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WASHINGTON — Commercial space station developer Vast has raised $500 million in its first significant outside investment round. Vast announced March 5 it has closed a $300 million Series A
WASHINGTON — Sierra Space raised $550 million in a Series C funding round led by LuminArx Capital Management, valuing the privately held spacecraft manufacturer at about $8 billion, the company
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A new study from Johns Hopkins University said that lifeforms can survive an asteroid impact and a journey to another planet. Image via Buddy Nath/ Pixabay. Tiny microbes can survive
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