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TechCrunch SpaceX wins $733M Space Force launch contract SpaceX was awarded an eight-launch, $733 million contract by the U.S. Space Force on Friday, as part of an ongoing program intended to foster competition among launch providers. The award includes seven launches for the Space Development Agency and one for the National Reconnaissance Office, all anticipated to use Falcon 9s and occur no earlier than 2026. The massive new contract is part of a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) program with the catchy name of "National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1."

Yahoo Sports Week 7 preview: Adams and Cooper debuts, Drake Maye encore and a MNF shootout | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast Welcome to our weekend preview show where we get you ready with everything you need to know heading into Sunday and Monday's action. Andy Behrens joins Matt Harmon to share 3 burning fantasy questions he wants answered in Week 7. Behrens also shares the three matchups he has his eye on in Week 7 that will have the most fantasy ramifications.

Waymo offers $3 credit for San Francisco riders going to public transit stations For the next month, Bay Area riders of Waymo robotaxis can earn a $3 credit whenever they travel to and from certain public transit stations. The pilot program is the first of its kind among autonomous vehicle operators in the U.S. It comes after Waymo found in a recent survey that 36% of San Francisco riders have used Waymo's robotaxi service, Waymo One, to connect to other forms of transit like BART, Muni, or Caltrain.

Hyperspectral imagery startup Wyvern looks to raise US presence with $6M raise The Alberta-based company, which collects what it says is the highest-resolution hyperspectral imagery on the market, has raised $6 million to, among other things, expand into U.S. commercial and defense markets. The new funding was led by Squadra Ventures, a firm squarely focused on investing in companies in the cyber and national security spaces. Wyvern has already established an American subsidiary, and co-founder Kurtis Broda told TechCrunch that working with Squadra was a "natural fit" for growing in that market.

Yahoo Sports Dodgers vs. Mets: Walker Buehler delivers vintage performance as Shohei Ohtani leads Dodgers offense in NLCS Game 3 rout Buehler turned back the clock in shutting down the Mets for four innings, and Ohtani homered to help put L.A. up 2-1 in the series.

Kenya's Octavia gets $3.9M seed to remove carbon from air In Africa, Octavia Carbon, a Direct Air Capture (DAC) startup, is leading the efforts. Octavia, founded in Kenya two years ago, builds DAC machines that it uses to capture carbon, a greenhouse gas that is the biggest contributor of global warming, from the air for storage underground. Octavia, which began capturing carbon in February after a period of developing the tech, now plans to build more machines to add to its existing two devices with a carbon capture capacity of 50 tonnes per year.