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June 13, 2016

Airborne 06.13.16: Solar Impulse-NY, SpaceX Booster Relaunch, KY Guv Skydive

Also: Wright Factory, Savage Bobber, PeruSAT-1, Alternative Fuel, STEM Education, Minot B-52s, OSIRIS-REx

The Solar Impulse-2 continued it's around the world journey, being fueled only by solar power, when it arrived at New York City’s JFK International Airport at about 4 AM local time on Saturday morning. The arrival in New York marks the completion of its flight across the United States which started with its arrival over San Francisco on May 24. The most recent flight was one of its shortest at only 4 hours and 41 minutes to fly the 165 miles from the Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania. We have all watched with great interest as SpaceX has successfully returned rocket boosters for landings with the intent of the boosters being reused. SpaceX Founder, El

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