Tron network founder Justin Sun returns from space

Tron network founder Justin Sun returns from space

The Tron founder said it has been a long-time dream to travel to space and reflected on the fragility of the planet following his return. Justin Sun, founder of the layer-1 Tron blockchain network, returned safely from a commercial spaceflight on Saturday, alongside five other crew members aboard Blue Origin mission NS-34. The other crew…

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Space Force bets on commercial entrants in B satcom contest

Space Force bets on commercial entrants in $4B satcom contest

American warfighters need jam-proof communications, and the Space Force is planning to spend hundreds of millions to ensure they have them. As part of that effort, the service established the Protected Tactical Satcom program to build out secure battlefield communications via satellites. The Space Force has already awarded contracts to defense primes Boeing and Northrop…

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Oakley partners with Axiom Space for lunar visor system

Oakley partners with Axiom Space for lunar visor system

When the next astronauts walk on the Moon’s surface during the Artemis III mission, they’ll be seeing the lunar landscape through Oakley’s cutting-edge visor technology. The iconic eyewear brand has partnered with Axiom Space to develop the visor system for the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), marking a groundbreaking collaboration between two distinct industries. This…

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SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates that were almost 6x higher than the average for comparable space…

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SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle…

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Hadrian raises 0M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts

Hadrian raises $260M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts

Investors are continuing to rally behind the call to reindustrialize American industry, this time by building out a $260 million war chest for automated manufacturing startup Hadrian to scale its factory footprint and make even more machine parts. Hadrian’s aim is to modernize American manufacturing by leveraging advanced automation to deliver mass-produced parts for aerospace…

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