In short: Xoople, a Madrid-based geospatial data company founded in 2019, has raised a $130 million Series B led by Nazca Capital, bringing its total funding to $225 million and pushing its valuation into unicorn territory. The round was co-invested by…
A few minutes before 2PM ET on Monday, the crew of Artemis II broke a record set 56 years ago by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission – at over 248,655 miles, they have now traveled farther from Earth than any humans before them. They marked the occasion with a crater naming ceremony that left the […]
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Tofu is one of over 6,500 shelter pets flown by pilots for the nonprofit Pilots To The Rescue, which offers free transportation for dogs and cats in overcrowded shelters.
Humans haven’t set foot on the Moon since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Now, the space agency is racing to get back to the lunar surface under the umbrella of its Artemis program — a nod to the Greek goddess and twin sister of Apollo, whose name was given to NASA’s first program to […]
On April 15th, 1970, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert set a distance record when Apollo 13 traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. Nearly 56 years later, the crew of Artemis II is expected to break that record by several thousand miles when the Orion spacecraft reaches a maximum distance of 252,757 miles away from […]
Artemis II remains on course for its lunar flyby as the crew shares historic photos of Earth, tests key systems for future lunar missions, and attempts to fix the toilet.
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‘Sungrazer’ comet MAPS was destroyed during a close solar pass on April 4, but comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will peak around April 25 — with possible naked-eye visibility.
Tonight, the moon won’t rise until after midnight — just as NASA’s Artemis II crew travel around it and head home to Earth. It begins 10 nights of exquisite stargazing.