Space – Page 9 of 92

Touchdown of Blue Origin New Shepard booster

Dec 19, 2023, 9:29 AM

Launch success brings Blue Origin closer to resuming crewed suborbital space trips

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture today sent its New Shepard rocket ship on its first suborbital trip to space in 15… Read More

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket ship on launch pad.

Dec 18, 2023, 4:04 PM

Blue Origin ramps up for second launch attempt after delaying return to spaceflight

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is heading back to the launch pad again early Tuesday to send its New… Read More

Illustration: Laser transmissions between satellites in mesh network

Dec 14, 2023, 7:00 AM

Amazon reveals a secret about its Project Kuiper satellites: They’re using laser links

Ending years of speculation, Amazon has acknowledged that its Project Kuiper satellites will use laser-based links to communicate with each… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital rocket ship on launch pad in 2022

Dec 12, 2023, 10:41 AM

Blue Origin is ready to launch New Shepard spaceship after more than a year on hold

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture plans to send its New Shepard suborbital spaceship on an uncrewed research mission as… Read More

SpaceX Starlink launch - Kuiper connection

Dec 1, 2023, 2:25 PM

Team of rivals: Amazon makes a deal with SpaceX for three Kuiper satellite launches

Amazon’s Project Kuiper may be a competitor for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network, but business is business: Amazon says it… Read More

A Project Kuiper satellite terminal is set up with a wind farm in the background. (Amazon Photo)

Nov 28, 2023, 6:44 PM

Amazon’s Project Kuiper highlights new connections to AWS and partners in Japan

As Amazon gears up to build and launch thousands of satellites for its Project Kuiper constellation, it’s talking up the… Read More

Flight director at Amazon's Project Kuiper mission operations center

Nov 16, 2023, 7:00 AM

Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming

Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network streamed its first video and facilitated its first online sale during a monthlong series of… Read More

Orbite customers on zero-G airplane flight

Nov 15, 2023, 6:00 AM

Orbite begins the launch countdown for its commercial astronaut training programs

After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called… Read More

Nov 10, 2023, 9:00 AM

Starfish Space scrubs plan for a satellite rendezvous after thruster suffers anomaly

Five months after a tilt-a-whirl spin spoiled the debut of Starfish Space’s first spacecraft, the Tukwila, Wash.- based startup has… Read More

Nov 9, 2023, 4:52 PM

Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites are maneuvering the way they were built to do

A month after the launch of its first prototype Project Kuiper satellites, Amazon reports that the spacecraft have demonstrated controlled… Read More

Gary Lai at Museum of Flight's Pathfinder Awards banquet

Oct 29, 2023, 10:52 PM

Blue Origin’s chief architect lifts the veil on stealth moon startup at Pathfinder Awards

Gary Lai’s resume features his status as chief architect and pioneer spaceflier at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture —… Read More

Jeff Bezos and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson chat in front of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander at the company's Alabama production facility

Oct 27, 2023, 9:19 AM

Jeff Bezos and NASA’s administrator share a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s moon lander

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson today provided a look at coming attractions in the… Read More

PNNL team removes heat source from transfer port

Oct 26, 2023, 8:21 PM

Zeno demonstrates an innovative type of radioisotope heat source for off-grid power

Zeno Power says it has successfully completed its first demonstration of a new type of radioisotope heat source that could… Read More

Oct 16, 2023, 1:35 PM

Blue Origin unveils ‘Blue Ring,’ a multi-use space platform to aid missions to Earth orbit and beyond

Blue Origin unveiled plans for a new spacecraft platform designed to serve as a multi-use, multi-mission way station providing services… Read More

Oct 16, 2023, 8:33 AM

Amazon’s Project Kuiper prototype satellites are ‘stable in orbit’ and collecting key data

Amazon said two prototype satellites launched on Friday on a test mission of the company’s Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation are… Read More

