Articles about commercial space – Page 9 of 12

Winds get too wild to let Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity plane go gliding

Virgin Galactic had to scale back what it hoped would be its first free-flying test of VSS Unity, its second… Read More

Where does Jeff Bezos foresee putting space colonists? Inside O’Neill cylinders

SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars. Others talk about a Moon Village. But Seattle billionaire Jeff Bezos has… Read More

Gradatim Ferociter! Jeff Bezos explains Blue Origin’s motto, logo … and the boots

You can’t buy stuff from billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on Amazon just yet, but just wait: Sixteen… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos compares space to internet, and he’ll build the infrastructure

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he’s trying to do for outer-space ventures what delivery services and the internet did for him:… Read More

Spaceflight signs up Google’s Terra Bella for satellite launch on SpaceX rocket

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries says it’s made a deal with Terra Bella to have the Google subsidiary’s Earth-observing satellites launched on… Read More

Jeff Bezos marks retirement of Blue Origin New Shepard space capsule with a tortoise

After seven launches, Blue Origin’s first New Shepard suborbital space capsule is getting a send-off from the company’s founder, Amazon… Read More

Image: Stratolaunch with Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rockets

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch teams up (again) with Orbital ATK on air-launched rockets

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems has renewed its partnership with Orbital ATK on a platform that will make use… Read More

‘One hell of a booster’: Blue Origin’s spaceship totally survives what should have been a fiery flight

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is a happy man today, now that the wildest test flight ever conducted by his Blue Origin space venture has… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin delays dramatic rocket test flight due to bad weather

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has to pass up a historic date for its next flight test,… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sets its sights on trips to Mars and the moon

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – SpaceX isn’t the only billionaire-backed company that’s planning to go to Mars: Blue Origin, the space venture created… Read More

Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital rocket aces wind tunnel tests

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket isn’t due to go into orbit until later this decade, but its design has already… Read More

India’s PSLV rocket sends BlackSky Global’s first Earth-watching Pathfinder satellite into orbit

A satellite that’s meant to blaze a trail for Seattle-based BlackSky Global’s Earth-imaging constellation rose into orbit tonight atop India’s four-stage PSLV-C35 rocket.… Read More

Internal email: Paul Allen’s top space exec Chuck Beames leaving Vulcan Aerospace

Aerospace veteran Chuck Beames is leaving his post as president of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s spaceflight company, Vulcan Aerospace. Word… Read More

Jeff Bezos unveils the design for Blue Origin’s ‘New Glenn’ orbital rocket

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is providing a sneak preview of the “New Glenn” rocket for orbital launches, which his Blue… Read More

We’re go for liftoff: Commercial Spaceflight Federation sets a new course in Seattle

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation set the stage for new leadership as well as new initiatives during its meeting in Seattle this… Read More

SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity and WhiteKnightTwo

Virgin Galactic’s new SpaceShipTwo gets off the ground, two years after fatal mishap

Virgin Galactic sent its second SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, into the air for the first time today – tucked securely… Read More

Jeff Bezos says next Blue Origin spaceship test should destroy the booster rocket

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has flown the same rocket booster to outer space… Read More

Concrete poured for Blue Origin’s orbital space complex in Florida

Work is progressing on the facility in Florida where Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture plans to build its orbital… Read More

SpaceX launches JCSAT-16 satellite, then lands Falcon 9 rocket at sea

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a satellite for a Japanese communication company tonight, and then made a bull’s-eye landing on a floating… Read More

‘Just DO IT!’ Blue Origin software engineers talk about Jeff Bezos’ space venture on Reddit

Creating a commercial space effort is clearly not a 9-to-5 job: Software engineers from Blue Origin, the space venture that… Read More

Moon Express wins a green light from U.S. government for its lunar mission

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Moon Express says it has received preliminary clearance for the robotic lander that it plans to send… Read More

Tethers Unlimited's Hydros thruster tested

Tethers Unlimited wins $2.2 million in contracts for satellite mini-thruster system

Tethers Unlimited Inc. says it’s won $2.2 million in contracts from NASA and Millennium Space Systems to provide its miniaturized, water-fueled Hydros… Read More

Virgin Galactic receives FAA license to fly SpaceShipTwo – and it’s taxiing on runway

Virgin Galactic says it’s received an operator license from the Federal Aviation Administration for flying its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane into outer… Read More

SNC says its Dream Chaser prototype space glider is ready for flight tests

Sierra Nevada Corp. says its full-scale Dream Chaser test vehicle is at last ready to be sent to a NASA… Read More

Jeff Bezos touts results from Blue Origin spaceship’s test, even with one less chute

Last month’s test flight of a Blue Origin rocket ship to space and back was aimed at seeing how safely it… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture gets set to pick up the pace for spaceship test flights

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, plans to accelerate its current once-every-eight-weeks schedule for flight… Read More

Sierra Nevada Corp. is working with U.N. on global space program for Dream Chaser

Sierra Nevada Corp. says it’s working with the U.N. Office for Outer Space Affairs on an arrangement that would give… Read More

Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s orbital rocket factory in Florida

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today put a spotlight on the construction of a giant rocket production facility in Florida for his Blue… Read More

Former NASA space station manager makes plans for commercial outpost

Former space station manager Mike Suffredini says he’s working on a plan to send up a commercial space module that could… Read More

Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners go international, starting with Luxembourg

Planetary Resources says it will start ramping up an international asteroid-mining subsidiary in Luxembourg by the end of the year – and… Read More