How Jeff Bezos’ passion for space is inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs and explorers When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited the Museum of Flight this weekend to answer questions from students, the kids did… Read More
Video: Watch Amazon’s Jeff Bezos talk with kids about Apollo’s space legacy – and share life lessons Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos came to Seattle’s Museum of Flight today to talk with students about the decades-old rocket engines he… Read More
Apollo moon rocket engines finally fill a place of honor at Museum of Flight Almost 50 years after they were fired up, rocket engines that sent NASA’s Apollo crews on the first leg of their… Read More
Geek of the Week: Museum of Flight’s Matt Hayes has hand in the history and eye on future of aviation As a young boy growing up in rural Western New York, Matt Hayes had an interest in aviation and astronomy… Read More
Tech Moves: Cheezburger vet Peter Denton joins Pioneer Square Labs; Museum of Flight names executive VP; and more “Startup studio” Pioneer Square Labs has added another big name to its leadership board: Peter Denton, who is serving as… Read More
It’s official: Apollo 11 moon ship will land in Seattle in 2019, 50 years after giant leap The Smithsonian Institution has officially put Seattle’s Museum of Flight on the schedule for an exhibit featuring Apollo 11’s moon… Read More
Museum of Flight gets intact moon rocket engine to go with beat-up Apollo artifacts When historic rocket engine parts from the Apollo moon missions go on display in May in Seattle, museumgoers will be… Read More
Sisterhood is powerful when it comes to Seattle’s commercial space scene The billionaires who run Blue Origin and SpaceX – Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk – may be locked in an outer-space rivalry,… Read More
Get an exclusive video tour of the Museum of Flight’s Apollo moon rocket artifacts It’s been almost a year since Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos unveiled pieces of the Saturn V rocket engines that propelled… Read More
Museum of Flight lets you walk on Mars in virtual reality for SpaceFest I’ve been to Mars to kick the tires on NASA’s Curiosity rover – and you can take that trip as well.… 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
Apollo 11 moon ship may go on tour for 50th anniversary – and stop by Seattle The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is laying the groundwork for a 50th-anniversary traveling exhibit featuring Apollo 11 space hardware,… Read More
Video: Jeff Bezos shares big ideas, from Amazon’s drone landing pads to a 10,000-year clock Someday, you’ll be printing out a landing pad to guide an Amazon drone to its delivery, or maybe taking a… Read More
Museum of Flight teams up with Microsoft for virtual reality tours of historic airplanes It’s not easy to crawl through the guts of a World War II bomber, but a new virtual reality project… Read More
Photos: Blue Angels jet gets dropped off at Seattle’s Museum of Flight … literally! The latest addition to the Museum of Flight’s airplane collection, a Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet jet, landed in Seattle today… Read More
Museum of Flight’s Blue Angels jet nears the end of its cross-country road trip A Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet jet is closing in on its new home at Seattle’s Museum of Flight – without flying… Read More
Space elevator fans keep looking up, even when they’re stuck on the ground floor Once upon a time, entrepreneurs were counting down to a date in 2018 when the first space elevator would open for… Read More
After 30 years in the air, Blue Angels jet is on its way to Seattle’s Museum of Flight A 30-year-old Navy F/A-18 Hornet jet that’s been through combat duty as well as a dozen years with the Blue… Read More
Navy is on course to send a Blue Angels Hornet jet to the Museum of Flight One of the F/A-18 Hornet jets used by the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels is due to be landing in Seattle’s Museum… Read More
Founders Day: Boeing’s centennial party blends the old and the new The Boeing Company pulled out all the stops today to celebrate its 100th birthday – from the opening bell at the… Read More
What’s next in space is beautifully animated in ‘Space Next,’ showing at The Museum of Flight The line between “can we really do that?” and pure science fiction seems to blur more every day, especially when… Read More
Top 5 things to do at Museum of Flight’s ‘Above and Beyond’ aerospace exhibit Most of the floor space at Seattle’s Museum of Flight is set aside to celebrate past glories of aerospace – but “Above… Read More
After 53 years, Boeing’s first 727 jet makes its last trip … to Seattle’s Museum of Flight Today’s final flight of the first Boeing 727 prototype jet ever produced was one of the shortest trips it’s made… Read More
Boeing puts out the call for memorabilia to celebrate a century of innovation Think of it as “Antiques Roadshow” for the aerospace set: The Boeing Co. is looking for historical artifacts and memorabilia… Read More
30 years after the Challenger shuttle tragedy, the loss and legacies linger It’s been 30 years since the loss of the shuttle Challenger and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, but its impact is… Read More
Symphonic SpaceFest: ‘Origins’ concert sets the Big Bang and astrobiology to music The Big Bang never looked, or sounded, so good: The piece de resistance for this week’s SpaceFest in Seattle is… Read More
Reality check on ‘The Martian’ movie from a real astronaut: ‘Nerds rock’ “The Martian” isn’t due to hit theaters until Oct. 2, but the highly anticipated man-vs.-Mars movie is already sparking some… Read More
Seattle’s Museum of Flight to show off Apollo moon rocket parts recovered by Bezos Expeditions Experts are wrapping up their conservation work on the decades-old Saturn V rocket engine parts that were recovered from the… Read More
Boeing gives $30M to Museum of Flight to expand STEM education The Boeing Co. and June Boeing today announced a $30 million donation to the Museum of Flight to expand its science,… Read More
Why this gaming company is helping organize a World War II flight re-enactment from Seattle to Siberia The re-creation of a historic World War II military air route kicks off on Saturday out of Seattle, in large part thanks… Read More
