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‘Space selfie’ project canceled: Planetary Resources offers Kickstarter refunds

REDMOND, Wash. – Three years ago, Planetary Resources raised more than $1.5 million on Kickstarter to build a space telescope… Read More

Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners focus on Earth observation with $21 million in new funding

REDMOND, Wash. – Planetary Resources was founded as an asteroid mining company, but a fresh infusion of $21.1 million in investment… Read More

Tiny nation, big ambitions: Luxembourg wants to be the NASA of asteroid mining

Luxembourg intends to one day become a major hub for deep-space commercial operations. The country announced Wednesday it plans to… Read More

Planetary Resources’ Eric Anderson raises $500,000 for mystery venture Idea.com

The latest big idea from Seattle tech entrepreneur Eric Anderson is … Idea.com. He has raised $500,000 to support the idea,… Read More

Planetary Resources shows off hardware that’s 3-D printed from real asteroid metal

A palm-sized prototype spacecraft is the first geometric object to be 3-D printed from asteroid metal, Redmond-based Planetary Resources says.… Read More

Get an inside look at Planetary Resources’ asteroid mining HQ in Redmond from the Weather Channel

Planetary Resources is known to show visitors around its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., but it’s not too often that an outside TV… Read More

Asteroid mining riches await: President Obama signs space resource bill into law

President Barack Obama today put his signature on a law supporting the rights of space miners to extract, use and… Read More

Asteroid miners hail commercial space legislation that sets up property rights in space

After months of consideration, Congress is finishing up work on legislation that establishes legal rights for U.S. citizens to own… Read More

Filing: Planetary Resources raises $12M as prospects look up for asteroid mining business

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has raised $12 million in funding, according to an SEC filing on Wednesday. The company, which is backed… Read More

Asteroids loom as the new Klondike for Seattle region’s space industry

Seattle could profit from the rush for resources in outer space much as it did during the Klondike Gold Rush of… Read More

Six small steps that could add up to giant leaps for spaceships

SPOKANE, Wash. — Is there a better way to power a spaceship? The basic tools of the rocket trade have been refined… Read More

Asteroid-mining milestone: Planetary Resources deploys first spacecraft into orbit

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has deployed its first spacecraft into orbit from the International Space Station — beginning a 90-day… Read More

Former Planetary Resources exec raises $3.1M for Booster, a secretive new transportation startup

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… Read More

House passes space mining bill allowing companies to keep what they find in asteroids

Asteroid mining has made its way to Washington D.C. To help companies gain future legal ownership of resources found in… 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

SpaceX set for another Falcon 9 landing attempt; new Planetary Resources satellite on board for Space Station

Update, 1:30 p.m.: Monday’s launch has been scrubbed due to weather. Another launch will be attempted on Tuesday at 1:10… Read More

NASA and Planetary Resources release asteroid-hunting desktop app, cite 15% boost in positive IDs

Ready to hunt for some asteroids? NASA and Planetary Resources have announced a new desktop app that incorporates algorithms from a contest… 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

Planetary Resources vows to press ahead after rocket explosion

Planetary Resources, the Redmond-based asteroid mining company whose first experimental satellite is presumed destroyed in the explosion of the Orbital… Read More

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources launching first spacecraft

Update: Rocket carrying Planetary Resources satellite explodes shortly after liftoff The team at Planetary Resources has years of experience sending spacecraft into… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Automated beer brewing, a pet webcam, smart socks and more inventions we love

At the recent GeekWire Summit, we brought in five hand-picked inventions that reflect the creativity and ingenuity taking place in the… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft exec and Healthcare.gov fixer Kurt DelBene joins Madrona; Cray names a familiar CTO; etc.

Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene spent the past several months helping to fix President Obama’s Healthcare.gov Web site, a hot-button issue… Read More

Planetary Resources teams with Zooniverse to turn everyone into an asteroid hunter

Planetary Resources announced today that it has teamed up with Zooniverse to create Asteroid Zoo, a web app that allows… Read More

Planetary Resources plans to boost space exploration with interstellar ‘gas stations’

People heading off on an interstellar journey may soon have one of the prerequesites for a road trip: gas stations.… Read More

NASA and Planetary Resources offer cash bounty for asteroid detection software

Want to figure out how to save the Earth and make some cash at the same time? Thanks to a… Read More

Planetary Power rolls out ‘HyGen’ — the Toyota Prius of diesel generators

For the six-person crew that lived through a grueling four-month Mars simulation on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano last year, this… Read More

Kickstarter celebrates 2013: A year of satellites, toys, and a whole lot of crowd funding

It was a big year for Kickstarter. The crowdfunding platform released its annual year-in-review slideshow this week, complete with some… Read More

Planetary Resources and NASA partner to crowdsource asteroid detection

Thanks to a Seattle-area company, programmers are soon going to have a shot at using NASA data to find asteroids.… Read More

Meet the Seattle 10: These innovative startups are looking to change the world

Seattle is ripe with innovation. From aerospace to biotechnology to software to retail, startup companies in this moss-covered part of… Read More

Asteroid miners raise $1.5M for public space telescope, name Richard Branson as investor

Planetary Resources’ Kickstarter campaign started one month ago with some help from Brent Spiner, ended this past weekend with $100,000 from Sir Richard… Read More