Atlas V launch with Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites

Oct 6, 2023, 7:25 PM

Atlas V rocket launches prototype Amazon satellites to test Project Kuiper network

Amazon’s first satellites were launched today on a mission aimed at testing out the hardware and software for the Seattle… Read More

Illustration: Starfish's Otter spacecraft in orbit

Oct 3, 2023, 9:00 AM

Starfish Space wins NASA contract to plan demonstration of orbital debris inspection

Even as Starfish Space works to get its first orbital demonstration mission back on track, the Tukwila, Wash.-based startup has… Read More

Amazon satellite payload arrives at ULA Vertical Integration Facility

Sep 29, 2023, 2:00 PM

Amazon satellites are placed atop Atlas V rocket for milestone launch on October 6

United Launch Alliance says the first prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband network have been placed atop their Atlas… Read More

Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital spaceship on pad

Sep 27, 2023, 4:45 PM

FAA closes investigation into Blue Origin’s launch mishap; flights could resume ‘soon’

The Federal Aviation Administration says that it’s closed its investigation of last year’s mishap involving Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital… Read More

Sep 25, 2023, 2:21 PM

Departing Amazon exec Dave Limp will become CEO at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture

Blue Origin has confirmed that Dave Limp, who is leaving his post as Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and… Read More

Engineer inspects OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule after touchdown in Utah

Sep 24, 2023, 9:55 AM

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe delivers sample of asteroid — and moves on to next target

Seven years and 4 billion miles after its launch, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully dropped off a capsule containing a… Read More

Sep 17, 2023, 3:54 PM

Stoke Space puts its test rocket through a successful hop in central Washington state

A four-year-old Seattle-area startup called Stoke Space executed a successful up-and-down test of its “Hopper” developmental rocket vehicle today, marking… Read More

David Gregory and Bill Bruner at New Frontier Aerospace HQ

Sep 8, 2023, 5:56 PM

New Frontier Aerospace aims to zoom from hypersonic flight’s past into its future

TUKWILA, Wash. — Thirty years after the first flight of a pioneering reusable rocket ship known as the Delta Clipper… Read More

Sep 6, 2023, 6:14 PM

Mars Society unveils its plan to establish technology institute, perhaps in Seattle

The nonprofit Mars Society is getting set to take the next giant leap in its mission to support Red Planet… Read More

Sep 6, 2023, 1:38 PM

Employees report a rare round of layoffs at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture

Several employees at Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin are reporting that they’ve been laid off, marking a rare turnabout in the… Read More

Project Kuiper terminal with cell tower in background

Sep 6, 2023, 10:52 AM

Amazon’s Kuiper satellite network forges partnership with Vodafone’s cell networks

Vodafone and its African subsidiary, Vodacom, have made a deal to use Amazon’s yet-to-be-deployed Project Kuiper satellite broadband network to… Read More

Sep 1, 2023, 3:29 PM

Pension fund’s lawsuit questions Amazon’s decisions on Kuiper satellite launch deal

An Ohio-based pension fund has filed a lawsuit alleging that Amazon didn’t give due consideration to SpaceX as a potential… Read More

Aug 29, 2023, 8:00 AM

Spin control: Starfish Space makes use of magnetism to stop satellite’s death spiral

Two and a half months after Starfish Space’s first orbital mission teetered on the edge of failure because its Otter… Read More

Scene at India's Mission Control after touchdown of Vikram moon lander

Aug 23, 2023, 4:20 PM

India’s robotic lander touches down on the moon, lifting spirits at home and abroad

A robotic Indian lander set down safely on the moon today, setting off a wave of pride that reached from… Read More

Illustration: Space Systems Command's SpaceDEN facility

Aug 15, 2023, 9:00 AM

Integrate raises $3.4M and wins Space Force contract for management software

Seattle-based Integrate says it has raised $3.4 million in funding and secured a $1.25 million contract from the U.S. Space… Read More