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Kevin Durant Lands $90M Rockets Contract, Makes History with $598M NBA Career Earnings

Kevin Durant Lands M Rockets Contract, Makes History with 8M NBA Career Earnings

Kevin Durant will be calling Southeast Texas home past the 2025-26 NBA season. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported the 15-time All-Star agreed to a two-year, $90 million extension with the Houston Rockets, though he maintains a player option for 2027-28. Charania noted KD made history with this payout: “Durant was eligible for a maximum contract extension of $120 million over two …

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Watch SpaceX launch its 10,000th Starlink satellite to orbit today on rocket’s record-breaking 31st flight

Watch SpaceX launch its 10,000th Starlink satellite to orbit today on rocket’s record-breaking 31st flight

SpaceX will notch two big milestones on a single Falcon 9 launch today (Oct. 19), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch 28 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today, during a four-hour window that opens at 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 GMT). SpaceX has lofted 9,988 Starlink …

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Understanding a rocket’s jellyfish effect

Understanding a rocket’s jellyfish effect

FLORIDA — It is not uncommon to see a SpaceX launch, but what gives many a surprised delight is when the company’s famed Falcon 9 rocket creates the jellyfish effect. This was seen Thursday morning in many parts of the Space Coast and as far as the Tampa Bay area during a Starlink launch. What You Need To Know Meteorologist Maureen …

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Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

Artemis III: A brand-new spacecraft. Artemis IV: A brand-new spacecraft. Artemis V: Will reuse approximately 250 components, primarily life support and avionics equipment, from Artemis II. Artemis VI: Will reuse primary structure (pressure vessel) and secondary structures (gussets, panels, brackets, plates) from Artemis III Orion, and approximately 3,000 components. Lockheed plans to build a fleet of three largely reusable spacecraft, …

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Bitcoin Rockets to Nearly $124K, But Falls Short of Breaking Record

Bitcoin Rockets to Nearly 4K, But Falls Short of Breaking Record

In brief The price of Bitcoin surged early Friday afternoon, coming close to matching the record mark set in August. The leading cryptocurrency has soared since the start of “Uptober”—the name given to October by some traders. Still, the volatility of the coin has dampened compared to previous cycles. “Uptober” is off to a roaring start. Bitcoin shot up in …

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Paul Thomas Anderson rockets Thomas Pynchon into the present

Paul Thomas Anderson rockets Thomas Pynchon into the present

It was not until after his wunderkind years wrapped up with Magnolia that Paul Thomas Anderson started sincerely working with adapted material. Never one for a traditional approach, his first “adapted” film, Punch-Drunk Love, was an extrapolation on a news story about a man who manipulated an airline points promotion by buying pudding cups to get flights for pennies on …

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DeepSnitch AI Presale Rockets to $280k After SEC Greenlights DePIN Projects

DeepSnitch AI Presale Rockets to 0k After SEC Greenlights DePIN Projects

Disclaimer: This is a Press Release provided by a third party who is responsible for the content. Please conduct your own research before taking any action based on the content. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has given the green light to a new type of blockchain project. According to the commission, DePIN tokens will no longer receive their …

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SpaceX Starship rockets could temporarily close Cayman airspace – Cayman Compass

SpaceX Starship rockets could temporarily close Cayman airspace  Cayman Compass Titusville, Cape Canaveral officials voice concerns about SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy to FAA  Florida Today SpaceX’s Next Big Challenge? Safely Launching Starship From Texas.  InsideHook SpaceX Starship Advances: Safe Flights Over US Towns Planned for 2026  WebProNews Starship will return home via a “detour” route  Universe Space Tech Source link

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