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 […]
Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over Apple’s ChatGPT integrations
Elon Musk is threatening to ban iPhones from all his companies over the newly announced OpenAI integrations Apple announced at WWDC 2024 on Monday. In a series of […]
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.
Wazer Pro is making desktop water jetting more affordable
Before Wazer came along, “water jet cutting” and “affordable” didn’t belong in the same sentence. That changed in 2016, when the company launched the world’s first desktop water […]
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 […]
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 […]
Boeing’s Starliner astronaut capsule is en route to the ISS
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is officially on its way to the International Space Station, marking a historic first for the long-delayed astronaut transportation program. Inside the spacecraft are two […]
NASA astronauts blast off in tense launch on Boeing spacecraft
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched as planned Wednesday, June 5, sending NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams into space.