Space – Page 17 of 88

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

SpaceX’s Starship flies high-altitude test that ends with a bang — and with congrats from Jeff Bezos

SpaceX put its Starship super-rocket through its first high-altitude test today — and although the flight ended in a fiery… 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

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network — which relies on hundreds of spacecraft built in Redmond, Wash. — has been awarded $885.5… 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

Radian Aerospace pursues a stealthy and unorthodox plan for orbital space plane

For years, Renton, Wash.-based Radian Aerospace has been working on a rocket project while holding its cards close to the… Read More

Relativity Space raises $500M to speed up plan to build and launch 3D-printed rockets

Relativity Space says it’s brought in another $500 million in investment to speed up its effort to build entire orbital-class… 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

Spaceflight Inc. fills out its line of Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles for small satellites

Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. today unveiled two new options for its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle — one that uses an environmentally… Read More

Stratolaunch teams up with Calspan and makes progress on hypersonic flight plan

Stratolaunch, the aerospace company founded by the late Seattle tech titan Paul Allen, is gearing up on several fronts for… Read More

Blue Origin and Aerojet get in on NASA partnerships for new space technologies

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Aerojet Rocketdyne’s operation in Redmond, Wash., are among 17 companies that… 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

Pentagon worries that satellite attacks could spark ‘mutually assured destruction’

In the years ahead, the long-running nightmare of the nuclear Cold War — mutually assured destruction — could return in… Read More

LeoStella takes on assembly role for NorthStar’s space traffic-monitoring satellites

Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella will oversee the assembly of the first three satellites for a constellation that’s designed to keep track… 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

OSIRIS-REx probe touches down to grab bits of an asteroid, with assist from Aerojet

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe reached the climax of its seven-year round trip to deep space today and briefly touched down on… Read More

Microsoft partners with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service for Azure Space cloud platform

Microsoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite… 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

After weeks of delay, Blue Origin sets up suborbital space mission to test NASA landing technology

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is now targeting Tuesday for the launch of its New Shepard suborbital… Read More

Space Notes: Spaceflight makes launch deal, RBC Signals to host Swarm, and a new fellowship is born

— Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. says it’s signed an agreement with HawkEye 360 to support multiple launches of the Virginia-based company’s… Read More

After a boost from Bill Gates, Kymeta wins FCC’s approval for next-gen antennas

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it has won the Federal… Read More

BlackSky will add sharper focus and night vision to future Earth-watching satellites

BlackSky’s satellites are already producing frequently updated, high-resolution views of planet Earth — but now the company says its next-generation… Read More

Azure Orbital launches Microsoft into cloud-based space race with Amazon

Call it the Clash of the Cloud Titans: Today Microsoft is taking the wraps off Azure Orbital, a cloud-based satellite… 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

First Mode wins $1.8M contract to build hardware for Psyche mission to asteroid

Seattle-based First Mode has been awarded a $1.8 million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build flight hardware for… Read More

Relativity and Reach, Stoke and Starfish: Blue Origin veterans spark space startups

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture turned 20 years old this week — and although the privately held… Read More