SpaceX has reportedly filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering in which the company would raise $75 billion at a $1. 75 trillion valuation. And according to CEO Elon Musk, orbital data centers will be a big part of SpaceX’s future. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, …

Before the Orion spacecraft even launched on Wednesday, NASA’s Artemis II moon mission — the first in 50 years — had already weathered a storm of complex challenges, like hydrogen and helium leaks, a faulty heat shield, and technical issues with its safety system. Now in space, these four brave …

SpaceX launched its IPO on the same day the U. sent astronauts to the moon for the first time in 54 years. And the timing is appropriate: This is likely the last time NASA will try to send people to deep space without major assistance from a company that emerged …

SpaceX, the technology conglomerate founded by Elon Musk, reportedly filed disclosures confidentially with the U. Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of an initial public offering. SpaceX could seek a valuation of $1. 75 trillion, according to Bloomberg, which cited anonymous sources. Under SEC rules, a private company can file its …

Starcloud’s latest funding round values the space compute company at $1. 1 billion, making it one of the fastest startups to reach unicorn status after graduating from Y Combinator. The company’s Series A, which closed 17 months after its demo day presentation, was led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures. It’s …

Blue Origin, the space conglomerate founded by Amazon chair Jeff Bezos, has asked the U. government for permission to launch a network of more than 50,000 satellites that will act as a data center in orbit. In a March 19 document filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Blue Origin’s …

An ambitious satellite builder will launch one of the highest-powered spacecraft ever built in the weeks ahead to demonstrate technology that will be required to build data centers in orbit. K2 Space, founded by brothers and former SpaceX engineers Karan and Neel Kunjur in 2022, has packed its satellite Gravitas …

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As space companies itch to push the most advanced chips into orbit, the problem of cooling those high-powered processors is top of mind. “It’s cold in space … [but] there’s no airflow, and so the only way to dissipate is through conduction,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said when asked about …