TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This week turned out to be a surprisingly busy one in space news — kicked off by the Trump administration’s FY 2021 budget proposal, which was generous to U.S. Meanwhile, we saw significant progress in SpaceX’s commercial crew program, and plenty of activity among startups big and small.

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JULY 8, 2019

A fire broke out this morning at a SpaceX facility in Florida, where SpaceX is working on its "Starship", reportedly causing around $650,000 in damage. Other details on the fire have not yet been provided by SpaceX. The Starship is ultimately designed to carry people to Mars.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

NASA could get significantly more funding than it did in 2020 for its fiscal 2021 operating year, with the bulk of a proposed $3 billion increase earmarked for development of human landers to be used in the Artemis program. SpaceX launches online rocket rideshare booking tool. Trump administration asks for $3B NASA budget boost.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 24, 2020

We’ve actually pre-sold more launches than any other company in the industry since SpaceX.” ” Iridium has put 66 satellites in orbit over the last few years on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, but there are several in storage as spares should it become necessary to replace one.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 25, 2022

million commercial deliveries (up from 2 million in October 2021) and travelled over 3 million miles globally. Based out of Los Angeles, Starship initially made its name, back in 2017, running pilots with delivery companies in the U.S. It has now made more than 2.5

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