Space – Page 15 of 92

Feb 17, 2022, 6:03 PM

Amazon Web Services partners with Brazil’s space agency to boost business on the final frontier

Amazon Web Services and the Brazilian Space Agency are joining forces to support long-term growth of the space industry in… Read More

Feb 14, 2022, 4:59 PM

Billionaire kicks off new orbital missions with SpaceX, featuring spacewalk and Starlink tests

Five months after billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman led a crew for a privately funded philanthropic space mission, he’s doing… Read More

Rocket engines at Aerojet Rocketdyne in Redmond

Feb 14, 2022, 8:43 AM

Lockheed Martin kills plans for acquiring Aerojet Rocketdyne after FTC blocks deal

Lockheed Martin says it’s terminating its agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne, less than a month after the Federal Trade Commission… Read More

Feb 9, 2022, 2:33 PM

SpaceX’s falling Starlink satellites highlight concerns about the future of orbital traffic

SpaceX says that most of the satellites it launched last week for its Starlink broadband internet constellation are doomed to… Read More

Starlink satellites with Venus and the Pleiades

Feb 3, 2022, 2:47 PM

Astronomers set up a new center to address issues raised by SpaceX and Amazon satellite networks

The International Astronomical Union is heading up the creation of a new center to deal with the complications created by… Read More

Feb 2, 2022, 8:42 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture expands operations to Phoenix and Denver

Blue Origin says it’s hiring in Phoenix and Denver — two Western cities that represent relatively new frontiers for Jeff… Read More

Feb 1, 2022, 4:35 PM

Bad moon falling: Geophysicist adds her own scientific spin to ‘Moonfall’ movie

Even geophysicist Mika McKinnon, one of the science consultants for a $140 million disaster movie called “Moonfall,” admits that the moon-crashing tale… Read More

Feb 1, 2022, 10:50 AM

Blue Origin successfully tests huge nose cone for New Glenn rocket at NASA Glenn

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is still months away from the first launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket,… Read More

Jan 27, 2022, 9:00 AM

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab uses Microsoft’s Azure Quantum to ease Deep Space Network’s traffic jam

Microsoft has demonstrated how quantum-inspired algorithms can help smooth out Seattle’s snarled traffic, but can they solve NASA’s interplanetary data… Read More

Jan 26, 2022, 4:16 PM

Lockheed Martin’s acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne faces limbo after FTC files suit

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit to block Lockheed Martin’s $4.4 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne, saying that… Read More

Jan 26, 2022, 3:24 PM

NASA puts Blue Origin and Spaceflight on a new list for commercial launch contracts

NASA has chosen a dozen companies to provide commercial launch services for relatively small-scale space missions over the next five… Read More

Honeybee Robotics co-founder Steve Gorevan with rover hardware

Jan 26, 2022, 10:57 AM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture agrees to buy Honeybee Robotics, a pioneer in rover hardware

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has struck a deal to acquire Honeybee Robotics, a trailblazer in the business of… Read More

Jan 25, 2022, 5:00 AM

Xplore makes a deal to use OrbAstro’s satellite platforms for space missions

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. to use its standardized satellite platform for a variety… Read More

Jan 24, 2022, 2:10 PM

Webb Telescope fires thrusters to settle in at destination, a million miles from Earth

The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope successfully fired its thrusters today to put it in position at the destination… Read More

Jan 21, 2022, 6:00 PM

NASA gives a lift to 57 high-flying student experiments, including one from the Seattle area

NASA has chosen 57 winning teams — including a team from Interlake High School in Bellevue, Wash.— to receive funding… Read More

Jan 19, 2022, 10:50 AM

Radian Aerospace comes out of stealth and raises $27.5M for orbital space plane development

More than five years after its founding, Renton, Wash.-based Radian Aerospace is emerging from stealth mode and reporting a $27.5… Read More

Jan 13, 2022, 10:50 AM

Space-focused SPAC brings in $287.5M with former Blue Origin president as CEO

A blank-check company that has former Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson as its CEO has completed a $287.5 million initial… Read More

Jan 11, 2022, 6:00 AM

Mangata raises $33M for hybrid satellite network with connections to Seattle tech community

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Mangata Networks, a Phoenix-based startup with links to the Seattle area, has closed a $33 million investment… Read More

Jan 8, 2022, 12:39 PM

Astronomers breathe a sigh of relief after Webb Telescope unfolds its mirror in space

Two weeks after its Christmas launch, the James Webb Space Telescope finished unwrapping itself today, delighting astronomers in the process.… Read More

Jan 8, 2022, 6:30 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s Alexa is going to space, and more news from the final frontier

Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Amazon’s voice assistant hasn’t quite reached the level of HAL, the iconic AI from… Read More

Jan 7, 2022, 1:57 PM

Star Trek’s original Mr. Spock beams down for vaccine-boosting billboard campaign

It’s been almost seven years since Leonard Nimoy, the actor who created the role of Mr. Spock on “Star Trek,”… Read More

Jan 5, 2022, 5:00 AM

Amazon teams up with Lockheed Martin and Cisco to put Alexa voice assistant on NASA’s moon ship

Alexa, when are we arriving at the moon? Putting Amazon’s AI-enabled voice assistant on a moon-bound spaceship may sound like… Read More

Jan 3, 2022, 9:30 AM

Relativity hires Microsoft’s Scott Van Vliet to boost its Factory Operating System for 3D-printed rockets

Relativity Space, the startup that was founded in Seattle and is now building 3D-printed rockets in Southern California, has brought… Read More

Dec 31, 2021, 9:00 AM

Year in Space: Jeff Bezos and his billionaire rivals finally usher in the age of commercial spaceflight

For 25 years, I’ve been recapping the top stories about space and looking forward to next year’s trends on the… Read More

Dec 25, 2021, 4:53 AM

Telescope’s launch makes Christmas merry for space fans, but the ride has just begun

The most expensive telescope in the known universe has begun its journey to a vantage point a million miles from… Read More

Dec 24, 2021, 9:00 AM

High cost, high risk, high hopes: There’s a lot riding on the $10B James Webb Space Telescope’s launch

The launch of NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana could mark a triumph in a tale… Read More

Dec 22, 2021, 10:50 AM

Crypto ambassador says he won Blue Origin’s $28M auction and is buying five more tickets to space

The winner of June’s $28 million auction for a seat on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship revealed himself today — and… Read More

Dec 22, 2021, 8:00 AM

First Mode chief scientist Elizabeth Frank spans the spectrum from Earth’s depths to deep space

Lots of tech startups have a chief executive officer and a chief technology officer, and some have a chief operating… Read More

Dec 18, 2021, 9:00 AM

In a new video, Amazon’s Project Kuiper highlights satellite broadband for folks off the beaten track

Amazon’s Project Kuiper hasn’t yet launched a single satellite, but in a video released this week, it’s talking up what… Read More

Dec 15, 2021, 4:00 AM

Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy leads $65M funding round for Stoke Space’s reusable rockets

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the multibillion-dollar clean-tech initiative created by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is leading a $65 million funding round… Read More