crowdfunding

Space Act Agreement to support private space telescope project
NASA has signed a Space Act Agreement with a private organization currently raising funds for studies of a space telescope designed to look for habitable planets around a nearby star.

Finnish company raising funds for astronaut training competition
Cohu Experience, a Finnish startup aimed at encouraging public participation in the burgeoning commercial space industry, launched a crowdfunding campaign Feb. 2 for the Space Nation Astronaut Training Program.

European Moon Venture Regroups After Failed Crowdfunding Bid
A European venture to send a small spacecraft to the moon is reconsidering its plans after an online fundraising effort fell fall short of its goal.

European Venture Seeks To Raise $1 Million for Lunar Mission
A European entrepreneur and engineer are betting they can raise $1 million in a month-long crowdfunding campaign that began Oct. 1 to start work on a spacecraft to land on the moon.