Articles about IAC

Orbital Reef space station wins a key role in Hollywood movie even before it’s built

The commercial space station that Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has a hand in building, known as Orbital Reef.… Read More

Space Shorts: German rocket company will launch orbital tugs for Spaceflight Inc.

Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Factory Augsburg, a German launch startup, say they’ve signed a memorandum of understanding that calls… Read More

U.S. and seven other nations sign Artemis Accords to cooperate on moon missions

Seven nations have signed up with the United States to participate in NASA’s Artemis effort to put astronauts on the… Read More

One year after Planetary Resources faded into history, space mining retains its appeal

It’s been a year since the Redmond, Wash.-based asteroid mining venture known as Planetary Resources was acquired by ConsenSys and… Read More

Switching from asteroid mining to blockchain: ConsenSys Space unveils TruSat satellite tracker

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year after taking over the assets of a Redmond, Wash.-based asteroid mining company known as Planetary… Read More

The world’s space agencies focus in on their roles for Gateway moon missions

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not everyone has signed on the dotted line to join NASA’s plan to start sending astronauts to… Read More

VP Mike Pence talks up property rights as he opens international space conference

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Mike Pence recapped the Trump administration’s plans to put astronauts on the lunar surface and… Read More

Buzz Aldrin shares latest moonshot vision: No to NASA’s Gateway, but yes to China

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin says there’s no need for the lunar-orbiting Gateway outpost that plays a… Read More

When will Elon Musk update Mars plan? Maybe in September, maybe in Australia

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk got a rock-star reception last September at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico when he unveiled… Read More

Exclusive: Barry Diller on his Expedia investment, travel acquisitions and the promise of AI

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The surprise guest at Expedia’s 20th anniversary celebration this afternoon was Barry Diller, the media mogul who… Read More

Angie’s List rebuffs $500M acquisition offer from Internet behemoth IAC

Internet behemoth IAC — which once owned Expedia and now controls brands like Tinder, About.com and Vimeo — made public… Read More

HomeAdvisor rolls out new booking feature to eliminate playing phone tag with contractors

HomeAdvisor, a Colorado-based home services company, today launched Instant Booking, which allows homeowners to schedule up to 500 different tasks… Read More

Urbanspoon was nearly scooped up by Yelp, Food Network and Groupon after fighting off closure

Restaurant directory Zomato wasn’t the only one interested in devouring Seattle-based Urbanspoon. GeekWire has learned that there were multiple bidders for… Read More