REDMOND, Wash. – Three years ago, Planetary Resources raised more than $1.5 million on Kickstarter to build a space telescope that would let users snap selfies from orbit. Today, the company… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. – Planetary Resources was founded as an asteroid mining company, but a fresh infusion of $21.1 million in investment puts the emphasis on a space frontier that’s closer to… Read More
Luxembourg intends to one day become a major hub for deep-space commercial operations. The country announced Wednesday it plans to help foster the growth of an asteroid-mining industry. Luxembourg, with… Read More
The latest big idea from Seattle tech entrepreneur Eric Anderson is … Idea.com. He has raised $500,000 to support the idea, according to a regulatory filing today, but he’s not yet… Read More
A palm-sized prototype spacecraft is the first geometric object to be 3-D printed from asteroid metal, Redmond-based Planetary Resources says. The shiny object is being shown off at the International… Read More
Planetary Resources is known to show visitors around its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., but it’s not too often that an outside TV crew gets an inside look at the asteroid-mining venture. The Weather… Read More
President Barack Obama today put his signature on a law supporting the rights of space miners to extract, use and sell resources from asteroids, the moon, Mars and other celestial bodies – giving… Read More
After months of consideration, Congress is finishing up work on legislation that establishes legal rights for U.S. citizens to own resources in outer space – a key requirement for asteroid mining… Read More
Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has raised $12 million in funding, according to an SEC filing on Wednesday. The company, which is backed by celebrity investors like Richard Branson, filmmaker James Cameron and… Read More
Seattle could profit from the rush for resources in outer space much as it did during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s: by selling goods and services to the fortune-seekers.… Read More
SPOKANE, Wash. — Is there a better way to power a spaceship? The basic tools of the rocket trade have been refined over the course of nearly nine decades, but there’s only… Read More
Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has deployed its first spacecraft into orbit from the International Space Station — beginning a 90-day test mission for several of the key technologies required to hunt for near-Earth… Read More
Booster Fuels, a new Seattle-based startup led by a former Planetary Resources executive, has raised a $3.1 million funding round from Madrona Venture Group and other investors. Frank Mycroft, previously the VP of Strategy… Read More
Asteroid mining has made its way to Washington D.C. To help companies gain future legal ownership of resources found in space asteroids, the House of Representatives passed the “SPACE Act of… Read More
The leaders of Seattle’s Museum of Flight see the institution not just as a place for historical artifacts, but as a catalyst for the future of aviation and space. The museum, perched… Read More
Update, 1:30 p.m.: Monday’s launch has been scrubbed due to weather. Another launch will be attempted on Tuesday at 1:10 p.m. Pacific. Launch postponed due to lightning from an approaching… Read More
Ready to hunt for some asteroids? NASA and Planetary Resources have announced a new desktop app that incorporates algorithms from a contest that challenged researchers to detect asteroids with greater accuracy. The… Read More
Do we have the right to reserve rights to the moon? Apparently so. At least that’s the message the U.S. government appears to be sending. In an exclusive report by Reuters, “U.S. companies… Read More
Planetary Resources, the Redmond-based asteroid mining company whose first experimental satellite is presumed destroyed in the explosion of the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket on Tuesday afternoon, says its long-term development… Read More
Update: Rocket carrying Planetary Resources satellite explodes shortly after liftoff The team at Planetary Resources has years of experience sending spacecraft into orbit and beyond, thanks to past work at NASA and private space… Read More
At the recent GeekWire Summit, we brought in five hand-picked inventions that reflect the creativity and ingenuity taking place in the technology industry — the iCPooch webcam and dog treat dispenser,… Read More
Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene spent the past several months helping to fix President Obama’s Healthcare.gov Web site, a hot-button issue which drew fire from both sides of the political spectrum.… Read More
Planetary Resources announced today that it has teamed up with Zooniverse to create Asteroid Zoo, a web app that allows people to search for asteroids by flipping through pictures collected… Read More
People heading off on an interstellar journey may soon have one of the prerequesites for a road trip: gas stations. Planetary Resources Chairman Chris Lewicki told the Future in Revew… Read More
Want to figure out how to save the Earth and make some cash at the same time? Thanks to a new partnership, that’s a possibility. NASA is teaming up with… Read More
For the six-person crew that lived through a grueling four-month Mars simulation on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano last year, this beige trailer was a critical source of power — not… Read More
It was a big year for Kickstarter. The crowdfunding platform released its annual year-in-review slideshow this week, complete with some new numbers about how much people are using the crowdfunding… Read More
Thanks to a Seattle-area company, programmers are soon going to have a shot at using NASA data to find asteroids. Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources announced today that it has… Read More
Seattle is ripe with innovation. From aerospace to biotechnology to software to retail, startup companies in this moss-covered part of the globe are breaking traditional boundaries, creating groundbreaking ideas that… Read More
Planetary Resources’ Kickstarter campaign started one month ago with some help from Brent Spiner, ended this past weekend with $100,000 from Sir Richard Branson and raised a nice chunk of change from more… Read More