Former space station manager Mike Suffredini says he’s working on a plan to send up a commercial space module that could be...
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Commercial Hyperloop race heats up: Maglev system revealed, and more to come
This is a big week for the Hyperloop, a high-speed transportation concept that was laid out three years ago...
Jeff Bezos: What the commercial space industry can learn from the Internet revolution
Jeff Bezos has the rare distinction of helping to lead two revolutions: the rise of e-commerce starting more than two decades ago...
CrowdStreet raises $3.5M for commercial real estate investment marketplace
CrowdStreet’s commercial real estate investment platform continues to find success and the Portland-based startup today announced a $ 3.5 million Series A funding round to help fuel growth.
Sales of commercial drones will soar 84% in 2016 — despite safety concerns
Safety concerns won’t prevent commercial drone manufacturers from seeing rapid growth this year, according to a report issued today by Juniper Research. In the latest good news for the makers of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or drones, Juniper said the agriculture and entertainment sectors...
Commercial space station resupply launch success—Cygnus blasts off
HOUSTON—After days of delay, Orbital ATK's CRS Orb-4 (for “commercial resupply services”) launched successfully from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this afternoon. The Cygnus spacecraft took flight atop a ULA-produced Atlas V rocket—an older launch vehicle with a relatively high success rate.
The launch is the first for Orbital since their disastrous CRS-3...
Microsoft and Apple hug it out in new commercial aimed at spreading holiday cheer
Microsoft released a new holiday-themed commercial on Tuesday that shows workers leaving the company’s own store in New York City, walking five blocks down the road and caroling in front of Apple’s flagship store. The ad says the scene was filmed on Nov. 16, right before the holiday shopping season kicked off and Microsoft and Apple inevitably found themselves fighting over the same pool...