Articles about commercial space – Page 10 of 12

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wins Heinlein Prize for space commercialization at Blue Origin

Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, has won the prestigious Heinlein Prize for his efforts to advance space commercialization at another… Read More

Spaceflight raises $18 million and acquires OpenWhere to build satellite data portal

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is moving ahead on two fronts to build an online portal for satellite imagery: It has secured $18… Read More

NewSpace 2016 makes Seattle the space industry’s center of the universe this week

There’s a neighborhood in Seattle that jokingly calls itself “the center of the universe,” but this week the title is… Read More

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch lifts veil on world’s biggest plane — a giant bet on a new way to space

MOJAVE, Calif. – When you walk into the place where Seattle software billionaire Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems is building the world’s biggest airplane,… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin live-streams its spaceship’s risky test flight

Something went wrong during today’s test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship, and the world was able to watch how… Read More

After delay, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets set for spaceship test flight on Father’s Day

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says it’s all systems go for a live-streamed Father’s Day launch of Blue Origin’s reusable New… Read More

Jeff Bezos plans to live-stream Blue Origin’s next suborbital spaceflight

For his next trick, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos plans to have his Blue Origin space venture send its New Shepard rocket… Read More

White House works out a process to clear commercial missions to moon and Mars

After months of discussion, federal agencies are closing in on a process to approve commercial missions to other celestial bodies… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster leans in for a landing at sea after launching satellite

For the third time in a row, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster sent a payload into space and then came back… Read More

Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s next spaceflight will test parachute failure

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos predicts there’ll be a problem with a parachute the next time his Blue Origin venture flies… Read More

Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners focus on Earth observation with $21 million in new funding

REDMOND, Wash. – Planetary Resources was founded as an asteroid mining company, but a fresh infusion of $21.1 million in investment… Read More

Blue Origin and SpaceX revisit their latest rocket landings in must-see videos

Will seeing a spaceship land on its feet ever get old? The novelty is still there in newly released videos… Read More

Woohoo! SpaceX Falcon 9 booster makes nighttime landing at sea after launching JCSAT-14 satellite

SpaceX increased the degree of difficulty for tonight’s Falcon 9 rocket landing attempt at sea after launching a Japanese satellite… Read More

SpaceX Falcon booster comes full circle to Cape Canaveral after landing at sea

Eleven days after a thrilling landing at sea, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket booster is coming back to the company’s space-age garage… Read More

Interview: Jeff Bezos lays out Blue Origin’s space vision, from tourism to off-planet heavy industry

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn’t focused on creating America’s biggest online retailer when he was… Read More

Jeff Bezos describes future space tours – and explains why he passed up a moon trip

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his chance to go into space in a Russian Soyuz… Read More

Bigelow Aerospace and ULA plan to launch supersized space station module in 2020

DENVER – Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance have announced a plan to launch Bigelow’s B330 expandable space module aboard an… Read More

Moon Express asks FAA to review its plans for Google Lunar X Prize landing in 2017

Moon Express, the lunar exploration venture backed by Seattle tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, says it’s asking the Federal Aviation Administration… Read More

Video: Jeff Bezos shares drone’s-eye view of Blue Origin spaceship’s flight

Saturday’s test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship marked lots of milestones, including the first time a drone captured video… Read More

Jeff Bezos live-tweets ‘flawless’ test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos served as launch commentator today for a risky but successful third flight of Blue Origin’s New… Read More

Jeff Bezos lets the world know about Blue Origin’s craziest spaceship test flight yet

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin rocket venture will put its New Shepard suborbital spaceship to its sternest test… Read More

Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin highlight small steps toward giant space leaps

In the past few weeks, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space venture and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture have both… Read More

Legislation aimed at boosting Washington state’s space industry fizzles out

Two measures that would have lent a hand to Washington state’s fledgling space industry have been stalled in committee and aren’t likely… Read More

Jeff Bezos lifts curtain on Blue Origin rocket factory, lays out grand plan for space travel that spans hundreds of years

KENT, Wash. – For the first time, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos guided a pack of journalists around his Blue Origin… Read More

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