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Blue Origin gets ready to launch Amazon Leo satellites
Five weeks after experiencing its first launch failure, Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin is getting ready to put its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket back in service to launch 48 satellites into low Earth orbit for the growing Amazon Leo constellation.

The
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/27/blue-origin-gets-ready-to-launch-amazon-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #BlueOrigin #Broadband #NewGlenn #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space

Blue Origin gets ready to launch Amazon Leo satellites
Five weeks after experiencing its first launch failure, Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin is getting ready to put its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket back in service to launch 48 satellites into low Earth orbit for the growing Amazon Leo constellation.

The
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/27/blue-origin-gets-ready-to-launch-amazon-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #BlueOrigin #Broadband #NewGlenn #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space

Blue Origin gets ready to launch Amazon Leo satellites
Five weeks after experiencing its first launch failure, Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin is getting ready to put its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket back in service to launch 48 satellites into low Earth orbit for the growing Amazon Leo constellation.

The
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/27/blue-origin-gets-ready-to-launch-amazon-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #BlueOrigin #Broadband #NewGlenn #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space

Blue Origin gets ready to launch Amazon Leo satellites
Five weeks after experiencing its first launch failure, Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin is getting ready to put its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket back in service to launch 48 satellites into low Earth orbit for the growing Amazon Leo constellation.

The
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/27/blue-origin-gets-ready-to-launch-amazon-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #BlueOrigin #Broadband #NewGlenn #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space

Blue Origin gets ready to launch Amazon Leo satellites
Five weeks after experiencing its first launch failure, Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin is getting ready to put its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket back in service to launch 48 satellites into low Earth orbit for the growing Amazon Leo constellation.

The
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/27/blue-origin-gets-ready-to-launch-amazon-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #BlueOrigin #Broadband #NewGlenn #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space

NASA chooses Blue Origin to deliver moon buggies
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won NASA’s nod to deliver crew-carrying rovers to the lunar surface as part of the space agency’s decade-long plan to create a base near the moon’s south pole.

“America is returning to the moon,” NASA Administrator Jared
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/26/nasa-chooses-blue-origin-to-deliver-moon-buggies/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Astrolab #BlueOrigin #Drones #FireflyAerospace #LunarOutpost #Moon #Space

NASA chooses Blue Origin to deliver moon buggies
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won NASA’s nod to deliver crew-carrying rovers to the lunar surface as part of the space agency’s decade-long plan to create a base near the moon’s south pole.

“America is returning to the moon,” NASA Administrator Jared
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/26/nasa-chooses-blue-origin-to-deliver-moon-buggies/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Astrolab #BlueOrigin #Drones #FireflyAerospace #LunarOutpost #Moon #Space

NASA chooses Blue Origin to deliver moon buggies
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won NASA’s nod to deliver crew-carrying rovers to the lunar surface as part of the space agency’s decade-long plan to create a base near the moon’s south pole.

“America is returning to the moon,” NASA Administrator Jared
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/26/nasa-chooses-blue-origin-to-deliver-moon-buggies/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Astrolab #BlueOrigin #Drones #FireflyAerospace #LunarOutpost #Moon #Space

NASA chooses Blue Origin to deliver moon buggies
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won NASA’s nod to deliver crew-carrying rovers to the lunar surface as part of the space agency’s decade-long plan to create a base near the moon’s south pole.

“America is returning to the moon,” NASA Administrator Jared
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/26/nasa-chooses-blue-origin-to-deliver-moon-buggies/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Astrolab #BlueOrigin #Drones #FireflyAerospace #LunarOutpost #Moon #Space

NASA chooses Blue Origin to deliver moon buggies
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won NASA’s nod to deliver crew-carrying rovers to the lunar surface as part of the space agency’s decade-long plan to create a base near the moon’s south pole.

“America is returning to the moon,” NASA Administrator Jared
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/26/nasa-chooses-blue-origin-to-deliver-moon-buggies/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Astrolab #BlueOrigin #Drones #FireflyAerospace #LunarOutpost #Moon #Space

Starfish sets sights on new target for satellite docking
Eleven months after launch, Starfish Space’s Otter Pup 2 satellite is finally kicking its test mission into high gear, closing in for a rendezvous with a newly designated target.

