Space – Page 17 of 92

Oct 10, 2021, 12:01 PM

Weather forces a day’s delay in William Shatner’s Blue Origin suborbital space trip

The Starship Enterprise never had to delay its mission to seek out new life and new civilizations due to bad… Read More

Oct 4, 2021, 7:15 AM

Blue Origin confirms it’ll give Star Trek captain William Shatner a suborbital ride

It’s official: Star Trek actor William Shatner is due to fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship next week,… Read More

Oct 2, 2021, 11:37 PM

Billionaire belly laughs: SNL’s space skit pokes fun at Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk

You know that the billionaire space race has entered the nation’s mainstream when it’s skewered by NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”… Read More

Sep 30, 2021, 10:49 AM

Blue Origin’s record on safety and sexual harassment comes under fire from within

A former employee of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has given up her anonymity to lead a campaign accusing… Read More

Sep 29, 2021, 9:00 AM

How Amazon Web Services is helping Satellogic manage its whole Earth catalog

It’s one thing to send down more than a trillion bytes of satellite data every day, and quite another thing… Read More

Sep 28, 2021, 6:14 PM

Elon Musk chats about Starship and space telescopes … and Jeff Bezos’ rocket envy

In the latest chapter of a long-running space spat, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took aim at his billionaire rival Jeff… Read More

Sep 28, 2021, 10:30 AM

Founded by Blue Origin veterans, Starfish Space raises $7M for satellite servicing tug

Kent, Wash.-based Starfish Space says it’s raised $7 million to boost its drive to develop a space tug capable of… Read More

Sep 27, 2021, 9:42 AM

Blue Origin sets next space trip for Oct. 12; two fliers named, but not William Shatner

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says two successful tech entrepreneurs will be part of the lineup for its next… Read More

Sep 24, 2021, 7:08 PM

Space Force awards $87.5M to Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX and ULA for testing

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command today announced awards totaling $87.5 million to support prototype commercial projects relating to… Read More

William Shatner and New Shepard spaceship

Sep 24, 2021, 10:14 AM

Beam me up? TMZ says William Shatner will take Blue Origin suborbital space trip

The next crewed suborbital spaceflight planned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture — which could launch as… Read More

Sep 23, 2021, 5:22 PM

Funko reaches new heights: Company’s ‘Big Bang’ Pop! figure was part of crew on SpaceX mission

Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based maker of Pop! figurines and other collectibles, has expanded its market reach. To space. The company… Read More

Sep 23, 2021, 3:22 PM

Karman Systems acquires Systima to target hypersonic and space technology

Mukilteo, Wash.-based Systima Technologies has been acquired by Karman Missile & Space Systems as part of Karman’s push into the… Read More

Sep 22, 2021, 12:31 PM

Court filings shed light on Blue Origin vs. SpaceX lunar lander fight, with dark spots

Redacted versions of documents relating to Blue Origin’s federal lawsuit against the federal government and SpaceX lay out further details… Read More

Sep 21, 2021, 8:35 AM

Xplore wins $2M contract from Pentagon initiative to speed up satellite development

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore says it has received a $2 million contract from National Security Innovation Capital, a hardware development accelerator… Read More

Sep 21, 2021, 7:00 AM

RBC Signals strikes deal to hook up ground stations with Spaceflight Inc.’s orbital tugs

Two Seattle-area space companies have forged an alliance to facilitate space-to-ground communications for orbital transfer vehicles. Under the terms of… Read More

Sep 18, 2021, 10:00 PM

Citizen spacefliers splash down, finishing up Inspiration4’s charity mission in orbit

The first non-governmental flight to orbit ended with a splash — and with the safe return of the Inspiration4 mission’s… Read More

Sep 17, 2021, 5:08 PM

Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ spacefliers share orbital activities — including a ukulele solo

On the eve of their scheduled return from orbit, four amateur spacefliers brought the world up to date on their… Read More

Sep 15, 2021, 5:29 PM

With a billionaire’s backing, SpaceX sends citizen spacefliers into orbit for a mission like no other

A tech billionaire and three other non-professional spacefliers blasted off today to begin the first non-governmental, philanthropic mission carrying a… Read More

Sep 15, 2021, 10:53 AM

Why Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ trip to orbit represents the dawn of a second space age

Are they space tourists? Citizen spacefliers? All-civilian astronauts? Whatever you call them, the four teammates who are due to go… Read More

Illustration: Astronaut stepping onto moon

Sep 14, 2021, 4:37 PM

Blue Origin and four other companies win millions to keep lunar lander dreams alive

Months after losing out to SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and two of its partners in a lunar… Read More

Sep 14, 2021, 7:00 AM

After milestone flight, Blue Origin SVP Stephen Bennett will join Kepler Communications as COO

The changing of the guard is continuing at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture with the departure of Stephen Bennett,… Read More

Sep 14, 2021, 6:00 AM

Spaceflight Inc. unveils a new breed of orbital tug that’s built for far-out missions

When a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends a robotic lander to the moon’s south pole, perhaps as early as next… Read More

Sep 13, 2021, 7:30 AM

Beyond satellites: Now that it’s gone public, BlackSky will boldly go into new markets

As a private venture, BlackSky made a name for itself providing satellite imagery and data analysis primarily for military and… Read More

Sep 8, 2021, 10:52 AM

Amazon fires back at SpaceX in regulatory war of words over satellite constellations

Amazon laid out out a laundry list of SpaceX’s regulatory tussles today in a letter sent to the Federal Communications… Read More

Sep 7, 2021, 6:00 AM

Kymeta teams up with OneWeb to test mobile satellite broadband service

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has joined forces with OneWeb to… Read More

Sep 3, 2021, 1:21 PM

Stoke Space stakes its claim in the launch industry’s rush to fully reusable rockets

In just six months, Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space Technologies has turned a blank stretch of ground in Moses Lake, Wash.,… Read More

Sep 1, 2021, 2:55 PM

Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalates

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fired a fresh volley of tart tweets at Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and… Read More

Aug 26, 2021, 11:25 AM

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship joins the pantheon of model rockets

Rocket fans will soon be able to follow in Jeff Bezos’ footsteps when it comes to ownership of a suborbital… Read More

Aug 26, 2021, 8:11 AM

Paintings, not people, take the spotlight in Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space trip

A little more than a month after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took a rocket ride, his Blue Origin space venture… Read More

Aug 19, 2021, 5:05 PM

NASA agrees to pause SpaceX lunar contract until November after Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin files suit

NASA paused its contract with SpaceX to take astronauts back to the moon pending the initial outcome of a lawsuit… Read More