Space – Page 16 of 92

Dec 14, 2021, 3:25 PM

RBC Signals teams up with Inmarsat to boost Internet of Things connectivity

Redmond-based RBC Signals has made a strategic agreement with one of the world’s biggest satellite operators, Inmarsat, to put more… Read More

Dec 13, 2021, 4:31 PM

Thanks to new satellites, BlackSky picks up the pace for updating space imagery

BlackSky says it has set a new standard for refreshing its satellite views of spots on Earth after adding six… Read More

Dec 11, 2021, 7:33 AM

Marking another first, Blue Origin sends six spacefliers on a single suborbital trip

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture guided another suborbital space trip into the record books today — a trip that… Read More

Michael Strahan and Jeff Bezos on Thursday Night Football with Blue Origin capsule mockup in background.

Dec 10, 2021, 10:53 AM

Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space shot explores the final frontier of merchandising

Jeff Bezos’ privately held Blue Origin space venture is starting to look more like the other company he founded: Amazon.… Read More

Dec 9, 2021, 6:00 AM

Microsoft Azure widens its space ecosystem through deals with Airbus and data partners

One year after Microsoft expanded its Azure cloud domain to the final frontier, the company is taking another giant leap… Read More

Dec 8, 2021, 11:11 AM

Blue Origin delays its next suborbital space trip because of worries about Texas winds

Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard’s daughter will have to wait a little longer to take a ride on the suborbital spaceship… Read More

Dec 2, 2021, 1:40 PM

Blue Origin’s team wins a $130M share of NASA funding for commercial space stations

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and its partners have won a $130 million award to jump-start the design of… Read More

Kymeta antenna tested with OneWeb satellite service

Dec 1, 2021, 4:14 PM

Kymeta and OneWeb move ahead with flat panel terminal for satellite internet service

Kymeta Corp., the antenna venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has signed onto a joint development agreement with OneWeb… Read More

Nov 23, 2021, 11:30 PM

NASA begins DART mission to practice pushing away an asteroid, with an extra push from Aerojet

A space probe the size of a school bus is on its way to smash into an asteroid the size… Read More

Nov 17, 2021, 10:38 PM

Rocket Lab launches two more Earth observation satellites for BlackSky — and tracks a falling rocket

BlackSky’s Earth-watching constellation has grown by two satellites, thanks to Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle and Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.’s logistical… Read More

Nov 17, 2021, 6:00 AM

Orbite’s plans for space training complex get a boost from famed French designer Philippe Starck

The French designer who created the look for Virgin Galactic, Spaceport America and Axiom Space’s orbital habitat has taken on… Read More

Nov 15, 2021, 12:01 PM

Jeff Bezos says he’s spending more on his Earth Fund than on Blue Origin space shots

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has been getting a lot of press lately, but the Amazon founder and chairman… Read More

Nov 12, 2021, 3:22 PM

BlackSky makes a deal to sell satellite imagery to NASA — and makes its first quarterly report

BlackSky Technology says it has secured a five-year, sole-source blanket purchase agreement with NASA for the use of high-revisit satellite… Read More

Nov 12, 2021, 12:48 PM

Tech founder who took space trip with William Shatner dies in N.J. plane crash

A month after taking a suborbital space trip alongside Star Trek actor William Shatner, medical-technology entrepreneur Glen de Vries has… Read More

Nov 8, 2021, 5:30 PM

Blue Origin practices with a dummy version of its New Glenn orbital rocket in Florida

It’ll be at least another year before Blue Origin’s orbital-class New Glenn rocket gets its first launch, but Jeff Bezos’… Read More

Nov 4, 2021, 5:37 PM

Astra Space joins broadband internet race with proposal to launch 13,000 satellites

Make room for yet another competitor in the market to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit: Astra Space,… Read More

Nov 4, 2021, 10:38 AM

Blue Origin loses lunar lander lawsuit; NASA says SpaceX work will resume ASAP

A federal judge today rejected Blue Origin’s challenge to a $2.9 billion contract that NASA awarded to SpaceX for building… Read More

Nov 3, 2021, 6:47 PM

Boeing finally wins the FCC’s go-ahead for broadband satellite constellation

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Boeing to put 147 satellites in orbit for a broadband internet constellation, adding to… Read More

Nov 1, 2021, 9:59 AM

Amazon schedules first Kuiper satellite launches for 2022 using ABL’s RS1 rocket

Amazon plans to launch the first two prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper satellite broadband constellation by late 2022, using… Read More

Oct 27, 2021, 5:29 PM

Paleontologists trace the evolution of tusks to toothy Triassic creatures

Dental exams conducted on fossils from more than 200 million years ago suggest that the earliest true tusks were sported… Read More

Oct 26, 2021, 5:00 AM

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Verizon join forces on satellite and cellular connectivity

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Verizon Communications say they’ll collaborate on connectivity solutions that capitalize on Kuiper’s future broadband satellite constellation… Read More

Oct 25, 2021, 10:59 AM

Blue Origin teams up with Sierra Space, Boeing and others on ‘Orbital Reef’ space station project

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is joining forces with Colorado-based Sierra Space and a host of other partners, including… Read More

Oct 22, 2021, 3:58 PM

Mockups of NASA’s newest Mars rover and helicopter will kick off a road trip in Seattle

Seattle’s Museum of Flight says it’ll serve as the first stop on a road trip for NASA’s full-scale replicas of… Read More

Timothy Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in "Dune"

Oct 21, 2021, 10:00 AM

How the ‘Dune’ science-fiction saga parallels the real science of Oregon’s dunes

The deserts of Abu Dhabi and Jordan play starring roles in the blockbuster sci-fi movie “Dune,” which premieres this week… Read More

Oct 19, 2021, 4:39 PM

Boeing says valve investigation will force Starliner space taxi’s test flight into 2022

Boeing says its next attempt to send an uncrewed Starliner space taxi to the International Space Station will take place… Read More

Oct 16, 2021, 8:36 AM

GeekWire Podcast: The shared orbits of Microsoft and Amazon, and the tech industry’s future in space

Plenty of well-known tech leaders have jumped from Microsoft to Amazon over the years. So what does it say about… Read More

Oct 13, 2021, 8:19 AM

‘The most profound experience’: Blue Origin sends Star Trek’s William Shatner to the final frontier

Reality caught up with science fiction today when Star Trek actor William Shatner, a.k.a. Captain James T. Kirk, briefly crossed… Read More

Oct 12, 2021, 10:55 AM

How to watch William Shatner beam up to suborbital space on Blue Origin’s rocket

More than a half-century after William Shatner first played a starship captain roaming the galaxy in “Star Trek,” he’s getting… Read More

Oct 12, 2021, 10:11 AM

Photos: Stunning Northern Lights dance over Seattle — here are tips for catching the next one

The Northern Lights are a mesmerizing but infrequent occurrence at our latitude in Seattle. Stargazers got a treat Monday night… Read More

Oct 11, 2021, 12:34 PM

William Shatner’s space trek is turning up a spotlight on Blue Origin’s highs and lows

Star Trek captain William Shatner’s scheduled suborbital space trip is bringing a renewed flood of attention to Jeff Bezos’ Blue… Read More