If all goes according to plan, Otter Pup 2 will dock with Australia-based Gilmour Space’s ElaraSat satellite so
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/20/starfish-sets-sights-on-new-target-for-satellite-docking/
#GeekWire #GilmourSpace #Satellites #StarfishSpace

TerraByte creates ‘Earth Search Engine’ for satellite data
A stealthy Seattle startup called TerraByte AI is unveiling a software platform that uses artificial intelligence to sift through real-time satellite data for geospatial gems.

TerraByte’s “Earth Search Engine” analyzes streams of satellite imagery, recognizes features
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/19/terrabyte-creates-earth-search-engine-for-satellite-data/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #Satellites #Space #TerraByteAI

Amazon Leo revs up work on satellite broadband network
REDMOND, Wash. — Chris Weber isn’t ready to say yet exactly when Amazon Leo will start letting individual customers sign up for satellite broadband service, but when it happens, he’ll have the right wardrobe for the debut.

During a recent interview at Amazon Leo’s Mission Opera
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/14/amazon-leo-revs-up-work-on-satellite-broadband-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon Leo revs up work on satellite broadband network
REDMOND, Wash. — Chris Weber isn’t ready to say yet exactly when Amazon Leo will start letting individual customers sign up for satellite broadband service, but when it happens, he’ll have the right wardrobe for the debut.

During a recent interview at Amazon Leo’s Mission Opera
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/14/amazon-leo-revs-up-work-on-satellite-broadband-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon Leo revs up work on satellite broadband network
REDMOND, Wash. — Chris Weber isn’t ready to say yet exactly when Amazon Leo will start letting individual customers sign up for satellite broadband service, but when it happens, he’ll have the right wardrobe for the debut.

During a recent interview at Amazon Leo’s Mission Opera
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/14/amazon-leo-revs-up-work-on-satellite-broadband-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon Leo revs up work on satellite broadband network
REDMOND, Wash. — Chris Weber isn’t ready to say yet exactly when Amazon Leo will start letting individual customers sign up for satellite broadband service, but when it happens, he’ll have the right wardrobe for the debut.

During a recent interview at Amazon Leo’s Mission Opera
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/14/amazon-leo-revs-up-work-on-satellite-broadband-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon Leo revs up work on satellite broadband network
REDMOND, Wash. — Chris Weber isn’t ready to say yet exactly when Amazon Leo will start letting individual customers sign up for satellite broadband service, but when it happens, he’ll have the right wardrobe for the debut.

During a recent interview at Amazon Leo’s Mission Opera
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/14/amazon-leo-revs-up-work-on-satellite-broadband-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Blue Origin might look beyond Jeff Bezos’ backing
For more than a quarter-century, Jeff Bezos has been funding his Blue Origin space venture primarily with his gains from Amazon, the other big company he founded — but according to a report in the Financial Times, Blue Origin is now weighing a plan to seek outside investment for the first time.

The report says Blu
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/13/blue-origin-might-look-beyond-jeff-bezos-backing/
#GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space

Blue Origin might look beyond Jeff Bezos’ backing
For more than a quarter-century, Jeff Bezos has been funding his Blue Origin space venture primarily with his gains from Amazon, the other big company he founded — but according to a report in the Financial Times, Blue Origin is now weighing a plan to seek outside investment for the first time.

The report says Blu
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/13/blue-origin-might-look-beyond-jeff-bezos-backing/
#GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space

Blue Origin might look beyond Jeff Bezos’ backing
For more than a quarter-century, Jeff Bezos has been funding his Blue Origin space venture primarily with his gains from Amazon, the other big company he founded — but according to a report in the Financial Times, Blue Origin is now weighing a plan to seek outside investment for the first time.

The report says Blu
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/13/blue-origin-might-look-beyond-jeff-bezos-backing/
#GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space

Blue Origin might look beyond Jeff Bezos’ backing
For more than a quarter-century, Jeff Bezos has been funding his Blue Origin space venture primarily with his gains from Amazon, the other big company he founded — but according to a report in the Financial Times, Blue Origin is now weighing a plan to seek outside investment for the first time.

