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‘Stop harassing Starlink,’ SpaceX President tells Brazilian judge

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell made a public plea to one of Brazil’s top judicial figures on Thursday, asking him to “please stop harassing...

Boeing and NASA prepare to bring Starliner home without its crew on Friday

NASA officials expressed confidence that Starliner will have a safe and successful return to Earth late Friday evening, though they had enough reservations...

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...

One busted valve led to the failure of Astrobotic’s $108M Peregrine lunar lander mission

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander failed to reach the moon because of a problem with a single valve in the propulsion system, according to...

Polaris Dawn will push the limits of SpaceX’s human spaceflight program — here’s how to watch it launch live

After a nearly three-year interlude, Jared Isaacman is returning to space. The billionaire entrepreneur first went to orbit as part of the Inspiration4...

TechCrunch Space: The Starliner saga comes to a close — for now

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. NASA leadership have made their decision: Starliner will be coming back to Earth — empty. More...

Loft Orbital forms joint venture with UAE-based firm to scale satellite production in the Middle East

A holding company affiliated with an Emirati royal family is injecting a new joint venture between Abu Dhabi-based Marlan Space and startup Loft...

Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed, astronauts staying on ISS until February

Boeing’s Starliner mission is coming back to Earth — empty. After months of data analysis and internal deliberation, NASA leadership announced today that Starliner...

NASA to decide Saturday whether astronauts will ride Boeing’s Starliner home — or use SpaceX’s Dragon instead 

NASA officials will announce their final decision on Saturday as to whether two NASA astronauts — Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams — will...

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