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SpaceX will launch four private astronaut missions to the Space Station through 2023

SpaceX is going to be providing more rides to private astronauts to the International Space Station, on top of the previously announced mission set to take place as early as next January. All four of

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Daily Crunch: Lemonade says website security flaw that exposed customer data is ‘by design’

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.I interrupt your regularly scheduled Daily Crunch to announce that y

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SpaceX’s inaugural Moon tour private astronaut is heading to the International Space Station first

SpaceX private spaceflight ambitions got a big boost in 2018 when Japanese entrepreneur and billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced he’d be taking a trip aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon on a round-trip

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SpaceX's Starship finally completes successful test flight

A prototype of SpaceX's Starship rocket touches down safely for the first time, after four previous attempts ended in explosions.

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All aboard! Next stop space ...

Virgin Galactic, a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, reveals the cabin interior of its first SpaceShipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity in 2020. /CFP Several hundred people have a

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Max Q: Starship’s good landing (and less good post-landing)

Max Q is a weekly newsletter from TechCrunch all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Mondays in your inbox.Sometimes even the biggest successes look like failures on video. That’s

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SpaceX Starship rocket prototype nails landing... then blows up

The third time appeared to be the charm for Elon Musk’s Starship rocket - until it wasn’t.The latest heavy-duty launch vehicle prototype from SpaceX soared flawlessly i

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Japanese billionaire seeks eight people to fly to moon

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has invited eight members of the public to join him for a trip around the moon on Elon Musk's SpaceX flight."I want people from all

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Keen to leave Earth? Japanese billionaire seeks eight people to join his SpaceX crew

Yusaku Maezawa is paying the entire cost of the first private trip beyond Earth's orbit and he needs some company for the voyage.

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SpaceX’s first paying Moon flight customer wants to give away eight seats aboard his spaceship

Yusaku Maezawa, the first paying passenger to book a trip aboard SpaceX’s (still in development) Starship spacecraft around the Moon, has provided a promised update about his mission. It’s

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SpaceX Starship prototype rocket explodes on landing after test launch

The SpaceX Starship SN9 explodes into a fireball after its high-altitude test flight from test facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S., February 2, 2021. /Reuters A prototype of SpaceX's Starshi

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SpaceX Starship prototype rocket explodes on landing after test launch

The SpaceX Starship SN9 explodes into a fireball after its high-altitude test flight from test facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S., February 2, 2021. /Reuters A prototype of SpaceX's Starshi

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SpaceX and a new partner announce space tourism launches on Dragon starting as early as 2021

SpaceX has a new partner for commercial private astronaut flights aboard its Dragon spacecraft: Space Adventures, a private space tourism company that has already launched private astronauts includin

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Fly me to the moon: Tycoon seeks 'life partner' for lunar trip

Fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa looks for his "special someone" in a TV documentary called Full Moon Lovers.

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Yusaku Maezawa: Japanese billionaire seeks 'life partner' for Moon voyage

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for a female "life partner" to accompany him on Space X's maiden tourist voyage to the Moon.The fashion mogul, 44, is set

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A Japanese billionaire will soon announce the winners of his $9 million Twitter giveaway

The billionaire Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa is due to announce which of his Twitter followers will receive a share of the $9 million he promised to give away a