NASA wants to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, but right now, astronauts have to be in direct line of sight with Earth to phone home.Β The space agency is looking to change that with its developing Near Space Network, and itβs willing to pay potentially huge sums to private companies to help [β¦]
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off in the early hours last Tuesday morning carrying a private astronaut crew led by a billionaire entrepreneur.
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A crew of four private astronauts made history in the early hours of Thursday when they opened the hatch of their SpaceX Dragon capsule and conducted the first commercial spacewalk.Β The spacewalk, the riskiest part of the five-day Polaris Dawn mission, kicked off at 6:12 a.m. ET when oxygen started flowing into the astronautsβ spacesuits. [β¦]
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Weβre out-of-this-world excited to announce that weβve finalized our dedicated Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech, SaaS and AI as the other industry-focused stages β all under one big roof. To top it off, weβre thrilled to share weβll be hosting a pitch competition this year called βThe Space Challenge, powered by [β¦]
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