Amazon teams up with Lockheed Martin and Cisco to put Alexa voice assistant on NASA’s moon ship Alexa, when are we arriving at the moon? Putting Amazon’s AI-enabled voice assistant on a moon-bound spaceship may sound like… 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
Blue Origin and four other companies win millions to keep lunar lander dreams alive Months after losing out to SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and two of its partners in a lunar… Read More
Spaceflight Inc. unveils a new breed of orbital tug that’s built for far-out missions When a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends a robotic lander to the moon’s south pole, perhaps as early as next… Read More
GAO denies Blue Origin’s protest of NASA’s lunar lander contract award to SpaceX The Government Accountability Office today turned back protests from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Alabama-based Dynetics, ruling that… Read More
Jeff Bezos offers to cover $2B more in costs as part of NASA lunar lander deal In an open letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture will waive up… Read More
Senators spar over the idea of giving billions to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture for lunar lander program The tussle over NASA funding for lunar landing systems has touched down in the Senate — with one leading senator… Read More
How to maximize your chances of seeing the Supermoon total lunar eclipse The only total lunar eclipse of 2021 will also be one of the shortest total lunar eclipses in recent years,… Read More
NASA freezes SpaceX’s lunar lander cash due to protests from Blue Origin, Dynetics NASA says it’ll hold up on its payments to SpaceX for developing its Starship super-rocket as a lunar lander while… Read More
Elon Musk taunts Jeff Bezos over Blue Origin’s challenge to SpaceX’s contract for lunar lander The billionaire space battle just got kicked up a notch, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture challenging… Read More
NASA awards $2.9B to SpaceX for Starship lunar lander; Blue Origin team is left out In a surprise move that was dictated by budget constraints, NASA is awarding $2.89 billion to SpaceX alone for the… Read More
Lasers on the moon? Nuclear rockets? NASA awards millions for way-out tech NASA’s latest crop of space technology grants will fund work on projects ranging from power-beaming lasers for lunar missions to… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will give NASA a spin in lunar gravity on suborbital flight With backing from NASA, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture will upgrade its New Shepard suborbital spaceship to… Read More
NASA backs concepts for deep-drilling Mars rover and interstellar-object probe The latest crop of NASA-backed concepts for far-out space exploration includes “borebots” that could drill as far as a mile… Read More
New study links our built-in sleep patterns to phases of the moon — even in Seattle A newly published study adds to the long-debated evidence that humans are hard-wired to sleep less when the moon is… Read More
Two Washington state women join ‘Artemis Team’ to go on NASA’s moon missions NASA today named the first 18 astronauts of its “Artemis Team” for missions to the moon — and two of… Read More
Blue Origin’s team turns in its moon landing proposal — and provides a sneak peek Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture and its partners in the space industry say they’ve given NASA their proposal… Read More
Jeff Bezos shows off Blue Origin’s BE-7 engine — and makes a bold prediction Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos heralded progress on the development of the rocket engine that’s destined for use on the lunar… Read More
NASA agrees to purchase moon rocks for $1 in a deal that may involve Blue Origin NASA has selected four companies to collect material on the moon and store it up as the space agency’s property,… Read More
WiBotic joins Astrobotic’s team to build wireless charging system for moon rovers Seattle-based WiBotic says it’s working on a wireless charging system and energy management software for moon rovers, in partnership with… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture fleshes out plans for 2023 cargo delivery to the moon Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is working on a landing system that could put astronauts on the… Read More
Fresh studies boost hopes for water on the moon — and for Jeff Bezos’ lunar vision Scientists have been turning up evidence for the existence of water on the moon for decades, but there’s always been… Read More
NASA’s Boeing-built moon rovers are granted Washington state landmark status Three hot rods on the moon are now official Washington state historic landmarks, thanks to a unanimous vote by a… Read More
U.S. and seven other nations sign Artemis Accords to cooperate on moon missions Seven nations have signed up with the United States to participate in NASA’s Artemis effort to put astronauts on the… Read More
Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship tests NASA’s moon landing system in Texas Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship today conducted a robotic rehearsal for a future touchdown on the moon — and by all… Read More
NASA touts lunar landing tech, and Blue Origin says there’ll be a flight test ‘soon’ Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong famously had to dodge a boulder-strewn crater just seconds before the first moon landing in… Read More
Blue Origin and partners pass key milestone for lunar lander design Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says the aerospace team that it’s leading has completed its first “gated… Read More
Blue Origin and its partners deliver a lunar lander mock-up to NASA An all-star space industry team led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has assembled a mock-up of… Read More
NASA picks Astrobotic to deliver its VIPER rover to lunar south pole for nearly $200M NASA has awarded a $199.5 million contract to Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic to deliver its VIPER rover to the moon’s south pole… Read More
NASA lays out the ‘Artemis Accords’ for international cooperation on moon trips NASA today unveiled a list of 10 principles for a set of bilateral international agreements for participation in the moon… Read More
