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Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Verizon join forces on satellite and cellular connectivity

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Verizon Communications say they’ll collaborate on connectivity solutions that capitalize on Kuiper’s future broadband satellite constellation… 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

Mockups of NASA’s newest Mars rover and helicopter will kick off a road trip in Seattle

Seattle’s Museum of Flight says it’ll serve as the first stop on a road trip for NASA’s full-scale replicas of… Read More

Timothy Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in "Dune"

How the ‘Dune’ science-fiction saga parallels the real science of Oregon’s dunes

The deserts of Abu Dhabi and Jordan play starring roles in the blockbuster sci-fi movie “Dune,” which premieres this week… Read More

Boeing says valve investigation will force Starliner space taxi’s test flight into 2022

Boeing says its next attempt to send an uncrewed Starliner space taxi to the International Space Station will take place… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: The shared orbits of Microsoft and Amazon, and the tech industry’s future in space

Plenty of well-known tech leaders have jumped from Microsoft to Amazon over the years. So what does it say about… 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

Photos: Stunning Northern Lights dance over Seattle — here are tips for catching the next one

The Northern Lights are a mesmerizing but infrequent occurrence at our latitude in Seattle. Stargazers got a treat Monday night… 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

How Amazon Web Services is helping Satellogic manage its whole Earth catalog

It’s one thing to send down more than a trillion bytes of satellite data every day, and quite another thing… Read More

Elon Musk chats about Starship and space telescopes … and Jeff Bezos’ rocket envy

In the latest chapter of a long-running space spat, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took aim at his billionaire rival Jeff… Read More

Founded by Blue Origin veterans, Starfish Space raises $7M for satellite servicing tug

Kent, Wash.-based Starfish Space says it’s raised $7 million to boost its drive to develop a space tug capable of… 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

Space Force awards $87.5M to Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX and ULA for testing

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command today announced awards totaling $87.5 million to support prototype commercial projects relating to… Read More

William Shatner and New Shepard spaceship

Beam me up? TMZ says William Shatner will take Blue Origin suborbital space trip

The next crewed suborbital spaceflight planned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture — which could launch as… Read More

Funko reaches new heights: Company’s ‘Big Bang’ Pop! figure was part of crew on SpaceX mission

Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based maker of Pop! figurines and other collectibles, has expanded its market reach. To space. The company… Read More

Karman Systems acquires Systima to target hypersonic and space technology

Mukilteo, Wash.-based Systima Technologies has been acquired by Karman Missile & Space Systems as part of Karman’s push into the… Read More

Court filings shed light on Blue Origin vs. SpaceX lunar lander fight, with dark spots

Redacted versions of documents relating to Blue Origin’s federal lawsuit against the federal government and SpaceX lay out further details… Read More

Xplore wins $2M contract from Pentagon initiative to speed up satellite development

Redmond, Wash.-based Xplore says it has received a $2 million contract from National Security Innovation Capital, a hardware development accelerator… Read More

RBC Signals strikes deal to hook up ground stations with Spaceflight Inc.’s orbital tugs

Two Seattle-area space companies have forged an alliance to facilitate space-to-ground communications for orbital transfer vehicles. Under the terms of… Read More

Citizen spacefliers splash down, finishing up Inspiration4’s charity mission in orbit

The first non-governmental flight to orbit ended with a splash — and with the safe return of the Inspiration4 mission’s… Read More

Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ spacefliers share orbital activities — including a ukulele solo

On the eve of their scheduled return from orbit, four amateur spacefliers brought the world up to date on their… Read More

With a billionaire’s backing, SpaceX sends citizen spacefliers into orbit for a mission like no other

A tech billionaire and three other non-professional spacefliers blasted off today to begin the first non-governmental, philanthropic mission carrying a… Read More

Why Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ trip to orbit represents the dawn of a second space age

Are they space tourists? Citizen spacefliers? All-civilian astronauts? Whatever you call them, the four teammates who are due to go… Read More

Illustration: Astronaut stepping onto moon

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