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Rendering of a United Launch Alliance' Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon satellites.ULA/AmazonAmazon is preparing to send its first Project Kuiper internet satellites into orbit, with Jeff Bezos' company announcing on Monday that it signed a contract with United Launch Alliance for nine launches.ULA, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, will use its Atlas V series of rockets to launch the Kuiper missions. Amazon's planned constellation would include 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit. The company has said it will invest $10 billion in to bring high-speed broadband to consumers, businesses and governments."We're determined to make affordable broadband a reality for customers and communities around the world," Bezos said in a statement. "ULA is a fantastic partner that's successfull...

The shadow of NASA's Ingenuity is seen on the surface of Mars as the helicopter hovered during its first flight on April 19, 2021.NASA/JPL-CaltechHere's a look at NASA's historic flight of an aircraft on Mars, a feat the space agency called a "Wright brothers moment."NASA rover Perseverance captured imagery of the flight after rolling a short distance away, with one of its navigation cameras showing a sequence before, during and after the helicopter's flight.Video from NASA rover Perseverance shows helicopter Ingenuity spinning up its rovers, hovering, and then landing on Mars.NASA/JPL-CaltechIngenuity, which weighs 4 pounds, successfully flew autonomously for 39 seconds.NASA's Perseverance rover captured helicopter Ingenuity on the surface of Mars on April 18, 2021 before its first fligh...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk raises his arms in celebration beneath a Starship rocket prototype under construction in Boca Chica, Texas.Steve Jurvetson on flickrElon Musk's SpaceX beat out teams led by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Leidos subsidiary Dynetics to win a nearly $3 billion contract to build NASA's next crewed lunar lander."It is one more step, in an exciting group of steps, that will get us to a sustainable human landing system to the moon," Kathy Lueders, the leader of NASA's human spaceflight program, said in the agency's announcement.SpaceX's contract is worth $2.89 billion. The Washington Post first reported SpaceX's win on Friday.NASA last year awarded the three teams with $967 million and 10-month contracts to begin work on the lunar lander concepts under its Human Landing Systems...

Friends spending the weekend in the shopping mallmartin-dm | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: Genesco Inc. (GCO)Business: Genesco is a retailer and wholesaler of branded footwear, apparel and accessories that operates through four business segments: (i) Journeys Group, comprised of retail footwear chains and e-commerce operations; (ii) Schuh Group, which includes the Schuh retail footwear chain and e-commerce operations; (iii) Johnston & Murphy Group, which encompasses the Johnston & Murphy retail operations, e-commerce operations and wholesale distribution of products under the J&M brand and (iv) Licensed Brands, comprised of licensed brands like Dockers and Levi's, as well as other brands licensed for footwear. As of September 6, 2019, the company operated approximately 1,490 retai...

Keith Gill, the Reddit trading crowd's favorite and the man who inspired the epic GameStop short squeeze,, just doubled down on his bet on the video game retailer, forgoing millions of dollars in quick profit to ramp up his stake.The investor, who goes by DeepF------Value on Reddit and Roaring Kitty on YouTube, exercised his 500 GameStop call options contracts as they expired on Friday, giving him 50,000 more shares at a strike price of just $12. If he had sold the options at Friday's price, he could have made more than $7 million on the bet.On top of exercising these options contracts, Gill bought 50,000 more GameStop shares, bringing his total investment to 200,000 shares worth more than $30 million.While he gave up the quick payday on this options trade, his long investment is now even...