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August 12, 2018
The Commercial Dawn
Nine years without an American crewed launch — while quietly, in hangars and on barges, a new kind of space company learns to fly.
Deep-space distance is approximate — a constant-cruise estimate anchored to NASA Voyager tracking data.
August 12, 2018
6,492
days of continuous human presence in space
every second since November 2, 2000
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New Moon
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