The report says Blu
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/13/blue-origin-might-look-beyond-jeff-bezos-backing/
#GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space

Blue Origin might look beyond Jeff Bezos’ backing
For more than a quarter-century, Jeff Bezos has been funding his Blue Origin space venture primarily with his gains from Amazon, the other big company he founded — but according to a report in the Financial Times, Blue Origin is now weighing a plan to seek outside investment for the first time.

The report says Blu
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/13/blue-origin-might-look-beyond-jeff-bezos-backing/
#GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space

Interlune wins $6.9M from NASA to analyze lunar gases
NASA has awarded a $6.9 million contract to Seattle-based Interlune for the development of a system that can extract gases such as helium-3 and hydrogen from lunar soil and rocks.

The system will be developed and tested on Earth under the terms of an 18-month Small Business Innovation Researc
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/04/interlune-wins-6-9m-from-nasa-to-analyze-lunar-gases/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #NASA #SBIR #Space

Interlune wins $6.9M from NASA to analyze lunar gases
NASA has awarded a $6.9 million contract to Seattle-based Interlune for the development of a system that can extract gases such as helium-3 and hydrogen from lunar soil and rocks.

The system will be developed and tested on Earth under the terms of an 18-month Small Business Innovation Researc
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/04/interlune-wins-6-9m-from-nasa-to-analyze-lunar-gases/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #NASA #SBIR #Space

Interlune wins $6.9M from NASA to analyze lunar gases
NASA has awarded a $6.9 million contract to Seattle-based Interlune for the development of a system that can extract gases such as helium-3 and hydrogen from lunar soil and rocks.

The system will be developed and tested on Earth under the terms of an 18-month Small Business Innovation Researc
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/04/interlune-wins-6-9m-from-nasa-to-analyze-lunar-gases/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #NASA #SBIR #Space

Interlune wins $6.9M from NASA to analyze lunar gases
NASA has awarded a $6.9 million contract to Seattle-based Interlune for the development of a system that can extract gases such as helium-3 and hydrogen from lunar soil and rocks.

The system will be developed and tested on Earth under the terms of an 18-month Small Business Innovation Researc
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/04/interlune-wins-6-9m-from-nasa-to-analyze-lunar-gases/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #NASA #SBIR #Space

Interlune wins $6.9M from NASA to analyze lunar gases
NASA has awarded a $6.9 million contract to Seattle-based Interlune for the development of a system that can extract gases such as helium-3 and hydrogen from lunar soil and rocks.

The system will be developed and tested on Earth under the terms of an 18-month Small Business Innovation Researc
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/04/interlune-wins-6-9m-from-nasa-to-analyze-lunar-gases/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #NASA #SBIR #Space

PowerLight uses a laser beam to keep military drone aloft
Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says its laser power beaming system has been used successfully to keep a military-grade, fixed-wing drone in the air for hours during a series of tests for the Department of Defense.

The flight demonstrations concluded this m
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/20/powerlight-uses-a-laser-beam-to-keep-military-drone-aloft/
#GeekWire #Drones #Laser #LaserMotive #Military #PowerLight #Technology

PowerLight uses a laser beam to keep military drone aloft
Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says its laser power beaming system has been used successfully to keep a military-grade, fixed-wing drone in the air for hours during a series of tests for the Department of Defense.

The flight demonstrations concluded this m
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/20/powerlight-uses-a-laser-beam-to-keep-military-drone-aloft/
#GeekWire #Drones #Laser #LaserMotive #Military #PowerLight #Technology

PowerLight uses a laser beam to keep military drone aloft
Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says its laser power beaming system has been used successfully to keep a military-grade, fixed-wing drone in the air for hours during a series of tests for the Department of Defense.

The flight demonstrations concluded this m
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/20/powerlight-uses-a-laser-beam-to-keep-military-drone-aloft/
#GeekWire #Drones #Laser #LaserMotive #Military #PowerLight #Technology

PowerLight uses a laser beam to keep military drone aloft
Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says its laser power beaming system has been used successfully to keep a military-grade, fixed-wing drone in the air for hours during a series of tests for the Department of Defense.

