Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 24, 2020.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: The latest COVID-19 developments in Seattle and the world of tech
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‘Light this candle!’ SpaceX sends NASA astronauts on historic trip to space station in Dragon capsule
SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station today, becoming the first company to send humans to orbit on a commercial spaceship. … Read More
COVID-19 weekly deaths drop another 40% in Seattle area, cases reach lowest total in two months
Seattle and King County reported 15 deaths from COVID-19 during the past week, down 40% from the week before, while the number of confirmed cases in the region fell to 325 for the week, the lowest total since early March, according to GeekWire’s calculations from Public Health — Seattle & King County data. … Read More
Crew Dragon’s astronauts give their SpaceX spaceship a storied name: Endeavour
The two NASA astronauts who rode SpaceX’s first crew-carrying Dragon capsule to orbit today named their spacecraft, continuing a tradition that goes back to the earliest days of America’s space effort. … Read More
Weather forces delay for SpaceX’s historic launch of NASA’s first Dragon riders to the space station
The countdown for SpaceX’s first crewed launch to the International Space Station ran down to less than 17 minutes, but because the weather didn’t cooperate, history will have to wait until Saturday at the earliest. … Read More
Another Starship super-rocket prototype blows up on SpaceX’s test pad in Texas
Starship SN4, the latest in a series of prototypes for SpaceX’s super-rocket, exploded in a huge fireball today just after a static-fire test at the company’s South Texas facility. … Read More
MagniX and AeroTEC put all-electric Cessna airplane into the air for first time
An all-electric version of one of the world’s best-known small utility airplanes hummed through its first flight today at Moses Lake in central Washington state. … Read More
Researchers revise their timeline for the coronavirus’ rise in Washington state
Epidemiologists are coming around to the view that the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S., involving a Snohomish County traveler who got sick in mid-January, may not have been the one that touched off the West Coast’s coronavirus outbreak. … Read More
Protesters shatter Amazon Go windows in Seattle as outrage over Minneapolis man’s death spreads across country
Demonstrators broke the windows of an Amazon Go store in downtown Seattle during a protest Friday evening over the death of George Floyd, as protests and outrage over his death in police custody in Minneapolis spread across the country. … Read More
Future of Seattle’s Cinerama and Living Computers museum in doubt as Paul Allen’s Vulcan shutters arts and production divisions
Seattle-area cultural institutions founded by the late Paul Allen, including the Cinerama movie theater and Living Computers Museum + Labs, face the possibility of permanent closure after Vulcan Inc. … Read More
Back to real school? University of Washington to blend small in-person classes with online learning
As the University of Washington prepares for the first virtual graduation in its 159-year history, President Ana Mari Cauce is focused on what happens a few months later. … Read More