Rocket Lab is poised to snap up around $24 million in federal funding to dramatically boost the production of its compound semiconductors, also known as solar cells, which […]
The VC queen of portfolio PR, Masha Bucher, has raised her largest fund yet: $150M
Masha Bucher knows what she likes and goes for it. After all, venture capitalism is about taking bold risks — and at the earliest stages. That strategy has […]
TechCrunch Space: A week that will go down in history
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. What a week! In the same seven-day period, we watched Boeing’s Starliner launch astronauts to space for the first time, and […]
Watch SpaceX’s Starship booster ace its splashdown for first time
SpaceX captured its first successful Starship Super Heavy booster water landing on camera during its fourth test flight on June 6, 2024.
NASA puts $10M down on Mars sample return proposals from Blue Origin, SpaceX and others
It turns out the space industry has a lot of ideas on how to improve NASA’s $11 billion, 15-year plan to collect and return samples from Mars. Seven […]
Arcane Season 2 Teaser Shows Off Caitlyn And Vi’s New Looks
It’s been almost three years since Arcane, the Netflix animated series inspired by Riot Games’ global hit MOBA League of Legends, was released, and fans are dying for more. Thankfully, the long-awaited second season is finally within sight, with a November release window. And we’ve had a fresh (brief) glimpse.
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Boeing’s Starliner overcomes leaks and engine trouble to dock with ‘the big city in the sky’
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has successfully delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station, a key milestone in the aerospace giant’s quest to certify the capsule for regular crewed […]
SpaceX’s Starship shows resilience through brutally hot reentry to Earth
SpaceX’s Starship surpassed its previous three test flights, surviving maximum heating during its reentry into Earth’s atmosphere.
SpaceX launches mammoth Starship rocket and brings it back for the first time
SpaceX has shown once again that subjecting rocket hardware to the real-world flight environment pays dividends. In its latest launch, the company achieved a key milestone in its […]
Kleiner Perkins leads $14.4M seed round into Fizz, a credit-building debit card aimed at Gen Z college students
Carlo Kobe and Scott Smith believed so strongly in the need for a debit card product designed specifically for Gen Zers that they dropped out of Harvard and […]