In other news, Astrobotic, Blue Origin, and Varda Space are among the 11 awardees of new NASA funding for “tipping point” technologies. Atomos Space is planning to launch its first demonstration mission on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 in 2024. Impulse Space has closed a $45 million Series A led by RTX Ventures. NASA is launching its own streaming service, NASA+, later this year. The Federal Aviation Administration is formulating regulations for commercial human spaceflight.
Key takeaways:
- gravityLab is working on solving the problem of artificial gravity, studying how different gravity levels affect the human body, plants, other organisms, and manufacturing processes.
- Atomos Space, a logistics startup, is planning to launch its first demonstration mission on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 in the first quarter of 2024.
- Impulse Space, another space logistics startup led by a founding SpaceX employee, has secured a $45 million Series A funding round led by RTX Ventures.
- The Federal Aviation Administration is in the early stages of creating regulations for commercial human spaceflight.