Spacefaring adventurers, living and experimenting with new technology, could potentially spawn a post-human eraAfter years of delay, and massive cost over-runs, the James Webb space telescope (the JWST) was launched on Christmas Day. It will need to pe…
Cheugiest tech moments of 2021
Technology has come a long way in 2021. There’s widespread mRNA vaccines! An asteroid-deflecting space mission! A very powerful laptop with a very controversial notch! But it’s unfortunately easier to think about the cringiest moments of the year than it is to remember times when we marveled at indoor farming robots. So hop aboard the choo-choo-cheugy […]
This may finally be the year we see some new chunky rockets take flight
Many of these rockets, you may recall, were supposed to fly in 2020.
国際宇宙ステーションの後継の開発は、こうして民間企業3社に託された
老朽化が進む国際宇宙ステーション（ISS）の後継を開発する動きが加速している。このほど米航空宇宙局（NASA）はブルーオリジンとナノラックス、ノースロップ・グラマンの3社と、新しい宇宙ステーションの開発に向けた契約を結んだ。今後は選考を経て1社に絞り込まれるが、将来的には複数の民間の宇宙ステーションが打ち上げられる可能性も指摘されている。
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NASA awards Blue Origin, Nanoracks, Northrop Grumman over $400M in contracts to avoid space station gap
Just two days after officially (and quietly) confirming that it intends to replace the International Space Station with a commercial station by 2030, NASA has awarded over $400 million in agreements to three companies to further develop private station plans. The three companies, which received the awards under the agency’s Commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) […]
Blue Origin suffers grave setback as judge dismisses lawsuit against NASA
Blue Origin’s Moon landing dreams derailed in one-page ruling.
Blue Origin, Boeing and others join Sierra Space to build commercial space station
The orbital real estate rush is just getting started as Sierra Space released more details on its plans to launch a private space station, with news that Blue Origin and Boeing would be joining the team to send the spacecraft to orbit in the second half of the decade. The planned station, called “Orbital Reef,” […]
William Shatner safely goes to space and back [Updated]
“Everybody in the world needs to do this.”
To continue exploring space sustainably, we must act now
We’re at the start of a gold rush in outer space — and our track record for the sustainable development of any environment during gold rushes hasn’t been particularly noteworthy.
Max Q: Blue Origin puts safety in the backseat, workers claim
Hello, readers: Welcome back to Max Q. First, an introduction: I’m Aria Alamalhodaei, the resident space and transportation reporter here at TechCrunch. I’ll be taking over the Max Q newsletter from Darrell Etherington for the next few months. Tips, opinions, criticism, thoughts? Email me at aria.techcrunch@gmail.com or find me on Twitter at @breadfrom. Bezos’ labor […]