Space – Page 16 of 88

NASA names Perseverance rover landing site on Mars after Seattle sci-fi pioneer Octavia E. Butler

Fifteen years after her death, Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler has joined an exclusive pantheon of space luminaries memorialized… Read More

SpaceX aims to expand its Starlink satellite operation to Texas and set up Starbase City

SpaceX is planning to break ground on a “state-of-the-art manufacturing facility” in Austin, Texas, to support a satellite operation that… Read More

Boeing Insitu founders raise cash for Aerovel, which makes drones that take off and land vertically

An aerospace venture started by the founders of Boeing’s Insitu business unit just raised fresh cash as the company ramps… 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

After losing launch competition, Blue Origin delays New Glenn rocket’s first flight until late 2022

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s targeting the fourth quarter of 2022 for the first flight… Read More

Stoke Space raises $9.1 million to create a new breed of reusable upper-stage rockets

Stoke Space Technologies, the Renton, Wash.-based company founded by veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, has attracted $9.1… Read More

NASA releases jaw-dropping video and audio from Mars, with an assist from AWS

For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio… Read More

NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down to start years-long search for life on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars today and began a mission that’s meant to store up evidence of past… Read More

BlackSky satellite data venture makes a $1.5B deal to go public in SPAC merger

BlackSky Holdings, which is operating a growing fleet of Earth observation satellites as well as a cloud-based platform to analyze… Read More

How the pandemic is changing the protocol for NASA’s Mars landing — and how to watch it happen

Veteran spacecraft engineer Chris Voorhees has witnessed six Mars landings in the course of his career, and he’s playing a… Read More

Axiom raises $130M for its space station — and adds Blue Origin alum to its board

The longtime president of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, Rob Meyerson, will be joining the board of… Read More

Microsoft and HPE team up to connect Azure cloud to International Space Station

The sky’s not the limit for the cloud: Microsoft is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring Azure cloud computing… Read More

Blue Origin shows off an on-the-ground pathfinder version of its cargo lunar lander

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is testing a full-scale prototype of its cargo lunar lander, as part… Read More

How telecom pioneer Craig McCaw hitched up with Astra rocket venture in $2.1B deal

Back in the 1990s, cellular telecom pioneer Craig McCaw bought into a vision of ubiquitous wireless service via a constellation… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ role at Blue Origin hints at how his profile at Amazon is likely to change

What will Amazon without Jeff Bezos as CEO look like? It could look a lot like Bezos’ biggest personal passion… Read More

Jeff Bezos kicks back with full-thrust firing of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine in Texas

If you’re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper stir up a war of words over satellites

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper escalated a different kind of Star Wars today, over the orbital parameters… Read More

Robert Winglee, 1958-2020: UW’s ‘Rocket Man’ launched thousands of space and science careers

The global aerospace community and students across the Northwest have lost a researcher, mentor and “Rocket Man” who inspired and… Read More

SpaceX puts record 143 satellites in orbit, with Spaceflight playing a supporting role

SpaceX set a record for the number of satellites sent into orbit by a single rocket, and that’s not the… Read More

Virgin Orbit sends 10 satellites to orbit, building on Paul Allen’s air-launch legacy

Eight months after an unsuccessful first attempt, Virgin Orbit finally lived up to its name today and used an innovative… Read More

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship aces uncrewed rehearsal for crewed space trips

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture put the New Shepard spaceship that’s destined to fly people on suborbital… Read More

Watch Blue Origin fly its first capsule that’s designed to send people to space and back

Update: The uncrewed test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship has been rescheduled for launch at 10:57 a.m.… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Jacklyn Bezos at ship christening

Ahoy, Jacklyn! Jeff Bezos names Blue Origin’s rocket recovery ship after his mom

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk named his rocket recovery vessels after science-fiction spaceships, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stayed closer to… Read More

Year in Aerospace: The comeback begins for Boeing and for American spaceflight

Boeing’s rebuilding year drew to a close today with a milestone capping a momentous year in aerospace: the first U.S.… Read More

Korean tech conglomerate will invest $30M in Gates-backed Kymeta antenna venture

Hanwha Systems, a smart-technology company headquartered in South Korea, has agreed to make an $30 million investment in Redmond, Wash.-based… Read More

Lockheed Martin announces a deal to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4 billion

Lockheed Martin has struck a deal to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.4 billion, the… Read More

Project Kuiper plus AWS: How Amazon’s cloud and satellite internet ventures mesh

Amazon Web Services and the Project Kuiper satellite internet venture may be separate domains of Jeff Bezos’ business empire, but… Read More

NASA adds Blue Origin’s upcoming New Glenn rocket to its launch services catalog

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture hasn’t yet finished its orbital-class New Glenn rocket, but today NASA put… Read More

Amazon’s Project Kuiper reveals details on customer terminals for satellite internet

Amazon’s Project Kuiper hasn’t yet said when it’ll start launching satellites or providing broadband internet access from above, but it… Read More

Ancient art of origami provides a pathway for building a better tank for rocket fuel

Build a better fuel tank, and the space industry will beat a path to your door. At least that’s what… Read More