Space – Page 36 of 93

May 21, 2019, 5:16 PM

Now you can put your name on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover (in teeny tiny letters)

Space fans have been sending their names to Mars and other extraterrestrial destinations for more than two decades, and it’s… Read More

May 17, 2019, 5:36 PM

SpaceX files lawsuit against the federal government — but asks to keep the details under wraps

SpaceX today filed a lawsuit against the federal government, apparently protesting a contract bidding process — but asked the court… Read More

May 17, 2019, 3:55 PM

Olis Robotics wins $50K from Air Force to study options for satellite-servicing robots

Seattle-based Olis Robotics says it has received a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force to lay out a plan… Read More

May 16, 2019, 5:40 PM

SpaceX’s Elon Musk says ‘goodness’ will come from twice-delayed Starlink launch

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the launch of 60 Starlink satellites is aimed at spreading “fundamental goodness” in the form… Read More

May 16, 2019, 4:15 PM

NASA taps Blue Origin and 10 other companies to work on moon lander studies and prototypes

It’s almost as if Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos knew what was coming: His Blue Origin space venture is among 11… Read More

May 16, 2019, 12:00 PM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Picturing black holes; Cloud City Tech Meetup; and classic arcade games

–One of the biggest scientific feats was accomplished this year when a team of astronomers captured an image of a… Read More

May 16, 2019, 10:55 AM

NASA’s lunar orbiter spots the smoking hole left behind by Israel’s moon lander

The Israeli-built Beresheet moon lander made history when it went into lunar orbit and descended to the surface — and… Read More

May 16, 2019, 9:49 AM

6 teams of Seattle-area students competing in national finals of Team America Rocketry Challenge

Six Seattle-area teams are among the 101 finalists who will compete in this weekend’s Team America Rocketry Challenge, the aerospace… Read More

May 14, 2019, 9:30 PM

White House proposal to tap Pell Grant fund casts a pall over NASA’s moon plans

Will NASA’s plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2024 fly with Congress? The Artemis program’s implications are still… Read More

May 13, 2019, 6:08 PM

White House seeks $1.6B more as ‘down payment’ for NASA’s newly named Artemis moon program

The White House is asking Congress for $1.6 billion more than the $21 billion it previously requested for NASA’s budget,… Read More

May 13, 2019, 3:03 PM

Hermeus wins seed funding for hypersonic aircraft, with former Blue Origin president as adviser

Atlanta-based Hermeus Corp. says it’s won some high-profile seed funding for its effort to develop aircraft capable of flying more… Read More

May 13, 2019, 10:59 AM

Amid the talk about moon missions, Mars fans push for a share of the space spotlight

As NASA shifts the focus of its space exploration effort to the moon, the advocates of Mars exploration and settlement… Read More

May 12, 2019, 11:13 AM

Blue Moon and beyond: How Jeff Bezos plans to take civilization to space, starting with lunar colony

It’s our choice: a finite world with limited resources, or an infinite universe with unlimited potential. Those were the options… Read More

May 11, 2019, 8:32 PM

Elon Musk reveals how to stuff 60 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon rocket

We now know how many of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband data satellites, developed in Redmond, Wash., can be crammed into the… Read More

May 10, 2019, 3:11 PM

Virgin Galactic begins moving space effort from California to New Mexico spaceport

After two successful crewed test flights to a 50-mile-high space milestone, Virgin Galactic says it’s shifting its operations from California… Read More

May 9, 2019, 4:15 PM

Jeff Bezos unveils Blue Moon lunar lander and shares updated vision for Blue Origin

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today laid out the architecture for missions to the moon aimed at supporting… Read More

May 8, 2019, 9:07 AM

Kymeta will widen the reach of its satellite connectivity service with Türksat alliance

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kymeta Corp., the Redmond, Wash.-based satellite antenna venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it… Read More

May 7, 2019, 4:59 PM

Up, up and away: NetMotion sends a Skype connection into the stratosphere

What’s the best way to show off your mobile networking technology? How about demonstrating that the technology can seamlessly switch… Read More

May 7, 2019, 2:46 PM

SpaceX plans to launch dozens of Starlink broadband satellites next week

SpaceX confirmed that it will launch dozens of Starlink satellites in one go, as early as May 15, setting the… Read More

May 6, 2019, 4:22 PM

This is the Apollo 11 HoloLens demo that Microsoft hoped to show at Build

The opening demo at Microsoft’s Build conference was supposed to be a real showstopper, and ultimately it did stop the… Read More

May 6, 2019, 2:32 PM

Spaceflight strikes a deal to put rideshare satellites on Relativity Space’s rocket

Seattle-based Spaceflight has signed a launch services agreement to put payloads on Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket. Relativity, a startup… Read More

May 4, 2019, 11:15 PM

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launches 3 U.S. military satellites from New Zealand

Rocket Lab sent a trio of research satellites for the U.S. military into orbit tonight from a launch pad that’s… Read More

May 2, 2019, 10:59 AM

LIGO and Virgo recap smashups, including hints of a black hole eating a neutron star

The science teams for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, and Europe’s Virgo detector today laid out the details… Read More

May 2, 2019, 7:39 AM

Blue Origin sends dozens of payloads to space — and looks ahead to sending people

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, today sent dozens of science experiments and other payloads… Read More

May 2, 2019, 5:30 AM

Cloud Constellation chooses LeoStella to build cloud data satellites in Seattle area

Cloud Constellation Corp. has chosen LeoStella, the U.S.-European joint venture based in Tukwila, Wash., to build satellites for its cloud-based… Read More

May 1, 2019, 10:58 AM

Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture launch suborbital science extravaganza

Blue Origin, the private space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says it’s sending up its New Shepard suborbital… Read More

Apr 29, 2019, 4:52 PM

Construction is well under way for Blue Origin space venture’s expanded HQ

KENT, Wash. — Construction workers have raised the roof on a new headquarters and research-and-development facility for Blue Origin, the… Read More

Apr 29, 2019, 10:57 AM

SpaceX’s Elon Musk shows off a shiny Starship in landscapes of moon and Mars

New renderings of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket, shared by CEO Elon Musk on Twitter early today, show the shiny spaceship… Read More

Apr 26, 2019, 4:51 PM

FCC approves SpaceX’s revised Starlink satellite plan; first wave gets set for liftoff

The Federal Communications Commission today approved SpaceX’s proposed revisions in its plan to put thousands of satellites in low Earth… Read More

Apr 26, 2019, 10:09 AM

Blue Origin tweets picture from Antarctic expedition, hinting at moon mission

Is Jeff Bezos planning to send a lander to the moon’s south pole? It’s possible to leap to that conclusion,… Read More