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NASA Updates Crew Assignments for First Starliner Crew Rotation Flight

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Friday, September 30, 2022
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Astronauts Scott Tingle and Mike Fincke of NASA will serve as the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission.

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  • Astronauts Scott Tingle and Mike Fincke of NASA will serve as the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission.
  • The agency's Starliner crew rotation missions to the space station will carry four crew members at a time.
  • Future crew assignments for Starliner-1 will be made following review and approval by the agency and its international partners.
  • Regular commercial crew rotation missions enable NASA to continue the important research and technology investigations taking place aboard the station and prepare for future commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit.

Rio Tinto and Baowu agree to form joint venture to develop Western Range

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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Rio Tinto (54 per cent) and China Baowu Steel Group Co. Ltd (Baowu) (46 per cent) have agreed to enter into a joint venture with respect to the Western Range iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia, investing $2 billion ($1.3 billion Rio Tinto share1) to develop the mine.

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  • Rio Tinto (54 per cent) and China Baowu Steel Group Co. Ltd (Baowu) (46 per cent) have agreed to enter into a joint venture with respect to the Western Range iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia, investing $2 billion ($1.3 billion Rio Tinto share1) to develop the mine.
  • Rio Tinto and Baowus partnership in the Pilbara dates back to the 2002 Bao-HI Joint Venture to develop the Eastern Range deposits in the Hamersley Ranges (Eastern Range) and Western Range, subject to a production cap of 200 million tonnes.
  • Rio Tinto Iron Ore Chief Executive Simon Trott said This is a very significant milestone for both Rio Tinto and Baowu, our largest customer globally.
  • Baowu Resources Chairman Shi Bing said "The signing of the joint venture agreement for the Western Range Project is a significant event in the history of cooperation between Baowu and Rio Tinto.

NASA Updates Astronaut Assignments for Boeing Starliner Test Flight

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Thursday, June 16, 2022
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WASHINGTON, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will fly two astronaut test pilots aboard the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station, where they will live and work off the Earth for about two weeks.

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  • WASHINGTON, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will fly two astronaut test pilots aboard the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station, where they will live and work off the Earth for about two weeks.
  • CFT commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore , whom NASA assigned to the prime crew in October 2020, will join NASA astronaut Suni Williams , who will serve as pilot.
  • As CFT pilot, Williams takes the place of NASA astronaut Nicole Mann , originally assigned to the mission in 2018.
  • The Starliner team is in the process of delivering the initial test flight data to NASA and jointly determining forward work ahead of a crewed flight.