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BluShift Aerospace says a successful recent round of fundraising means a commercial suborbital launch is on track to start in 2025.

BluShift Aerospace says a successful recent round of fundraising means a commercial suborbital launch is on track to start in 2025.

Its not every day that elementary students get to ask questions to a real-life astronaut, especially when that astronaut is 250 miles above the surface of Earth.

BluShift's goal of carrying small experiments and satellites to space hinges on the upcoming test of its rocket engine.

The authority owns Loring's 1,600-acre airport which once housed B-36 bomber aircraft and stored nuclear arsenal materials at the height of the Cold War.

"Consider this: The cost of installing solar panels and battery storage today could be equivalent to the financial commitment required to buy these utilities."

"As Maine companies continue to expand into space so does the possibility of significant leadership challenges and ethical issues."

BluShift Aerospace is hoping to establish itself in a niche business of competing for publicly and privately funded space missions.

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Loring is set to become the headquarters for Portland-based HyperSpace Propulsion, a company working to develop the first “spaceplane."