Blue Origin targets 2025 for cargo lander’s inaugural moon trip, with humans to follow Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is aiming to send an uncrewed lander to the surface of the moon in… Read More
Milestone moon lander mission targets an otherworldly frontier for DNA data storage A mission to send a commercial lander to the moon, set for launch in a couple of days, will bring… Read More
Jeff Bezos and NASA’s administrator share a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s moon lander Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson today provided a look at coming attractions in the… Read More
The Pacific Northwest’s Artemis workforce celebrates past and future moonshots REDMOND, Wash. — Space industry contractors in the Seattle area had their turn in the spotlight this week during a… Read More
NASA gives Blue Origin $34.7M to work on technology for making solar cells on moon Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won $34.7 million in funding from NASA to support the development of a… Read More
Seattle-area Space Summit features NASA leader and hints at new manufacturing institute Sen. Maria Cantwell and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson met Wednesday at the Washington State Space Summit to hash out what’s… Read More
Blue Origin-led team wins $3.4B contract for NASA’s second lunar landing system An industry team led by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a $3.4 billion NASA contract to provide… Read More
Aerojet Rocketdyne wins $67M contract for Orion thrusters built in Seattle area Aerojet Rocketdyne says it’s received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion… Read More
From Artemis to Webb, take a look back — and a look ahead — at the year’s top trends in aerospace A few years from now, we just might look back at 2022 as Year One for a new age in… Read More
NASA’s round-the-moon odyssey comes to successful end with Orion splashdown NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule passed its final exam today, surviving a fiery atmospheric re-entry and splashing down in the Pacific… Read More
NASA’s Orion spacecraft zooms around the moon and sets a course for splashdown NASA’s Orion capsule fired its main engine for three and a half minutes today during a close approach to the… Read More
Orion capsule watches the moon eclipse Earth at farthest point of Artemis odyssey Halfway into its 25.5-day uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, NASA’s Orion capsule today recorded a weird kind of Earth-moon eclipse, reached… Read More
NASA’s Orion capsule goes into a far-out orbit around the moon, setting a record NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule successfully executed an engine burn to enter an unusual type of orbit around the moon on… Read More
NASA’s Orion capsule circles the moon, capturing views that’ll make you feel giddy NASA’s Orion capsule rounded the moon today, marking a crucial milestone in a weeks-long Artemis 1 mission that’s preparing the… Read More
Third time’s the charm: NASA launches SLS mega rocket on Artemis 1 moon trip NASA succeeded spectacularly in the third attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket on an uncrewed round-the-moon mission that’s… Read More
NASA decides to roll its moon rocket back to shelter as Hurricane Ian nears Florida With Hurricane Ian bearing down on the Florida coast, NASA has decided to move its multibillion-dollar Space Launch System moon… Read More
NASA ‘encouraged’ by tanking test for SLS moon rocket, but launch plan is still in flux NASA says it achieved all its objectives during today’s launch-pad rehearsal for fueling up its giant Space Launch System rocket… Read More
NASA scrubs second try to launch moon rocket due to persistent hydrogen leak NASA called off today’s attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket due to a hydrogen leak encountered during the… Read More
NASA reschedules moon rocket’s launch for Saturday as it checks data from first try One day after the first launch of NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket had to be scrubbed due to an… Read More
Problem with rocket engine forces NASA to reschedule first launch of moon rocket A plumbing issue on a rocket engine has forced a postponement in the first launch of NASA’s most powerful rocket… Read More
Find out how to watch NASA’s mammoth moon rocket lift off, and why it’s a big deal Update: NASA scrubbed the initial launch attempt for Artemis 1 due to a problem with an engine on the Space… Read More
While NASA gets set for its first Artemis moon mission, Aerojet is working ahead REDMOND, Wash. — When NASA’s Space Launch System rocket sends an uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond the moon and back for… Read More
NASA announces a challenging schedule for inaugural launch of its SLS moon rocket If all goes according to plan, NASA could launch its heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket on its first flight around… Read More
A year after Blue Origin’s big setback, NASA gets set to support a second commercial moon lander NASA has laid out its plan for choosing a second commercial venture to build a landing system capable of carrying… Read More
Amazon teams up with Lockheed Martin and Cisco to put Alexa voice assistant on NASA’s moon ship Alexa, when are we arriving at the moon? Putting Amazon’s AI-enabled voice assistant on a moon-bound spaceship may sound like… Read More
Blue Origin loses lunar lander lawsuit; NASA says SpaceX work will resume ASAP A federal judge today rejected Blue Origin’s challenge to a $2.9 billion contract that NASA awarded to SpaceX for building… 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
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
GAO denies Blue Origin’s protest of NASA’s lunar lander contract award to SpaceX The Government Accountability Office today turned back protests from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Alabama-based Dynetics, ruling that… Read More
Jeff Bezos offers to cover $2B more in costs as part of NASA lunar lander deal In an open letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture will waive up… Read More