The flight demonstrations concluded this m
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/20/powerlight-uses-a-laser-beam-to-keep-military-drone-aloft/
#GeekWire #Drones #Laser #LaserMotive #Military #PowerLight #Technology

PowerLight uses a laser beam to keep military drone aloft
Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies says its laser power beaming system has been used successfully to keep a military-grade, fixed-wing drone in the air for hours during a series of tests for the Department of Defense.

The flight demonstrations concluded this m
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/20/powerlight-uses-a-laser-beam-to-keep-military-drone-aloft/
#GeekWire #Drones #Laser #LaserMotive #Military #PowerLight #Technology

Blue Origin aces rocket reuse, but satellite goes awry
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture used a previously flown New Glenn rocket booster to send a satellite into space today, marking a first for the company.

After it aced its second launch, the first-stage booster — nicknamed “Never Tell Me the Odds” — made yet anoth
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/19/blue-origin-aces-rocket-reuse-but-satellite-goes-awry/
#GeekWire #ASTSpaceMobile #BlueOrigin #Broadband #NewGlenn #Satellites #Space

Blue Origin aces rocket reuse, but satellite goes awry
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture used a previously flown New Glenn rocket booster to send a satellite into space today, marking a first for the company.

After it aced its second launch, the first-stage booster — nicknamed “Never Tell Me the Odds” — made yet anoth
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/19/blue-origin-aces-rocket-reuse-but-satellite-goes-awry/
#GeekWire #ASTSpaceMobile #BlueOrigin #Broadband #NewGlenn #Satellites #Space

Blue Origin aces rocket reuse, but satellite goes awry
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture used a previously flown New Glenn rocket booster to send a satellite into space today, marking a first for the company.

After it aced its second launch, the first-stage booster — nicknamed “Never Tell Me the Odds” — made yet anoth
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/19/blue-origin-aces-rocket-reuse-but-satellite-goes-awry/
#GeekWire #ASTSpaceMobile #BlueOrigin #Broadband #NewGlenn #Satellites #Space

Muon detectives share the Breakthrough Prize glory
University of Washington physicist David Hertzog can’t wait to find out how hundreds of researchers who worked on a geeky project known as the Muon g-2 Collaboration will react when they hear they’ve each won thousands of dollars for that work.

The money is coming
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/18/muon-detectives-share-the-breakthrough-prize-glory/
#GeekWire #BreakthroughPrize #ParticlePhysics #Physics #Science #UniversityOfWashington

Muon detectives share the Breakthrough Prize glory
University of Washington physicist David Hertzog can’t wait to find out how hundreds of researchers who worked on a geeky project known as the Muon g-2 Collaboration will react when they hear they’ve each won thousands of dollars for that work.

The money is coming
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/18/muon-detectives-share-the-breakthrough-prize-glory/
#GeekWire #BreakthroughPrize #ParticlePhysics #Physics #Science #UniversityOfWashington

Muon detectives share the Breakthrough Prize glory
University of Washington physicist David Hertzog can’t wait to find out how hundreds of researchers who worked on a geeky project known as the Muon g-2 Collaboration will react when they hear they’ve each won thousands of dollars for that work.

The money is coming
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/18/muon-detectives-share-the-breakthrough-prize-glory/
#GeekWire #BreakthroughPrize #ParticlePhysics #Physics #Science #UniversityOfWashington

Muon detectives share the Breakthrough Prize glory
University of Washington physicist David Hertzog can’t wait to find out how hundreds of researchers who worked on a geeky project known as the Muon g-2 Collaboration will react when they hear they’ve each won thousands of dollars for that work.

The money is coming
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/18/muon-detectives-share-the-breakthrough-prize-glory/
#GeekWire #BreakthroughPrize #ParticlePhysics #Physics #Science #UniversityOfWashington

Muon detectives share the Breakthrough Prize glory
University of Washington physicist David Hertzog can’t wait to find out how hundreds of researchers who worked on a geeky project known as the Muon g-2 Collaboration will react when they hear they’ve each won thousands of dollars for that work.

