NASA has selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will deorbit the International Space Station in 2030 — a contract valued at as much as $843 million, the […]
Dream Chaser spaceplane is off the manifest for ULA’s second Vulcan launch
Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane is off the manifest for United Launch Alliance’s second Vulcan Centaur flight due to scheduling delays, with an “inert payload” taking its place, […]
Sift is building a better platform for analyzing hardware telemetry data
Less than a year after closing its seed round, software-for-hardware startup Sift announced a $17.5 million Series A led by Google’s venture capital arm GV to scale their […]
TechCrunch Space: Building (and testing) for the future
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. It’s becoming a habit to open each TechCrunch Space newsletter with a bit of an update on Boeing’s Starliner mission, so […]
Fake Elon Musk livestreams promoting crypto scams keep popping up on YouTube
YouTube has a big problem with scammers hijacking channels and streaming fake videos of Elon Musk in order to promote crypto scams.
SpaceX launches Starlink Mini: Smaller dish, portable, lower price
SpaceX has launched Starlink Mini, a compact version of its Starlink antennas.
SpaceX debuts portable Starlink Mini for $599
SpaceX unveiled Starlink Mini, a more portable version of its satellite internet product that is small enough to fit inside a backpack. Early Starlink customers were invited to […]
Gravitics prepares a testing gauntlet for a new generation of giant spacecraft
The space industry is all abuzz about how SpaceX’s Starship, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, and other heavy-lift rockets will change just about everything. One likely consequence is that […]
Boeing’s Starliner capsule took astronauts to space — now it needs to bring them back
The delays are not over for Boeing’s Starliner capsule. After years of delays, the aerospace giant finally launched the spacecraft earlier this month, but the two-person crew is […]
Internal SpaceX documents show the sweet stock deals offered to investors like a16z, Gigafund
Like many highly valued startups, SpaceX sometimes allows its employees to cash out some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors. TechCrunch has gotten a peek […]