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Congress Examines NASA’s Planetary Protection Duty

NASA and academic officials will head to Capitol Hill this week to testify before Congress on what many Americans consider to be the agency’s top priority: making sure a giant asteroid whizzing through space doesn’t wipe out life on Earth. 

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House Panel Advances Three Space Bills

The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee approved three bills on Tuesday morning designed to increase astronaut safety, tap the private sector for scientific data, and maintain US leadership for the next generation of deep space exploration.

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Apex Raises $200M Series C

“Demand has increased more than production capacity has,” CEO Ian Cinnamon told Payload. “This allows us to vertically integrate faster, and buy more parts ahead of time and stock inventory.”

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Northwood Raises $30M Series A

Alpine Space Ventures and a16z led the round, which also included participation from Also Capital, Founders Fund, and Stepstone.