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SpaceX trumps United Launch Alliance in bid for Air Force GPS-3 launch contract

SpaceX is poised to win an Air Force national security launch contract by default because its archrival, United Launch Alliance, has… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin targets 2016 for suborbital research flights with drone spaceships

Blue Origin, the space venture backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is reportedly planning to start flying research payloads on… Read More

Former astronaut: NASA ‘certainly not dead, but they are lost at the moment’

Former NASA astronaut Ed Lu, who logged more than 206 days in space over his career, said there are a… Read More

Boeing’s new CEO sees Amazon and Facebook as competitors (and potential partners)

Two months into his job as the Boeing Co.’s president and CEO, Dennis Muilenburg says Amazon and Facebook are emerging… Read More

Jeff Bezos confirms big Blue Origin space facility in Florida, unveils new rocket

Updated throughout with details of announcement. Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Jeff Bezos, confirmed plans this morning to build… Read More

Blue Origin’s rocket-landing patent canceled in victory for SpaceX

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has capitulated to Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a dispute over a Blue Origin patent covering… Read More

Jeff Bezos set to announce big news about Blue Origin’s Florida launch plans

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is heading to Cape Canaveral next month to make a “significant announcement regarding the emerging commercial launch… Read More

NTSB’s SpaceShipTwo findings put more pressure on FAA in commercial space

The recommendations coming out of a federal investigation of last October’s fatal SpaceShipTwo breakup are likely to add to the challenges… Read More

Space engineer Mark Russell has a plan to harvest energy from the earth using rockets

“Now is a good time to chat, I’m not underground.” That’s the first thing Mark Russell tells me when I… Read More

Blue Origin may receive $8M grant for rocket manufacturing plant near Kennedy Space Center

Blue Origin, the space exploration company started by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, may get an $8 million grant to build… Read More

Museum’s ‘Flight Team’ aims to fill age gap, fuel aerospace economy, and launch new leaders

The leaders of Seattle’s Museum of Flight see the institution not just as a place for historical artifacts, but as a… Read More

Bezos’ Blue Origin starts spaceflight signups for its New Shepard capsule

Why stop with asking for an invitation for an Amazon Echo, or a reservation for the new Tesla Powerwall, when… Read More

Blue Origin spaceship makes first test flight, with founder Jeff Bezos in the control room

Blue Origin, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ space venture, launched the first developmental test flight of its New Shepard spacecraft in… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completes key early testing of new hydrogen rocket engine

Blue Origin, the commercial space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says it has completed acceptance testing of its… Read More

Name a rocket: Boeing-Lockheed venture and Bezos’ Blue Origin are looking for your vote

Eagle, Freedom or GalaxyOne — which do you prefer? Those are the three choices you can vote for in this… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin dealt setback in patent dispute with SpaceX over rocket landings

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a key preliminary ruling in its dispute with Blue Origin over a patent received by the Jeff… Read More

Alibaba makes Fast Company’s Most Innovative List, Amazon falls off

Fast Company announced its annual ranking of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, and Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse, ranks… Read More

FAA opens way for companies to stake claims to lunar rights

Do we have the right to reserve rights to the moon? Apparently so. At least that’s the message the U.S. government… Read More

SpaceX rocket crash-lands on drone ship in ambitious recovery attempt

SpaceX was unsuccessful in its inaugural attempt to land the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket softly on a barge… Read More

Blast-off for Bezos: Blue Origin wins deal to develop new U.S. rocket engine for Boeing joint venture

Boeing and SpaceX were the big winners of the nearly $7 billion NASA contract to take U.S. astronauts to the… Read More

NASA chooses SpaceX for launchpad lease, passing over Bezos-backed Blue Origin

In a victory for Elon Musk and a blow to Jeff Bezos, NASA said today that it has entered negotiations… Read More

Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture now employs 300 people, gearing up for commercial operations

Blue Origin, the Seattle-based space venture backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has been quietly working for the past 13… Read More

A peek inside Boeing’s new spaceship: Tablets, LED lights and minimal controls

From the outside, Boeing’s new spacecraft mimics the Apollo-era capsules from back in the day. The interior, however, is all about… Read More

Washington teen wins NASA “Why Space Matters to the Future” video contest

There’s just something about Washington teenagers and their ability to talk about space exploration creatively. The Coalition for Space Exploration… Read More

Veteran NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick joins Blue Origin as human integration architect

Nicholas Patrick, the fifth British astronaut to go to space and a NASA veteran, has joined the Blue Origin team… Read More

SpaceX and beyond: Latest from the new space race

The docking of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule with the International Space Station is a landmark for the private space industry, marking… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Our future in space, and why it might be closer than we thought

Our topic this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is space, and our possible future in it. Joining… Read More

Bezos’ Blue Origin prepares to test unique system for aborting rocket launches

Blue Origin, the space venture backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is pushing ahead with development and testing of its… Read More

Geek of the Week: Kristina Wang, aerospace grad student

It’s a fascinating time right now in the world of aerospace, as a variety of projects and ventures seek to… Read More

Bezos’ Blue Origin declines to testify at U.S. House hearing

Participants in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program — private companies working on spacecraft to take U.S. astronauts to the International Space… Read More