Space – Page 23 of 93

Oct 20, 2020, 4:10 PM

OSIRIS-REx probe touches down to grab bits of an asteroid, with assist from Aerojet

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe reached the climax of its seven-year round trip to deep space today and briefly touched down on… Read More

Oct 20, 2020, 6:00 AM

Microsoft partners with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service for Azure Space cloud platform

Microsoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite… Read More

Oct 13, 2020, 10:38 AM

U.S. and seven other nations sign Artemis Accords to cooperate on moon missions

Seven nations have signed up with the United States to participate in NASA’s Artemis effort to put astronauts on the… Read More

Oct 13, 2020, 6:55 AM

Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship tests NASA’s moon landing system in Texas

Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship today conducted a robotic rehearsal for a future touchdown on the moon — and by all… Read More

Oct 12, 2020, 10:43 AM

After weeks of delay, Blue Origin sets up suborbital space mission to test NASA landing technology

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is now targeting Tuesday for the launch of its New Shepard suborbital… Read More

Oct 7, 2020, 3:07 PM

Space Notes: Spaceflight makes launch deal, RBC Signals to host Swarm, and a new fellowship is born

— Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. says it’s signed an agreement with HawkEye 360 to support multiple launches of the Virginia-based company’s… Read More

Sep 29, 2020, 5:01 PM

After a boost from Bill Gates, Kymeta wins FCC’s approval for next-gen antennas

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it has won the Federal… Read More

Sep 24, 2020, 3:00 AM

BlackSky will add sharper focus and night vision to future Earth-watching satellites

BlackSky’s satellites are already producing frequently updated, high-resolution views of planet Earth — but now the company says its next-generation… Read More

Sep 22, 2020, 8:00 AM

Azure Orbital launches Microsoft into cloud-based space race with Amazon

Call it the Clash of the Cloud Titans: Today Microsoft is taking the wraps off Azure Orbital, a cloud-based satellite… Read More

Sep 18, 2020, 12:26 PM

NASA touts lunar landing tech, and Blue Origin says there’ll be a flight test ‘soon’

Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong famously had to dodge a boulder-strewn crater just seconds before the first moon landing in… Read More

Sep 14, 2020, 10:48 AM

Blue Origin and partners pass key milestone for lunar lander design

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says the aerospace team that it’s leading has completed its first “gated… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 7:35 PM

First Mode wins $1.8M contract to build hardware for Psyche mission to asteroid

Seattle-based First Mode has been awarded a $1.8 million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build flight hardware for… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 5:33 PM

Relativity and Reach, Stoke and Starfish: Blue Origin veterans spark space startups

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture turned 20 years old this week — and although the privately held… Read More

Aug 31, 2020, 9:00 PM

Artists create paintings designed to be tempered in space on Blue Origin’s rocket

Uplift Aerospace and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket venture plan to put paintings where virtually no art has… Read More

Aug 20, 2020, 10:23 AM

Blue Origin and its partners deliver a lunar lander mock-up to NASA

An all-star space industry team led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has assembled a mock-up of… Read More

Aug 19, 2020, 2:16 PM

Despite winning contract, SpaceX sticks with lawsuit against feds and rocket rivals

Update: A federal district judge in California ruled against SpaceX and ordered its case against the Air Force to be… Read More

Aug 18, 2020, 6:00 AM

Kymeta goes beyond antennas with acquisition of Lepton satellite service company

Kymeta Corp. — the satellite antenna venture that’s based in Redmond, Wash., and backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates —… Read More

Aug 7, 2020, 4:36 PM

ULA and SpaceX win shares of future national security launches; Blue Origin loses out

The U.S. Space Force designated United Launch Alliance and SpaceX as the winners of a multibillion-dollar competition for national security… Read More

Aug 6, 2020, 11:46 PM

SpaceX launches 57 stealth satellites for Starlink network, plus a pair for BlackSky

After weeks of delay, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent up 57 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet constellation,… Read More

Aug 2, 2020, 5:13 PM

NASA astronauts splash down in SpaceX Dragon capsule, capping historic mission

The first mission to send NASA astronauts into orbit on a commercially owned spaceship came back down to Earth today… Read More

Aug 1, 2020, 5:20 PM

Astronauts dodge hurricane as they head for homecoming in SpaceX Dragon capsule

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule pulled away from the International Space Station today to begin the homeward flight for NASA astronauts… Read More

Jul 30, 2020, 2:47 PM

Amazon vows to invest $10B in Kuiper satellites after getting FCC’s go-ahead

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband… Read More

Jul 30, 2020, 9:15 AM

Liftoff! NASA’s Perseverance rover begins odyssey to seek out traces of life on Mars

With the fiery flash of a rocket launch, NASA’s Perseverance rover headed out today for what’s expected to be a… Read More

Jul 29, 2020, 6:00 AM

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover mission serves as ultimate test for working from home (planet)

The launch of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover marks the start of a seven-month-long journey involving tens of millions of miles… Read More

Jul 28, 2020, 10:00 AM

Virgin Galactic offers a peek inside SpaceShipTwo in VR, making its case in the space tourism race

More than a decade after Virgin Galactic unveiled a swoopy, spacey look for the passenger cabin of its SpaceShipTwo rocket… Read More

Jul 21, 2020, 5:26 PM

Air Force goes with BlackSky’s Spectra AI platform to track impact of COVID-19

BlackSky, a satellite data venture with offices in Seattle, says it’s won a U.S. Air Force contract to track the… Read More

Jul 21, 2020, 3:09 PM

Spaceflight and Tethers Unlimited team up on deorbiting system for satellite carrier

Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. says it’ll use a notebook-sized deorbiting system developed by another Seattle-area company to deal with the disposal… Read More

Jul 14, 2020, 7:00 AM

Former Spaceflight CEO and French entrepreneur join forces to launch astronaut training startup

If the 2010s were the decade when small satellites revolutionized the space industry, the 2020s will be when commercial space… Read More

Jul 10, 2020, 9:20 PM

FCC chief seeks conditional approval for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellite network

The Federal Communications Commission’s chairman, Ajit Pai, says he’s proposing approval of Amazon’s plan to put more than 3,200 satellites… Read More

Jul 3, 2020, 12:12 PM

Godspeed, Alan Boyle: GeekWire’s science editor winds down daily duties, will be contributing editor

From the depths of the ocean floor to the launch pads of Cape Canaveral, Alan Boyle has entertained, inspired and… Read More