A taste of space on Earth: Astronaut training startup raises $4M to market way-out experiences

Brienna Rommes, Orbite’s chief astronaut trainer, guides participants in the Astronaut Orientation program through a presentation on spaceflight. (Photo Courtesy of Magali Maricot) Seattle-based Orbite says that it’s completed a…

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Jared Isaacman—entrepreneur and private astronaut—is Trump’s choice to lead NASA

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday he has selected Jared Isaacman, a billionaire businessman and space enthusiast who twice flew to orbit with SpaceX, to become the next NASA administrator. "I…

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"Something the world has never seen before" – revolutionary cryo-CMOS transistor thrives in freezing conditions; could be used for scaling quantum computing and in space tech

SemiQon announces first CMOS transistor for cryogenic conditionsEngineered for extreme cold: operates efficiently at 1 KelvinTransistor reduces heat dissipation 1,000x, consumes 0.1% usual power Heat is widely recognized as the…

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