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SpaceX scores $843M NASA contract to de-orbit ISS in 2030
NASA has selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will de-orbit the International Space Station in 2030 — a contract valued at as much as $843 million, the agency announced Wednesday.
Rondo Energy funding shows a new way across the climate startup ‘valley of death’
Climate tech startups especially those building hardware, face a particular challenge when trying to move beyond the prototype or pilot phase and start selling finished products to customers.
TechCrunch Space: Star spangled
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SpaceX wants to launch up to 120 times a year from Florida — and competitors aren’t happy about it
SpaceX’s ambitious plans to launch its Starship mega-rocket up to 44 times per year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are causing a stir among some of its competitors.
J2 Ventures, focused on military healthcare, grabs $150M for its second fund
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Spain’s exposure to climate change helps Madrid-based VC Seaya close €300M climate tech fund
According to a recent Dealroom report on the Spanish tech ecosystem, the combined enterprise value of Spanish startups surpassed €100 billion in 2023.
TechCrunch Space: SpaceX’s big plans for Starship in Florida
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Whataburger app becomes unlikely power outage map after Houston hurricane
Fast-food chain Whataburger’s app has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which left around 1.
‘Wild Wild Space’ doc captures the risks and rivalries of the new space race
Astra CEO Chris Kemp is already pulling out of a parking spot when he warns the person in the passenger seat that he doesn’t have a valid driver’s license.
Mitti Labs aims to make rice farming less harmful to the climate, starting in India
Mitti Labs aims to transform rice farming in India and other South Asian markets by reducing methane emissions by 50% and water consumption by 30%.
TechCrunch Space: Space cowboys
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Ultrahuman’s smart ring gets FDA-approved AFib detection
The smart ring has long played second fiddle to the smart watch.
Goodbye robotic jerks: Bio-prosthetics learn the brain’s code
Prosthetic technology has long sought to bridge the gap between humans and machines, aiming to restore lost functionalities and improve the quality of life for those with limb impairments.
World’s longest, 26-feet-long anaconda discovered in Amazon, say reports
14 researchers, along with the famous TV wildlife presenter Professor Freek Vonk, have discovered in the Amazon what they are calling a new species of snake.
Quantum breakthrough: Non-Abelian anyons created for the first time
What if the world we live in was not three-dimensional but two-dimensional?
New drug shows promise in controlling deadly blood cancer
A new drug called rusfertide has shown promising results in a clinical trial for polycythemia vera, a rare and life-threatening blood cancer.
Nanoscale device allows brain chemistry observation at smallest level
To address a longstanding hurdle in biomedical research, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a new nanoscale sensor.
Composite image from telescopes showcases ‘stellar beads on a string’
Astronomers have captured a black hole blasting one of the most intense outbursts ever recorded.
Doctors set to lead the way in knee joint repair with nasal cartilage therapy
Knee joint defects are being treated with cartilage from the nose.
Bill Weber out as CEO of Firefly Aerospace
Bill Weber is out as chief executive at Firefly Aerospace, following a nearly two-year stint in the role, the maker of launch vehicles, lunar landers and orbital vehicles announced late Wednesday.
Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America
A wave of automakers and battery makers — foreign and domestic — have pledged to produce North American–made batteries before 2030.
TechCrunch Space: SpaceX’s big plans to bring the ISS back to Earth
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Star Catcher wants to build a space power grid to supercharge orbital industry
Our growth as a civilization is tightly coupled to our ability to sufficiently generate ever-increasing amounts of electricity.
New Apple Lab in China to Test Products Under Extreme Conditions
Apple is set to open a new applied research lab in Shenzhen, China, focusing on enhancing the quality and reliability of its flagship products (via Shenzhen Daily).