It’s a date! Comedian Pete Davidson will headline Blue Origin suborbital space trip next week Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has confirmed that “Saturday Night Live” comedian Pete Davidson will be going to space… Read More
Chad in Space? ‘SNL’ comic Pete Davidson is reportedly up for a ride on Blue Origin spaceship Comedian Pete Davidson co-starred with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk last year in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch about a slacker… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture expands operations to Phoenix and Denver Blue Origin says it’s hiring in Phoenix and Denver — two Western cities that represent relatively new frontiers for Jeff… Read More
Blue Origin successfully tests huge nose cone for New Glenn rocket at NASA Glenn Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is still months away from the first launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket,… Read More
NASA puts Blue Origin and Spaceflight on a new list for commercial launch contracts NASA has chosen a dozen companies to provide commercial launch services for relatively small-scale space missions over the next five… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture agrees to buy Honeybee Robotics, a pioneer in rover hardware Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has struck a deal to acquire Honeybee Robotics, a trailblazer in the business of… Read More
NASA gives a lift to 57 high-flying student experiments, including one from the Seattle area NASA has chosen 57 winning teams — including a team from Interlake High School in Bellevue, Wash.— to receive funding… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s Alexa is going to space, and more news from the final frontier Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Amazon’s voice assistant hasn’t quite reached the level of HAL, the iconic AI from… Read More
GeekWire 200: New changes coming to our rankings of top Pacific Northwest startups After a busy year of deal making, our most recent update to the GeekWire 200 rankings doesn’t include any major… Read More
Year in Space: Jeff Bezos and his billionaire rivals finally usher in the age of commercial spaceflight For 25 years, I’ve been recapping the top stories about space and looking forward to next year’s trends on the… Read More
Tech Moves: Highspot adds executives; Blue Origin vets depart; Disney hires former Microsoft exec — Enterprise sales startup Highspot appointed four new executives: Arvind Prakash as VP of product management. Most recently VP of… Read More
Crypto ambassador says he won Blue Origin’s $28M auction and is buying five more tickets to space The winner of June’s $28 million auction for a seat on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship revealed himself today — and… Read More
Marking another first, Blue Origin sends six spacefliers on a single suborbital trip Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture guided another suborbital space trip into the record books today — a trip that… Read More
Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space shot explores the final frontier of merchandising Jeff Bezos’ privately held Blue Origin space venture is starting to look more like the other company he founded: Amazon.… Read More
Blue Origin delays its next suborbital space trip because of worries about Texas winds Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard’s daughter will have to wait a little longer to take a ride on the suborbital spaceship… Read More
Blue Origin’s team wins a $130M share of NASA funding for commercial space stations Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and its partners have won a $130 million award to jump-start the design of… Read More
Blue Origin to fly six suborbital space travelers next month, including pioneer astronaut’s daughter Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is planning to fly six suborbital space travelers next month, which would mark a… Read More
Jeff Bezos says he’s spending more on his Earth Fund than on Blue Origin space shots Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has been getting a lot of press lately, but the Amazon founder and chairman… Read More
Blue Origin practices with a dummy version of its New Glenn orbital rocket in Florida It’ll be at least another year before Blue Origin’s orbital-class New Glenn rocket gets its first launch, but Jeff Bezos’… Read More
Blue Origin loses lunar lander lawsuit; NASA says SpaceX work will resume ASAP A federal judge today rejected Blue Origin’s challenge to a $2.9 billion contract that NASA awarded to SpaceX for building… Read More
Hanks, but no Hanks: Actor turned down Jeff Bezos’ offer to ride Blue Origin rocket because of price tag Tom Hanks has already been to space, sort of, as the star of 1995’s “Apollo 13.” He wasn’t going to… Read More
Blue Origin teams up with Sierra Space, Boeing and others on ‘Orbital Reef’ space station project Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is joining forces with Colorado-based Sierra Space and a host of other partners, including… Read More
‘The most profound experience’: Blue Origin sends Star Trek’s William Shatner to the final frontier Reality caught up with science fiction today when Star Trek actor William Shatner, a.k.a. Captain James T. Kirk, briefly crossed… Read More
How to watch William Shatner beam up to suborbital space on Blue Origin’s rocket More than a half-century after William Shatner first played a starship captain roaming the galaxy in “Star Trek,” he’s getting… Read More
William Shatner’s space trek is turning up a spotlight on Blue Origin’s highs and lows Star Trek captain William Shatner’s scheduled suborbital space trip is bringing a renewed flood of attention to Jeff Bezos’ Blue… Read More
Weather forces a day’s delay in William Shatner’s Blue Origin suborbital space trip The Starship Enterprise never had to delay its mission to seek out new life and new civilizations due to bad… Read More
Blue Origin confirms it’ll give Star Trek captain William Shatner a suborbital ride It’s official: Star Trek actor William Shatner is due to fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship next week,… Read More
Billionaire belly laughs: SNL’s space skit pokes fun at Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk You know that the billionaire space race has entered the nation’s mainstream when it’s skewered by NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”… Read More
Blue Origin’s record on safety and sexual harassment comes under fire from within A former employee of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has given up her anonymity to lead a campaign accusing… Read More
Blue Origin sets next space trip for Oct. 12; two fliers named, but not William Shatner Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says two successful tech entrepreneurs will be part of the lineup for its next… Read More
