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TechCrunch Space: The dawn of the space age
<p>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 a month away! We’d love for you to join us. Want to reach out with […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 30, 20243 min read


TechCrunch Space: The dawn of the space age
<p>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 a month away! We’d love for you to join us. Want to reach out with […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 30, 20243 min read
After delivering astronauts to ISS, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after third anomaly in three months
<p>SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded again after the vehicle’s second stage did not come down in the expected area of the ocean, following an otherwise successful mission that delivered a Dragon capsule and its crew to orbit. “We will resume launching once we better understand root cause,” the company said in a statement posted […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 30, 20242 min read
After delivering astronauts to ISS, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after third anomaly in three months
<p>SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded again after the vehicle’s second stage did not come down in the expected area of the ocean, following an otherwise successful mission that delivered a Dragon capsule and its crew to orbit. “We will resume launching once we better understand root cause,” the company said in a statement posted […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 30, 20242 min read
Last hours to snag up to $600 off TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 passes
<p>We’re in the final hours to save up to $600 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 tickets! Grab your tickets now and seize this final opportunity for major savings before the countdown to Disrupt 2024 starts. This special discount offer ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Join a global community of over 10,000 tech, startup, and VC […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Starlink hits 4 million subscribers
<p>SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet network is expected to hit a new customer milestone this week, company President Gwynne Shotwell told Texas legislators on Tuesday. “This week, by the way, we will pass 4 million customers for Starlink, which is quite exciting,” she said while testifying before a state House Appropriations Committee meeting. (The milestone was confirmed […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 26, 20242 min read
2 days left to save up to $600 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 tickets
<p>We’re in the final stretch of Ticket Reboot Week with just 48 hours remaining! You can still save up to $600 on individual ticket types to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Don’t wait — this offer ends on September 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Don’t miss out on this last big sale before the countdown to Disrupt […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 26, 20243 min read
2 days left to save up to $600 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 tickets
<p>We’re in the final stretch of Ticket Reboot Week with just 48 hours remaining! You can still save up to $600 on individual ticket types to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Don’t wait — this offer ends on September 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Don’t miss out on this last big sale before the countdown to Disrupt […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 26, 20243 min read


Longshot Space closes over $5M in new funding to build space gun in the desert
<p>Why use a rocket when you could use a giant, miles-long “gun” instead? That’s the question posed by Longshot Space, a company that’s completely rethinking how to send mass to orbit. The company is developing a kinetic launch system that will gradually accelerate payloads to hypersonic speeds before launching them to orbit. While Longshot’s full-scale […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 25, 20243 min read
Radian Aerospace completes ground tests of prototype space plane
<p>Radian Aerospace has moved one step closer to achieving the “holy grail” of spaceflight: a reusable space plane that can take off from an airfield and land on a runway like a conventional airplane. The startup just announced completion of a series of ground tests in Abu Dhabi earlier this summer. The tests were completed […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 25, 20243 min read
Radian Aerospace completes ground tests of prototype space plane
<p>Radian Aerospace has moved one step closer to achieving the “holy grail” of spaceflight: a reusable space plane that can take off from an airfield and land on a runway like a conventional airplane. The startup just announced completion of a series of ground tests in Abu Dhabi earlier this summer. The tests were completed […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 25, 20243 min read
Sequoia’s first space investment since SpaceX is in sunlight-seller Reflect Orbital
<p>Imagine a future where the diurnal cycle, at least in some parts of the world, is adjustable. Where humans are no longer beholden to the 24-hour pattern of daylight and darkness. Instead of being constrained by the physical reality that constrains the sun to its daily cycle, imagine a future where the sun can be […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 24, 20247 min read
Sequoia’s first space investment since SpaceX is in sunlight-seller Reflect Orbital
<p>Imagine a future where the diurnal cycle, at least in some parts of the world, is adjustable. Where humans are no longer beholden to the 24-hour pattern of daylight and darkness. Instead of being constrained by the physical reality that constrains the sun to its daily cycle, imagine a future where the sun can be […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 24, 20247 min read


TechCrunch Space: SpaceX calls out ‘systematic challenges’ with FAA
<p>Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I wanted to flag once 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 a month away! We’d love for you to join us. Want […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 23, 20243 min read


TechCrunch Space: SpaceX calls out ‘systematic challenges’ with FAA
<p>Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I wanted to flag once 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 a month away! We’d love for you to join us. Want […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX for trespassing
<p>Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing Elon Musk’s space exploration company, SpaceX, for $15 million after it allegedly dumped construction equipment all over the game company’s private land in Texas. An email, posted on Threads, went out to around 150,000 Cards Against Humanity Saves America donors. Those donors each contributed $15 seven years ago to […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX for trespassing
<p>Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing Elon Musk’s space exploration company, SpaceX, for $15 million after it allegedly dumped construction equipment all over the game company’s private land in Texas. An email, posted on Threads, went out to around 150,000 Cards Against Humanity Saves America donors. Those donors each contributed $15 seven years ago to […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Sep 20, 20242 min read
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