Space – Page 6 of 92

New Glenn rocket on launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 36 in Florida

Jan 9, 2025, 8:51 AM

Blue Origin postpones first launch of New Glenn rocket due to high seas for landing

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s delaying the first-ever launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket due to… Read More

Atlas V launch with prototype Amazon Project Kuiper satellites

Dec 31, 2024, 8:00 AM

The Year in Space: Amazon’s Project Kuiper revs up to join the megaconstellation market

Get ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper to pick up the pace in the megaconstellation space race. So far, SpaceX’s Starlink… Read More

Blue Origin New Glenn integrated vehicle hotfire test

Dec 27, 2024, 8:19 PM

Blue Origin completes its last major test to get ready for first New Glenn rocket launch

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s put its orbital-class New Glenn rocket through its last major test in… Read More

Dec 12, 2024, 1:09 PM

Stoke Space hotfires rocket engine on new vertical test stand — a ‘very big deal’ for Washington startup

Stoke Space successfully hotfired its first-stage rocket engine on a new vertical test stand at the company’s Moses Lake, Wash., facility… Read More

Dec 11, 2024, 11:47 AM

Lumen Orbit, a Seattle-area startup that wants to put data centers in space, raises $11M

Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup founded earlier this year, raised $11 million to fuel plans to put data centers in… Read More

Dec 5, 2024, 4:00 AM

A taste of space on Earth: Astronaut training startup raises $4M to market way-out experiences

Seattle-based Orbite says that it’s completed a $4 million funding round and sealed a strategic deal with Accor, one of… Read More

Nov 22, 2024, 9:59 AM

Blue Origin flight sends husband and wife on their second suborbital trip to space

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent six more people to the edge of space today — including the first… Read More

Illustration: BlueBird satellites in orbit

Nov 14, 2024, 6:25 PM

AST SpaceMobile chooses Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets for satellite launches

AST SpaceMobile plans to use Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to launch some of the satellites for its space-based cellular… Read More

Microsoft screenshot showing satellite image of Hurricane Harvey with prompts from Earth Copilot

Nov 14, 2024, 8:00 AM

Microsoft collaborates with NASA on Earth Copilot, an AI guide to our planet’s data

Microsoft and NASA have joined forces to develop Earth Copilot, a software tool that uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing… Read More

Nov 13, 2024, 12:28 PM

Starfish Space raises $29M to bankroll development of orbital servicing vehicles

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space today announced that it has raised $29 million to support the development of its first three… Read More

Illustration: Otter spacecraft and another satellite in orbit

Oct 30, 2024, 8:07 PM

Starfish Space wins contract to help NRO advance capabilities for orbital operations

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space and two other companies have won contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office, America’s spy satellite agency,… Read More

BE-4 engines on Blue Origin New Glenn booster.

Oct 26, 2024, 10:39 AM

Space shots: A tangled web of speculation surrounds Boeing, Blue Origin and Bezos

Is Boeing thinking about unloading some of its space projects? Is Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture a potential buyer?… Read More

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket ship lifts off from Texas launch pad

Oct 23, 2024, 9:38 AM

Blue Origin lofts new New Shepard capsule into space for test run before carrying crew

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture successfully sent a brand-new New Shepard rocket ship on an uncrewed shakedown cruise today,… Read More

Panel members at Bellevue Chamber forum focusing on space industry

Oct 17, 2024, 5:44 PM

Why housing affordability looms as a final frontier for Seattle area’s space industry

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The biggest applause line at a Bellevue Chamber event focusing on the Seattle area’s space industry came… Read More

Mars gullies with evidence of dusty ice deposits

Oct 17, 2024, 10:51 AM

Researchers suggest new place to look for microbial life on Mars: ice with bits of dust

Could microbes endure just beneath the surface of Mars, in layers of dusty ice exposed to just the right amount… Read More

Oct 15, 2024, 4:04 PM

Blue Origin donates historic New Shepard booster and space capsule to Smithsonian

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has donated a New Shepard rocket booster, plus a New Shepard capsule, to the… Read More

Oct 10, 2024, 6:39 PM

‘We have a telescope!’ Rubin Observatory construction team installs its huge mirror

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile has now been equipped with all three of its… Read More

Oct 8, 2024, 11:30 AM

Startup Trek: Blue Origin vets go to the frontiers of space and tech with new studio

Two former employees of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company are striking out on their own with Actuate Ventures, a… Read More

Sep 30, 2024, 6:00 AM

Starfish Space brings in new funding as it gears up for orbital inspection and docking

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space is bringing in more funding after announcing several agreements to use its Otter spacecraft for missions… Read More

Simonyi Survey Telescope under construction

Sep 28, 2024, 6:08 AM

Tech leader Charles Simonyi provides a wide-angle view of the telescope that bears his family name

Hubble. Webb. Chandra. Spitzer. Rubin. Roman. And now, Simonyi. With the ramping up of the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the… Read More

Sep 25, 2024, 6:42 PM

Starfish Space wins $15M NASA award for a SSPICY mission to visit dead satellites

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has won a three-year, $15 million contract from NASA for a mission aimed at doing up-close… Read More

Radian Aerospace prototype plane at airfield in UAE

Sep 25, 2024, 5:15 AM

Radian Aerospace completes its first round of ground testing for prototype space plane

Seattle-based Radian Aerospace has finished the first round of ground taxi testing for a prototype aircraft that’s meant to blaze… Read More

Atlas V launch with Amazon Kuiper satellites

Sep 11, 2024, 7:29 PM

Market study says Amazon is spending up to $20B on Project Kuiper satellite network

A newly published market analysis of Amazon’s Project Kuiper effort to create a global satellite broadband network estimates the cost… Read More

Sep 9, 2024, 11:32 AM

A futuristic space habitat will touch down in Seattle in new exhibit at Museum of Flight

Visitors to Seattle’s Museum of Flight will be able to step into a mock-up of what a futuristic space habitat… Read More

Sep 6, 2024, 9:29 PM

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft wraps up its crewless journey home from space station

It wasn’t perfect, but the propulsion system that NASA worried about did its job today as Boeing’s Starliner space capsule… Read More

Workers mate sections of New Glenn's first stage

Sep 6, 2024, 6:29 PM

Blue Origin shifts its plans for New Glenn rocket after NASA postpones Mars mission

NASA is delaying the launch of its ESCAPADE probes to Mars, which means plans for the debut of Blue Origin’s… Read More

Richard Black holds a Project Silica data storage platter

Sep 5, 2024, 4:10 PM

Microsoft joins with students to document humanity with a ‘Golden Record’ of glass

Forty-seven years after NASA sent a “Golden Record” into deep space to document humanity’s view of the world, Microsoft’s Project… Read More

Illustration: Teenage Mars inhabitant in space helmet

Sep 4, 2024, 9:29 AM

Artificial intelligence is going full circle — from fiction to science, and back again

Artificial intelligence has had an effect on nearly every facet of modern life — ranging from diagnosing diseases, to applying for a… Read More

Aug 29, 2024, 7:23 AM

Blue Origin sends six people on suborbital space trip, marking a first for researchers

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture today provided a brief dose of spaceflight to six people, including the first researcher… Read More

Aug 24, 2024, 1:50 PM

NASA says Boeing Starliner craft will land empty, with its crew returning months later

NASA has decided it’s too risky to have Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft return to Earth from the International Space Station with… Read More