The money is coming
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/18/muon-detectives-share-the-breakthrough-prize-glory/
#GeekWire #BreakthroughPrize #ParticlePhysics #Physics #Science #UniversityOfWashington

Quantum computing gets its day in the spotlight
Leaders of the Pacific Northwest’s computing community gathered in downtown Seattle today to mark World Quantum Day — and Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson gave them one more reason to celebrate. Or rather, 500,000 reasons.

Ferguson took the occasion to announce that $500,000 would be directed from the Governor’s Eco
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/14/quantum-computing-gets-its-day-in-the-spotlight/
#GeekWire #IonQ #QuantumComputing #Technology

Round-the-moon mission ends with a triumphant splash
Four astronauts and their Orion space capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today, bringing the first crewed trip around the moon and back since 1972 to a successful end.

“What a journey!” mission commander Reid Wiseman said moments after splashdown.

During their 10-day odyssey, the crew of NASA
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/10/round-the-moon-mission-ends-with-a-triumphant-splash/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Moon #NASA #Orion #Space

Artemis 2’s trip around the moon enters the home stretch
The crew of NASA’s round-the-moon test mission crossed the halfway point between the moon and Earth today on their homeward journey — and they’re picking up speed as they zero in on a spot off the coast of California for a live-streamed splashdown on April 10.

At the end of what so far has been
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/09/artemis-2s-trip-around-the-moon-enters-the-home-stretch/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Moon #NASA #Orion #Space

Portal Space gets a $50M boost for faster space mobility
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million in a funding round aimed at speeding up development of the Seattle-area startup’s highly maneuverable space vehicles.

The first such vehicle, Starburst-1, is due for launch as early as this fall as a payload on SpaceX’s Transpor
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/09/portal-space-gets-a-50m-boost-for-faster-space-mobility/
#GeekWire #PortalSpaceSystems #Satellites #Space

Portal Space gets a $50M boost for faster space mobility
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million in a funding round aimed at speeding up development of the Seattle-area startup’s highly maneuverable space vehicles.

The first such vehicle, Starburst-1, is due for launch as early as this fall as a payload on SpaceX’s Transpor
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/09/portal-space-gets-a-50m-boost-for-faster-space-mobility/
#GeekWire #PortalSpaceSystems #Satellites #Space

Portal Space gets a $50M boost for faster space mobility
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million in a funding round aimed at speeding up development of the Seattle-area startup’s highly maneuverable space vehicles.

The first such vehicle, Starburst-1, is due for launch as early as this fall as a payload on SpaceX’s Transpor
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/09/portal-space-gets-a-50m-boost-for-faster-space-mobility/
#GeekWire #PortalSpaceSystems #Satellites #Space

Portal Space gets a $50M boost for faster space mobility
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million in a funding round aimed at speeding up development of the Seattle-area startup’s highly maneuverable space vehicles.

The first such vehicle, Starburst-1, is due for launch as early as this fall as a payload on SpaceX’s Transpor
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/09/portal-space-gets-a-50m-boost-for-faster-space-mobility/
#GeekWire #PortalSpaceSystems #Satellites #Space

Portal Space gets a $50M boost for faster space mobility
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million in a funding round aimed at speeding up development of the Seattle-area startup’s highly maneuverable space vehicles.

The first such vehicle, Starburst-1, is due for launch as early as this fall as a payload on SpaceX’s Transpor
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/09/portal-space-gets-a-50m-boost-for-faster-space-mobility/
#GeekWire #PortalSpaceSystems #Satellites #Space

Feast your eyes on moon views, from Earthset to eclipse
A day after the Artemis 2 mission’s lunar flyby, NASA has released a stunning set of high-resolution images documenting Earthset and Earthrise, a solar eclipse that set the moon aglow, and other views of the lunar far side and the astronauts who took the pictures.

The photos were taken during a seven-hour
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/07/feast-your-eyes-on-moon-views-from-earthset-to-eclipse/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Moon #NASA #Space

Starfish Space raises $110M for satellite servicing
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space says it has raised about $110 million in a funding round that will help the company execute its first satellite servicing missions and scale up operations for more business.

The Series B round was led by Point72 Ventures. Activate Capital and Shield Capital were co-leader
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/07/starfish-space-raises-110m-for-satellite-servicing/
#GeekWire #Satellites #Space #StarfishSpace