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Mindstrong Health hires leadership team with all-star tech product experience
Mindstrong Health is tackling one of the most difficult challenges in healthcare: Severe mental illness, commonly referred to as SMI in the healthcare industry. The startup, founded in 2013 by Paul Da
Volocopter awarded key designation by European aviation safety regulator
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker Volocotper has received a Design Organization Approval (DOA) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This is basically a rec
Near Space Labs provides unmatched high-resolution imaging using stratospheric satellites
Imaging is one of the key markets in the emerging space tech industry, and for good reason — there’s a proven and robust demand for imaging and Earth observation data among government, pri
Max Q: SpaceX and Rocket Lab launch rockets and X-Wings take flight
Sign up here to receive Max Q weekly in your inbox, starting December 15. This week saw a ton of activity in the space industry, with multiple launches, key preparations for commercial crew missions,
Original Content podcast: ‘The Crown’ embraces middle age
“The Crown” has returned to Netflix with a new cast — Olivia Colman as a middle-aged Queen Elizabeth, Tobias Menzies as her husband Prince Philip and Helena Bonham Carter as her sister P
Real X-wings took flight at Disney’s new Star Wars ride grand opening thanks to Boeing
Boeing might be taking the last crucial steps to prepare for its first crewed Starliner capsule spaceflight, but it’s also busy turning sci-fi into reality right here on Earth — by helping
Boeing Starliner crew capsule and Atlas V rocket complete dress rehearsal ahead of test flight
Boeing and launch partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) completed a key step today in pursuit of launching U.S. astronauts aboard their commercial spacecraft. The Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew capsule
This Lego Cybertruck is one even Elon can love
Lego already debuted its own take on the divisive Tesla Cybertruck design, but theirs was purely for the lols. This Lego Cybertruck, however, submitted to the official Lego Ideas crowdsourcing website
Rocket Lab launches 10th Electron mission with successful rocket booster re-entry
Rocket Lab launched its tenth Electron spacecraft on Friday morning, successfully delivering payloads for clients Spaceflight and Alba Orbital. The launch company also had an important secondary missi
Rocket Lab readies Electron for its first launch with rocket recovery systems on board
Update: Running Out of Fingers has launched successfully! We’ll know more about the results of the recovery system study soon. Rocket Lab is getting ready to fly its tenth mission, delayed from
Einride to launch commercial pilot of driverless electric pods with Coca-Cola European Partners
Autonomous robotic road-riding cargo pod startup Einride has signed a new partner for a commercial pilot on Sweden’s roads, which should be a great test of the company’s electric driverles
AI-enabled assistant robot returning to the Space Station with improved emotional intelligence
The Crew Interactive Mobile Companion (or CIMON, for short) recorded a number of firsts on its initial mission to the International Space Station, which took place last November, including becoming th
SpaceX successfully launches re-used Dragon cargo capsule for its third trip to the Space Station
SpaceX has launched its nineteenth resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on behalf of NASA. The launch took place at 12:29 PM EST (9:29 AM PST) from Cape Canaveral in Florida, with
Volvo invests in autonomous vehicle operating system startup Apex.AI through its VC arm
Volvo is making an investment in Palo Alto-based Apex.AI, a startup working on developing a robotic operating system qualified for use in production automobiles. Apex.AI, founded by automated systems
SpaceX nears milestone on key crew launch system test
SpaceX is keeping relatively close to schedule on one of the bold timelines pronounced by its CEO Elon Musk — an unusual but welcome twist from the company’s track record of sticking to it
Watch SpaceX launch a new ‘robot hotel’ and more to the Space Station live
It’s take two for SpaceX’s CRS-19 mission, the 19th Commercial Resupply Mission (see how that works?) it’s flying under contract with NASA. The goal of these missions is to ferry sup
Delphia wants to turn your data into investment capital through collective action
A lot of companies talk about the value of your data, and about helping you get more control over the information you share, but Toronto-based Delphia is unique in aiming to build a viable, sustainabl
Watch SpaceX launch a twice-flown Dragon capsule to the ISS live
[UPDATE: The launch has been scrubbed for today due to upper atmosphere wind conditions, so we’ll look to Thursday at 12:29 PM EST and their backup launch opportunity for another attempt.] Spac
An investor’s perspective on the current state of the global space startup industry
Global aerospace and defense accelerator Starburst shared a deck that outlines trending opportunities the company sees in terms of the industry’s development.
NASA will launch a ‘robot hotel’ to the Space Station on its next SpaceX resupply mission
NASA is going to be sending something it calls a “robot hotel” to the International Space Station aboard the next commercial resupply mission, which is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon