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SNC and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin show off hardware at Colorado’s Space Symposium

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A year after Blue Origin put its New Shepard rocket booster on public display for the first… Read More

Bezos, Musk and more: Space billionaires take the spotlight in books and on TV

Space is hard: That used to be the excuse for explaining why sending people into space would always be something… Read More

Do rockets blast away the ozone layer? It’s no biggie today … but watch the skies

Thanks to Blue Origin, SpaceX and other space ventures, the skies could well be filled with rockets in years to… Read More

Jeff Bezos and National Reconnaissance Office talk about space and innovation

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos paid a visit to the National Reconnaissance Office this week — which fits right in with his… Read More

GeekWire ‘TLDR’ sneak peek: Our new video show is a quick daily rundown of the latest tech news

GeekWire is launching a new daily video show, featuring three stories in just about 3 minutes — a quick, convenient… Read More

Jeff Bezos shares all 114 seconds of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine test firing

Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine is an essential part of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ vision of getting millions of people… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin strikes satellite launch deal with Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it has signed up Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT… Read More

Hungry for further exploration, Jeff Bezos eats iguana and discusses how to pay for space travel

Whatever critters live on the distant planets where Jeff Bezos eventually lands, here’s a word of advice: run! The Amazon… Read More

Blue Origin’s job listings hint that it could soon be signing up astronauts

Some of the nearly 200 job opportunities posted by Blue Origin suggest Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture is preparing… Read More

Vice President Mike Pence at National Space Council meeting

Boeing and Blue Origin CEOs listed among National Space Council’s advisers

News Brief: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg and Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith are among 29 candidates for the National Space… Read More

Jeff Bezos wishes SpaceX ‘best of luck’ with Falcon Heavy – and Elon Musk replies with a smooch

All eyes are on Elon Musk as his company SpaceX gets ready to launch its first Falcon Heavy rocket from… Read More

Moon ambitions get a reality check — plus a boost from Apollo moonshot memories

Update for 10:54 a.m. PT Jan. 23: The managers of the Google Lunar X Prize competition acknowledge that the prize… Read More

GeekWire 200 in 2018: Our bold predictions for the Pacific NW’s top private tech companies

Last week we wrapped up a wild year for the Pacific Northwest’s top startups. Now it’s time to look ahead and… Read More

Blue Origin space venture spends $14M on space for offices and warehouse in Kent

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has spent $14.1 million to buy 31 acres of… Read More

Every day is moving day for Blue Origin’s new rocket facilities in Florida

Blue Origin hasn’t put up the “Grand Opening” sign yet, but there’s clearly business going on at the Florida rocket… Read More

Get a dummy’s-eye view of a suborbital ride on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship

What will people experience when they rocket to the edge of space on the New Shepard suborbital spaceship that’s currently… Read More

Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin gives test dummy ‘a great ride’ on New Shepard suborbital spaceship

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his space venture, Blue Origin, launched the latest version of its New Shepard suborbital spaceship… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture gives notice for spaceship flight test this week

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has alerted the Federal Aviation Administration that it’s planning… Read More

Life, liberty and the pursuit of spaceflight? Jeff Bezos links Blue Origin to saving Earth

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ vision for his Blue Origin rocket venture is to have millions of people living and working… Read More

Blue Origin space venture fires up BE-4 rocket engine, marking a win for Jeff Bezos

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it has successfully test-fired its BE-4 rocket engine, marking a key… Read More

Hydroplane champ (and rocket engineer) Jimmy Shane gets his day in the sun

Today Jimmy Shane took a little time off from his day job — building spaceships at Blue Origin — to bask in… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Oracle exec joins F5 as EVP of global services; Meet Blue Origin’s new CEO; and more

F5 Networks announced in July that its longtime chief operations officer Edward Julian Eames is retiring at the end of… Read More

Blue Origin announces satellite launch deal with Thai telecom startup Mu Space

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced yet another agreement to launch a telecommunications satellite… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan

What do Jeff Bezos and his lieutenants look for when they’re in an expansive mood? That’s a key question in… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin makes its pitch to Congress for delivering cargo to the moon

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, joined other companies today in laying out plans for… Read More

Tech Moves: Conversica AI adds to leadership team; Madrona associate departs for AWS; etc.

Conversica — a startup developing artificial-intelligence-fueled sales software — may be headquartered in California, but it has distinct ties to the Seattle area.… Read More

How love for a girl and fast boats led hydroplane champ Jimmy Shane to build rockets at Blue Origin

Jimmy Shane piloted the Miss HomeStreet hydroplane to a victory in the Seafair Cup today in Seattle. Now he’ll head… Read More

Worlds collide! Rocket engineer adds a Seafair tribute to Blue Origin on racing boat

The worlds of rocketry and hydroplane racing crashed together in Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Twitter feed today, and it’s all… Read More

If you bring it, they will come: Crowds mob Blue Origin spaceship at Oshkosh air show

Even Jeff Bezos was impressed when Blue Origin’s suborbital space booster and capsule mockup went on display at the EAA… Read More

Blue Origin crew capsule and recycled New Shepard rocket debut at Oshkosh airshow

The Experimental Aircraft Association kicked off its annual AirVenture airshow today in Oshkosh, Wis., and Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket… Read More