States Space Academy” designed to offer the same type of tuition-free, four-year degree as US military academies. But rather than requiring active-duty military service, graduates of this federally funded university may fulfill their post-graduation o

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