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TechCrunch Space: The dawn of the space age

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Flagging again that the final agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is now live. I’ll be pushing this event for the next few weeks, given that we’re just a bit over ...

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Intuitive Machines wins $116.9M contract for a moon mission in 2027

Intuitive Machines, the venture-backed startup that went public last year, will send a moon lander to the lunar south pole in 2027 as part of a $116.9 million contract awarded by NASA on Thursday.  This is NASA’s tenth award under ...

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NASA Says SpaceX Will Bring Boeing’s Starliner Astronauts Back to Earth – in February

Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday August 24, 2024 @03:34PM from the ETA dept. Boeing “will return its Starliner capsule from the International Space Station without the NASA astronauts,” reports CNBC. Though they’ve been on the space station since early June, ...

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NASA Smashed into an Asteroid in 2022. The Debris Could End Up Reaching Earth

Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday August 24, 2024 @01:34PM from the meet-the-meteor dept. NASA’s 2022 DART mission “successfully demonstrated how a fast-moving spacecraft could change an asteroid’s trajectory by crashing into it,” remembers Gizmodo, “potentially providing a way to defend ...