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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.

NASA Deep Space Gateway

After the International Space Station, get ready for NASA’s Deep Space Gateway

President Donald Trump hasn’t yet revealed his choice for NASA administrator, but the space agency is already shifting the focus… Read More

Image: Stratolaunch with Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rockets

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Aerospace is now Stratolaunch, with a redesigned website

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s space venture is rebranding itself and updating its website as it prepares to begin flight tests… Read More

SpaceX Elon Musk

Launch a rocket every day? SpaceX’s Elon Musk kicks it up a notch for reusability

SpaceX took nearly a year to relaunch its first “flight-proven” Falcon 9 booster, but within a year or two, company… Read More

SpaceX Falcon launch

It’s another first for SpaceX! Previously launched Falcon 9 rocket lifts off and lands a second time

Today SpaceX did something it’s never done before: reusing a Falcon 9 rocket booster that’s already been launched and landed.… Read More

Spacewalkers Whitson and Kimbrough

Spacewalkers cope with lost cover; NASA’s Peggy Whitson sets a women’s record

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson set a new record for female spacewalkers at the International Space Station today, during an outing… Read More

New Shepard booster

Another feather in Jeff Bezos’ space helmet: Blue Origin wins Collier Trophy

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos keeps racking up the awards for his Blue Origin space venture: He just found out that… Read More

Satellite antenna

RBC Signals raises $1.5 million in seed round for satellite data delivery service

Seattle-based RBC Signals says it’s raised $1.5 million from investors around the world, providing a boost for its plans to knit… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard spaceship view

Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship (and suits)

While Blue Origin’s scorch-scarred New Shepard spaceship continues its nationwide tour, billionaire founder Jeff Bezos is giving fans an updated… Read More

Thomas Pesquet on spacewalk

Spacewalkers help get station ready for space taxis during first of three outings

Spacewalkers made progress today on preparations at the International Space Station for the arrival of the first commercial space taxis. During… Read More

Amazon drone with Bloe Origin spaceship at MARS 2017

Video provides another look at Amazon delivery drone (and Blue Origin spaceship)

We already knew that Amazon provided a rare public demonstration of its delivery drone dropping off some sunscreen at this… Read More

Planetary protection officer in "Life"

‘Life’ horror movie sparks reality check on procedures for studying Mars samples

Spoiler Alert! This article doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but wait to read it if you’re trying to stay… Read More

Orion Nebula imagery

Astronomy Rewind sifts through old pictures to find new cosmic perspectives

A new project called Astronomy Rewind is recruiting citizen scientists to bring decades-old cosmic images back from the dead and… Read More

Elon Musk

SpaceX’s Elon Musk isn’t smiling over NASA authorization for Mars missions

President Donald Trump may be beaming over a newly signed law that calls on NASA to look into sending astronauts to Mars… Read More

Electron rocket

Rocket Lab gains space unicorn status with an added $75 million in funding

Rocket Lab says it has closed a $75 million Series D financing round for production of its low-cost Electron rocket, which… Read More

Arcadia on the map: For future Mars landing sites, SpaceX thinks ice is nice

SpaceX’s current favorite place to land on Mars is reportedly Arcadia Planitia, which combines flat terrain, potential deposits of water… Read More

Blue Origin BE-4 powerpack

Jeff Bezos does a deep dive into bearings in Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine update

What’s the difference between ball bearings and hydrostatic bearings? You should have more of an inkling after checking out Amazon… Read More

SpaceX Dragon descent

SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down, bringing space samples back to Earth

SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule brought tons of cargo back down to Earth from the International Space Station today, in a… Read More

Fireball on YouTube

Watch a fireball light up Seattle’s skies

Dozens of reports have streamed in about a fireball that was seen in the skies over Washington state, Oregon, Idaho and… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

After delay, SpaceX launches EchoStar satellite – but forgoes rocket landing

For the second time in a week, weather worries caused a delay in SpaceX’s launch of the EchoStar 23 communications… Read More

Thomas Pesquet with sax

French astronaut enjoys sax in space

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield had his guitar, and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman had her flute: Now French astronaut Thomas Pesquet… Read More

Falcon 9

SpaceX postpones launch of EchoStar communications satellite due to high winds

High winds have forced SpaceX to postpone its launch of the EchoStar 23 communications satellite, a mission requiring so much… Read More

CubeSat deployment

NASA backs Kymeta’s mini-antennas and Tethers Unlimited’s 3-D printer/recycler

Flat-panel antennas that are tiny enough to fit on a nanosatellite and a 3-D printer that can recycle space station trash… Read More

Pan

It’s a UFO! It’s a walnut? No … It’s Pan, one of Saturn’s weirdest-looking moons

Astronomers have long known that Pan, one of the “shepherd moons” in Saturn’s rings, had a weird shape. But it… Read More

Charles Simonyi

Round-the-moon trip intrigues billionaire spaceflier Charles Simonyi, but he won’t go

Charles Simonyi, the billionaire software executive who’s flown to space twice, says he doesn’t know who’s on SpaceX’s passenger list for… Read More

Paul Allen and Stratolaunch

Billionaire Paul Allen hopes his ‘ginormous’ Stratolaunch plane will fly this year

The world’s biggest airplane is staying on track to take to the air for the first time by the end of… Read More

"Mission: ISS" scene

Oculus’ ‘Mission: ISS’ takes one more step toward giant leap for virtual space station

Oculus has just launched “Mission: ISS,” a virtual-reality simulation that takes advantage of the company’s headset and handheld controllers to let you… Read More

Satellite arrangement

Google patent filing hints at how SpaceX’s satellite broadband network could work

When it comes to providing global broadband internet coverage, two satellite constellations in low Earth orbit are better than one.… Read More

36 aerospace women win Brooke Owens Fellowships – including one at GeekWire

Thirty-six women with a passion for aerospace have been selected to receive the first batch of Brooke Owens Fellowships –… Read More

Wyler and Bezos

Jeff Bezos adds OneWeb satellite venture to Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch manifest

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A day after announcing the first launch customer for Blue Origin’s yet-to-be-built New Glenn rocket, Amazon billionaire Jeff… Read More

Bezos and Belmer

Jeff Bezos introduces Eutelsat as Blue Origin’s first New Glenn rocket customer

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos revealed satellite operator Eutelsat as the first paying customer for his Blue Origin space venture’s New… Read More

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