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Science and Technology

  • An RS1 rocket from ABL Space Systems set up on a launch pad at the Alaska Aerospace Corporation's Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island.
    ABL Space Systems
    The global space-launch industry is welcoming the prospect of launching rockets from Alaska’s two spaceports to relieve the backlog at larger facilities in the Lower 48. Top officials with Alaska’s two civilian launch facilities say their new partnership also will promote development of Alaska’s space-launch industry.
  • Alaska Aerospace President and CEO John Oberst speaks to a group outside of the Akasofu and Elvey buildings on UAF'sWest Ridge. The buildings house the Geophysical Institute.
    Tim Ellis/KUAC News
    Officials with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and Alaska Aerospace Corporation announced a wide-ranging agreement Tuesday to tap into the growing market for rocket launches from the state’s two launch facilities.