IT総合 Rest in Peace: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter took its last flight on Mars
Ingenuity, the small helicopter that’s been buzzing around the Red Planet for almost three years, has taken its final fl...
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IT総合 IT総合 French small launch startup Latitude closes $30M Series B
French small launch developer Latitude has closed $30 million in new capital as it eyes the first flight of its Zephyr r...
IT総合 Albedo closes $35M at boosted valuation to build satellites that orbit very, very close to Earth
Satellite startup Albedo aims to provide commercial orbital imagery so detailed that the military kept its own version u...
IT総合 Successful failure: Sierra Space’s inflatable habitat blows up as planned
Sierra Space has completed a key test of its inflatable space habitat, as the company progresses toward launching and op...
IT総合 Japanese lunar lander touches down and Axiom space launches its third mission with SpaceX
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. For the second week in a row, we have lunar lander news to report on. Plus, ...
IT総合 Japan’s SLIM lander powers down on the moon as it awaits the sun’s rays
Japan’s first lunar lander has officially powered down on the moon after its solar cells were unable to generate electri...
IT総合 Astrobotic’s lunar lander will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere tomorrow
Astrobotic’s lunar lander will be reentering Earth’s atmosphere over a remote part of the South Pacific Ocean tomorrow a...
IT総合 Astrobotic’s lunar lander will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere tomorrow
Astrobotic’s lunar lander will be reentering Earth’s atmosphere over a remote part of the South Pacific Ocean tomorrow a...
IT総合 Sierra Space joins defense primes in landing massive military satellite contract
Sierra Space is joining Rocket Lab as a current or formerly VC-backed space company to land a major satellite deal with ...
IT総合 Why valves are a spacecraft engineer’s worst nightmare
Follow the space industry long enough and you’ll notice that an outsized number of the problems that cause catastrophic ...
IT総合 Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander still operating on orbit, defying all odds
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is still operating on orbit, with the company saying there is “growing optimism” tha...
IT総合 NASA delays Artemis moon missions to give SpaceX, others more time to develop tech
NASA is pushing back the next two Artemis missions to the moon — including the first crewed lunar mission in more than 5...
IT総合 United Launch Alliance and Astrobotic launches, Countdown Capital shutdown
Hello and welcome back to Max Q. By the time you read this, United Launch Alliance will have hopefully launched its Vulc...
IT総合 Regulatory filing reveals ABL Space Systems targeting $100M in new funding
ABL Space Systems is looking to raise up to $100 million in new funding, and has just closed over $40 million, according...
IT総合 Rocket Lab leverages vertical integration to land $515M military satellite contract
The Space Development Agency is the mystery customer behind Rocket Lab’s up-to $515 million, 18-satellite order announce...
IT総合 Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander suffers propulsion issue, making moon landing unlikely
After a successful launch on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket this morning, Astrobotic Technology said its...
IT総合 Astrobotic lander on its way to the moon with ULA’s historic flight
It’s hard to understate just how much was at stake in Monday’s early morning launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan C...
IT総合 United Launch Alliance, Astrobotic ready for early Monday liftoff to the moon
The countdown to launch is on. United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape ...
IT総合 SpaceX launches first batch of direct-to-cell Starlink satellites for testing this year
SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites that will be able to connect directly to cell phones ahead of pla...
IT総合 Terran Orbital receives key payment from Rivada Space, adjusts year-end cash balance
Terran Orbital has updated its anticipated financial results for the years-end after the company received a long-awaited...
IT総合 Early-stage hard tech firm Countdown Capital shutting down
Countdown Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on hard tech industrial startups, will shut down by the e...
IT総合 Goodbye mysterious military space plane, and good luck – wherever you’re going
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched a secretive military spaceplane to orbit last night after weeks of delays, though ...
IT総合 Shield AI expands massive Series F with another $300M in equity, debt, scaling valuation to $2.8B
Defense tech startup Shield AI has expanded its latest funding round with another $300 million in equity and debt, bring...
IT総合 Terran Orbital’s biggest customer is close to securing funding for multibillion-dollar constellation
Terran Orbital may be close to receiving a major payment from its biggest customer, CEO Marc Bell announced internally a...
IT総合 Firefly’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit for the fourth time
Firefly Aerospace sent its Alpha rocket to orbit this morning, with the company carrying a payload from Lockheed Martin ...
IT総合 What we’re looking forward to seeing from the space industry in 2024
It was a jaw dropping year for the space industry, and while we all know by now that progress isn’t linear, we feel pret...
IT総合 Intuitive Machines, SpaceX push lunar lander launch date to February
Intuitive Machines is pushing back the mission of its first lunar lander to mid-February in coordination with launch pro...
IT総合 Astrobotic ready to launch Peregrine lunar lander in early January
Astrobotic’s first lunar lander is ready for lift-off. The company announced Tuesday that the lander, called Peregrine, ...
IT総合 Blue Origin’s New Shepard makes triumphant return flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard is officially back in action, with the company today successfully launching the suborbital roc...
IT総合 Max Q: See you next year
In this issue: AstroForge reviews setbacks (and successes) during first mission; Terran Orbital CEO says company is not ...