Space – Page 21 of 93

Apr 2, 2021, 5:01 PM

SpaceX rocket debris recovered from Central Washington farm after fiery fall

The atmospheric re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage created a fiery display in the skies… Read More

Mar 30, 2021, 12:00 PM

Amazon Web Services is launching Space Accelerator for final-frontier startups

Amazon Web Services is raising the curtain on AWS Space Accelerator, a four-week business support program that’s open to space… Read More

Mar 30, 2021, 6:58 AM

Seattle-area engineer and Arizona teacher join billionaire’s crew for charity space trip

The crew is set for a philanthropic space flight that’s being funded by a tech billionaire — and Christopher Sembroski,… Read More

Mar 25, 2021, 10:27 PM

Expert skywatchers quickly solve Pacific Northwest’s meteor mystery

Was it a meteor? A broken-up satellite? Maybe a UFO? Leave it to an astronomer to identify what caused the… Read More

Mar 25, 2021, 3:30 PM

Lasers on the moon? Nuclear rockets? NASA awards millions for way-out tech

NASA’s latest crop of space technology grants will fund work on projects ranging from power-beaming lasers for lunar missions to… Read More

Mar 25, 2021, 3:00 AM

BlackSky’s latest satellite delivers first images (and AI insights) hours after launch

That didn’t take long: BlackSky says the latest Earth observation satellite in its growing constellation delivered its first imagery less… Read More

Mar 23, 2021, 4:11 PM

Kymeta and Kepler team up to demonstrate satellite connectivity in Arctic deep freeze

Kymeta Corp. — the hybrid connectivity venture that’s based in Redmond, Wash. — says it has demonstrated how its flat-panel… Read More

Mar 22, 2021, 3:30 PM

Atmosphere-monitoring satellites will ride on Spaceflight’s new breed of space tug

Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. says it’s won a contract to handle the launch logistics for a pair of NASA satellites that… Read More

Bill Nelson and Chris Ferguson at Starliner mockup

Mar 19, 2021, 3:23 PM

Next NASA chief will face big decisions on future moonshots (and Blue Origin’s role)

President Joe Biden’s choice to lead NASA — former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson — will be in the hot seat… Read More

Mar 18, 2021, 1:04 PM

Florida space officials discuss satellite factory with ‘Project Kraken,’ but it’s not Project Kuiper

An unnamed space company may have picked up a code name with Seattle connotations during negotiations for a satellite factory… Read More

Mar 11, 2021, 6:45 AM

Critics take aim at SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper and other satellite constellations

SpaceX, Amazon and OneWeb say their satellite mega-constellations will make broadband internet goodness available to billions of people around the… Read More

Mar 9, 2021, 4:48 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will give NASA a spin in lunar gravity on suborbital flight

With backing from NASA, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture will upgrade its New Shepard suborbital spaceship to… Read More

Mar 8, 2021, 5:18 PM

SpaceX seeks FCC’s OK to extend Starlink satellite service to vehicles, ships, planes

SpaceX is asking the Federal Communications Commission to authorize the operation of equipment extending the company’s Starlink satellite broadband internet… Read More

Mar 5, 2021, 2:50 PM

NASA names Perseverance rover landing site on Mars after Seattle sci-fi pioneer Octavia E. Butler

Fifteen years after her death, Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler has joined an exclusive pantheon of space luminaries memorialized… Read More

Mar 2, 2021, 5:16 PM

SpaceX aims to expand its Starlink satellite operation to Texas and set up Starbase City

SpaceX is planning to break ground on a “state-of-the-art manufacturing facility” in Austin, Texas, to support a satellite operation that… Read More

Mar 2, 2021, 8:00 AM

Boeing Insitu founders raise cash for Aerovel, which makes drones that take off and land vertically

An aerospace venture started by the founders of Boeing’s Insitu business unit just raised fresh cash as the company ramps… Read More

Feb 25, 2021, 3:18 PM

NASA backs concepts for deep-drilling Mars rover and interstellar-object probe

The latest crop of NASA-backed concepts for far-out space exploration includes “borebots” that could drill as far as a mile… Read More

Feb 25, 2021, 9:32 AM

After losing launch competition, Blue Origin delays New Glenn rocket’s first flight until late 2022

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s targeting the fourth quarter of 2022 for the first flight… Read More

Feb 25, 2021, 8:00 AM

Stoke Space raises $9.1 million to create a new breed of reusable upper-stage rockets

Stoke Space Technologies, the Renton, Wash.-based company founded by veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, has attracted $9.1… Read More

Feb 22, 2021, 4:04 PM

NASA releases jaw-dropping video and audio from Mars, with an assist from AWS

For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio… Read More

Feb 18, 2021, 1:10 PM

NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down to start years-long search for life on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars today and began a mission that’s meant to store up evidence of past… Read More

Feb 18, 2021, 6:11 AM

BlackSky satellite data venture makes a $1.5B deal to go public in SPAC merger

BlackSky Holdings, which is operating a growing fleet of Earth observation satellites as well as a cloud-based platform to analyze… Read More

Feb 17, 2021, 8:00 AM

How the pandemic is changing the protocol for NASA’s Mars landing — and how to watch it happen

Veteran spacecraft engineer Chris Voorhees has witnessed six Mars landings in the course of his career, and he’s playing a… Read More

Feb 16, 2021, 11:27 AM

Axiom raises $130M for its space station — and adds Blue Origin alum to its board

The longtime president of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, Rob Meyerson, will be joining the board of… Read More

Feb 11, 2021, 5:00 AM

Microsoft and HPE team up to connect Azure cloud to International Space Station

The sky’s not the limit for the cloud: Microsoft is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring Azure cloud computing… Read More

Feb 9, 2021, 5:35 PM

Blue Origin shows off an on-the-ground pathfinder version of its cargo lunar lander

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is testing a full-scale prototype of its cargo lunar lander, as part… Read More

Feb 3, 2021, 11:54 AM

How telecom pioneer Craig McCaw hitched up with Astra rocket venture in $2.1B deal

Back in the 1990s, cellular telecom pioneer Craig McCaw bought into a vision of ubiquitous wireless service via a constellation… Read More

Feb 2, 2021, 2:31 PM

Jeff Bezos’ role at Blue Origin hints at how his profile at Amazon is likely to change

What will Amazon without Jeff Bezos as CEO look like? It could look a lot like Bezos’ biggest personal passion… Read More

Jan 27, 2021, 1:53 PM

Jeff Bezos kicks back with full-thrust firing of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine in Texas

If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test… Read More

Jan 26, 2021, 2:52 PM

SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper stir up a war of words over satellites

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper escalated a different kind of Star Wars today, over the orbital parameters… Read More