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SNC shows off video of what could be Dream Chaser space plane’s last test flight
October 24, 2021
SNC shows off video of what could be Dream Chaser space plane’s last test flight
Last weekend’s drop test of a prototype Dream Chaser space plane went so well that the next flight might be…
Steve Jurvetson leaves DFJ venture capital firm amid sexual harassment allegations
October 24, 2021
Steve Jurvetson leaves DFJ venture capital firm amid sexual harassment allegations
Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson is leaving Silicon Valley’s Draper Fisher Jurvetson investment firm to fight accusations related to a sexual…
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship to space station with a ‘nation’
October 23, 2021
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship to space station with a ‘nation’
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket today sent a Cygnus cargo spacecraft on the first step of its journey to the International…
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space plane glides successfully through a big test
October 23, 2021
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space plane glides successfully through a big test
Sierra Nevada Corp. said its Dream Chaser prototype space plane glided to a successful landing in California’s Mojave Desert today…
Why data analytics is becoming the next frontier for the commercial space industry
October 23, 2021
Why data analytics is becoming the next frontier for the commercial space industry
Thanks to incredibly shrinking satellites and launch costs, thousands of satellites are sending down streams of data about the state…
Moon vs. Mars and asteroids: Watch space advocates debate where we should go
October 23, 2021
Moon vs. Mars and asteroids: Watch space advocates debate where we should go
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has famously said he’d like to die on Mars — “just not on impact.” But where will…
SpaceX backer Steve Jurvetson shares financing lessons from the final frontier
October 23, 2021
SpaceX backer Steve Jurvetson shares financing lessons from the final frontier
Few space geeks are geekier than Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson: His office at Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo…
Billionaire Yuri Milner discusses his plan to look for life on Saturn moon – and his Russian connections
October 23, 2021
Billionaire Yuri Milner discusses his plan to look for life on Saturn moon – and his Russian connections
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner today laid out his vision to send the first privately funded interplanetary space mission to look…
NASA resets date for SLS moon rocket’s first launch to 2020 but still hopes for 2019
October 23, 2021
NASA resets date for SLS moon rocket’s first launch to 2020 but still hopes for 2019
Will it fly on 2019 or 2020? NASA’s latest schedule for the maiden launch of its heavy-lift Space Launch System…
Next-generation SpaceX rocket engine goes up in flames during Texas test
October 23, 2021
Next-generation SpaceX rocket engine goes up in flames during Texas test
SpaceX says its next-generation Merlin rocket engine experienced a fiery anomaly during preparations for testing at its facility in McGregor,…