The Space-Based Economy The vision: Most people have preconceived notions of the space economy as the Apollo moon landing and the international space station — of grand human achievements. They don’t typically think about entrepreneurs transforming nearly every major industry here on earth, but that’s the multi-trillion opportunity our venture fund focuses on. The space …
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio shortly after returning to Earth after becoming the first American astronaut to spend a full year in orbit. NASA Frank Rubio has arrived home safely after spending 371 days in space — a record for a NASA astronaut. Rubio departed the International Space Station (ISS) with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and …
The International Space Station (ISS) is set to be decommissioned in 2031, at which point it will have spent three decades orbiting Earth. But NASA doesn’t want to leave the 356-feet-long (109 meters) facility drifting in orbit as it would add to the growing amount of hazardous space junk already in low-Earth orbit, and would …