Articles about commercial space – Page 3 of 12

Blue Origin gets in on three partnerships with NASA to boost missions to the moon

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin, has been selected to participate in three partnerships with NASA to advance… Read More

Olis Robotics and Tethers Unlimited join forces on remote-controlled space robots

Two space tech companies that are headquartered in the Seattle area, Olis Robotics and Tethers Unlimited, are joining forces to… Read More

NASA finally gets down to the business of commercializing space station operations

NASA today laid out its initial batch of ground rules for future commercial activities on the International Space Station, including… Read More

Blue Origin, Boeing and other ventures lay out ideas for commercial space stations

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has laid out a plan for building a commercial habitat for future… 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

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

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

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

SpaceX Crew Dragon suffers anomaly during engine test; no injuries reported

SpaceX suffered a setback in preparations for its first crewed launch to the International Space Station today when one of… Read More

Uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi delayed; crewed flight to be extended

NASA today confirmed that the first uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi to the International Space Station would… Read More

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship makes maiden flight with robo-rider named Ripley

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon was sent into space atop a Falcon 9 rocket tonight, beginning a crucial test of a spaceship… Read More

Firefly Aerospace gets a Florida launch site

Firefly Aerospace, a Texas-based launch venture that was lifted out of bankruptcy, says it’s struck a deal with Space Florida… Read More

NASA, SpaceX and a test dummy are ready for Dragon 2’s first trip to space station

NASA gave the all-clear today for the first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship to the International Space Station… Read More

‘Big step for Israel’: SpaceX launches lunar lander along with high-flying satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent the Israeli-made Beresheet lunar lander on the first leg of its journey to the… Read More

NASA’s deputy chief echoes JFK in a pitch for commercial space ventures

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA’s No. 2 official channeled President John F. Kennedy today in a pitch designed to please space industry… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s pilots get first commercial astronaut wings awarded in 15 years

Two Virgin Galactic test pilots are now wearing the first commercial astronaut wings to be awarded since SpaceShipOne’s historic spaceflights… Read More

First flights for SpaceX and Boeing space taxis face further delays, NASA says

NASA says the flight test schedule for space taxis designed by SpaceX and Boeing to ferry astronauts to and from… Read More

Seattle rideshare space company wins a shout-out for disrupting launch industry

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has taken the spotlight in a research note from Morgan Stanley for disrupting the process of putting… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson talks up spacesuits and his countdown to space trip

Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, today took the wraps off a partnership with Under Armour to create the spacesuit… Read More

Blue Origin sends NASA-backed payloads to space and back on suborbital rocket ship

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent eight NASA-sponsored scientific payloads to the edge of space and back… Read More

Spaceflight signs up Brazil for Amazonia-1 satellite launch on Indian rocket in 2020

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s struck one of its biggest deals for a satellite launch with Brazil’s space research institute, focusing… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture will send science to space on 10th suborbital flight

Update for 5:47 a.m. PT Dec. 20: After working through a ground infrastructure issue, Blue Origin has decided to put off… Read More

What’s next for commercial spaceflight? Passengers will soon get their turn

MOJAVE, Calif. — The first suborbital space passenger is less likely to be a billionaire like Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson… Read More

Virgin Galactic gets set for SpaceShipTwo flights that aim for space — but how high?

Virgin Galactic says it’s beginning a series of SpaceShipTwo test flights that could cross the edge of the space frontier… Read More

NASA reviews safety at SpaceX and Boeing after Elon Musk smokes pot on video

NASA has ordered a review of workplace safety at SpaceX and Boeing, the two companies developing spaceships to ferry its… Read More

Virgin Orbit puts flying launch pad through speedy taxi test with a rocket in its pocket

British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit space venture notched another milestone over the Veterans Day weekend: the first high-speed taxi… Read More

Rocket Lab’s low-cost Electron launcher puts satellites in orbit from New Zealand

Rocket Lab executed its second orbital mission today, sending six small satellites and an experimental drag sail into orbit from… Read More

Seattle space leaders make their pitch to lawmakers for a new rocket test facility

REDMOND, Wash. — One of Congress’ leading Democrats, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, met with leaders of the Seattle area’s space… Read More

NASA puts out the call for science and technology payloads made for the moon

NASA is following up on its plan to purchase rides on commercial lunar landers by soliciting ideas for the scientific… Read More

12 years after her trip to space, Anousheh Ansari takes over as the CEO of XPRIZE

In 2004, Iranian-American entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari helped fund the $10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. In 2006, she… Read More