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Get the latest news, articles and videos on space news, astronomy, space exploration, the space industry, NASA, our solar system and the universe from GeekWire contributing editor Alan Boyle.

Ground Station

AWS Ground Station satellite control system is officially open for business

Six months after a sneak preview, Amazon Web Services has just raised the curtain on AWS Ground Station, its cloud-based… Read More

LEO Knight artwork

Tethers Unlimited works on technologies for ‘LEO Knight’ satellite servicing robot

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited works on space technologies ranging from radios to robotic arms, but the company is planning to… Read More

BE-4 rocket engine test firing

Blue Origin, ULA and Northrop Grumman weigh in on multibillion-dollar SpaceX rocket lawsuit

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and subsidiaries of United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman are intervening in… Read More

Now you can put your name on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover (in teeny tiny letters)

Space fans have been sending their names to Mars and other extraterrestrial destinations for more than two decades, and it’s… Read More

SpaceX files lawsuit against the federal government — but asks to keep the details under wraps

SpaceX today filed a lawsuit against the federal government, apparently protesting a contract bidding process — but asked the court… Read More

Satellite servicing

Olis Robotics wins $50K from Air Force to study options for satellite-servicing robots

Seattle-based Olis Robotics says it has received a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force to lay out a plan… Read More

SpaceX rocket with Starlink satellites

SpaceX’s Elon Musk says ‘goodness’ will come from twice-delayed Starlink launch

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the launch of 60 Starlink satellites is aimed at spreading “fundamental goodness” in the form… Read More

NASA taps Blue Origin and 10 other companies to work on moon lander studies and prototypes

It’s almost as if Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos knew what was coming: His Blue Origin space venture is among 11… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Picturing black holes; Cloud City Tech Meetup; and classic arcade games

–One of the biggest scientific feats was accomplished this year when a team of astronomers captured an image of a… Read More

NASA’s lunar orbiter spots the smoking hole left behind by Israel’s moon lander

The Israeli-built Beresheet moon lander made history when it went into lunar orbit and descended to the surface — and… Read More

6 teams of Seattle-area students competing in national finals of Team America Rocketry Challenge

Six Seattle-area teams are among the 101 finalists who will compete in this weekend’s Team America Rocketry Challenge, the aerospace… Read More

White House proposal to tap Pell Grant fund casts a pall over NASA’s moon plans

Will NASA’s plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2024 fly with Congress? The Artemis program’s implications are still… Read More

Human lunar landing

White House seeks $1.6B more as ‘down payment’ for NASA’s newly named Artemis moon program

The White House is asking Congress for $1.6 billion more than the $21 billion it previously requested for NASA’s budget,… Read More

Hermeus concept for hypersonic plane

Hermeus wins seed funding for hypersonic aircraft, with former Blue Origin president as adviser

Atlanta-based Hermeus Corp. says it’s won some high-profile seed funding for its effort to develop aircraft capable of flying more… Read More

Amid the talk about moon missions, Mars fans push for a share of the space spotlight

As NASA shifts the focus of its space exploration effort to the moon, the advocates of Mars exploration and settlement… Read More

Podcast

Blue Moon and beyond: How Jeff Bezos plans to take civilization to space, starting with lunar colony

It’s our choice: a finite world with limited resources, or an infinite universe with unlimited potential. Those were the options… Read More

Starlink satellites

Elon Musk reveals how to stuff 60 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon rocket

We now know how many of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband data satellites, developed in Redmond, Wash., can be crammed into the… Read More

Spaceport America

Virgin Galactic begins moving space effort from California to New Mexico spaceport

After two successful crewed test flights to a 50-mile-high space milestone, Virgin Galactic says it’s shifting its operations from California… Read More

Bezos and Blue Moon lander

Jeff Bezos unveils Blue Moon lunar lander and shares updated vision for Blue Origin

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today laid out the architecture for missions to the moon aimed at supporting… Read More

Turksat 4B satellite

Kymeta will widen the reach of its satellite connectivity service with Türksat alliance

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kymeta Corp., the Redmond, Wash.-based satellite antenna venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it… Read More

Stratospheric Skype connection

Up, up and away: NetMotion sends a Skype connection into the stratosphere

What’s the best way to show off your mobile networking technology? How about demonstrating that the technology can seamlessly switch… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

SpaceX plans to launch dozens of Starlink broadband satellites next week

SpaceX confirmed that it will launch dozens of Starlink satellites in one go, as early as May 15, setting the… Read More

This is the Apollo 11 HoloLens demo that Microsoft hoped to show at Build

The opening demo at Microsoft’s Build conference was supposed to be a real showstopper, and ultimately it did stop the… Read More

Relativity Terran 1 liftoff

Spaceflight strikes a deal to put rideshare satellites on Relativity Space’s rocket

Seattle-based Spaceflight has signed a launch services agreement to put payloads on Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket. Relativity, a startup… Read More

Rocket Lab Electron launch

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launches 3 U.S. military satellites from New Zealand

Rocket Lab sent a trio of research satellites for the U.S. military into orbit tonight from a launch pad that’s… Read More

LIGO Hanford scientists

LIGO and Virgo recap smashups, including hints of a black hole eating a neutron star

The science teams for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, and Europe’s Virgo detector today laid out the details… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard liftoff

Blue Origin sends dozens of payloads to space — and looks ahead to sending people

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, today sent dozens of science experiments and other payloads… Read More

Satellite constellation

Cloud Constellation chooses LeoStella to build cloud data satellites in Seattle area

Cloud Constellation Corp. has chosen LeoStella, the U.S.-European joint venture based in Tukwila, Wash., to build satellites for its cloud-based… Read More

New Shepard landing

Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture launch suborbital science extravaganza

Blue Origin, the private space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says it’s sending up its New Shepard suborbital… Read More

Blue Origin construction site

Construction is well under way for Blue Origin space venture’s expanded HQ

KENT, Wash. — Construction workers have raised the roof on a new headquarters and research-and-development facility for Blue Origin, the… Read More

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