Former NASA astronaut Gregory "Box" Johnson visited Space Nation's training exercise in May 2018 in Iceland. Credit: Space Nation

Former NASA Astronaut Greg “Box” Johnson becomes Space Nation’s chief space officer

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Former NASA Astronaut Greg “Box” Johnson is joining Space Nation, the startup offering space training experiences for people around the world, as its new Chief Space Officer.

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“Allison worked directly with Steve Jobs at Apple where she helped launch some of the most iconic products of our time,” Kalle Vähä-Jaakkola, Space Nation chief executive, said in a statement. Credit: West

Space Nation hires firm led by former Apple marketing chief

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Space Nation, the Finnish startup developing an astronaut training smartphone application, announced plans Sept. 19 to join forces with West, the San Francisco-based “venture studio” founded by Allison Johnson, Apple’s former vice president for marketing and communications.

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Space Nation enlists NASA’s help with astronaut training app

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Space Nation, the Finnish startup, announced plans Sept. 6 to work with NASA under a Space Act Agreement to refine the contents of the astronaut training smartphone application it plans to release in February.

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Vähä-Jaakkola spoke in December 2016 at Slush, an international conference for startup entrepreneurs and investors in Helsinki. He is standing in front of a screen showing images of the mobile application people will use to follow the Space Nation Astronaut Program. Credit: Space Nation

Your smartphone could be your ticket to space — if Space Nation takes flight

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Space Nation, the Finnish startup seeking to pave the way for the transition of humanity into space, announced plans May 16 conduct experiments on the international space station.

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