WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched its latest rideshare mission Oct. 1, carrying a wide variety of spacecraft even as the industry struggles to deal with the impending end of such missions.

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He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science…
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