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Mars Society plans to put research station in Seattle
The Mars Society is planning to build a Pacific Northwest research station suitable for simulating missions to the moon or Mars, in partnership with South Seattle College.

The nonprofit space advocacy group announced today that its executive director, James L. Burk, and th
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/mars-society-plans-to-put-research-station-in-seattle/
#GeekWire #Education #Mars #MarsSociety #Moon #SouthSeattleCollege #Space

Mars Society plans to put research station in Seattle
The Mars Society is planning to build a Pacific Northwest research station suitable for simulating missions to the moon or Mars, in partnership with South Seattle College.

The nonprofit space advocacy group announced today that its executive director, James L. Burk, and th
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/mars-society-plans-to-put-research-station-in-seattle/
#GeekWire #Education #Mars #MarsSociety #Moon #SouthSeattleCollege #Space

Interlune comes up with a cool way to produce helium-3
Seattle-based Interlune says it has managed to produce 99% pure helium-3 from a standard supply of industrial-grade helium, marking a milestone for a technology that the company aims to use on the moon.

The process, known as Cold Capture, could be profitably used on Earth even before
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/interlune-comes-up-with-a-cool-way-to-produce-helium-3/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #QuantumComputing #Space

Interlune comes up with a cool way to produce helium-3
Seattle-based Interlune says it has managed to produce 99% pure helium-3 from a standard supply of industrial-grade helium, marking a milestone for a technology that the company aims to use on the moon.

The process, known as Cold Capture, could be profitably used on Earth even before
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/interlune-comes-up-with-a-cool-way-to-produce-helium-3/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #QuantumComputing #Space

Interlune comes up with a cool way to produce helium-3
Seattle-based Interlune says it has managed to produce 99% pure helium-3 from a standard supply of industrial-grade helium, marking a milestone for a technology that the company aims to use on the moon.

The process, known as Cold Capture, could be profitably used on Earth even before
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/interlune-comes-up-with-a-cool-way-to-produce-helium-3/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #QuantumComputing #Space

Interlune comes up with a cool way to produce helium-3
Seattle-based Interlune says it has managed to produce 99% pure helium-3 from a standard supply of industrial-grade helium, marking a milestone for a technology that the company aims to use on the moon.

The process, known as Cold Capture, could be profitably used on Earth even before
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/interlune-comes-up-with-a-cool-way-to-produce-helium-3/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #QuantumComputing #Space

Interlune comes up with a cool way to produce helium-3
Seattle-based Interlune says it has managed to produce 99% pure helium-3 from a standard supply of industrial-grade helium, marking a milestone for a technology that the company aims to use on the moon.

The process, known as Cold Capture, could be profitably used on Earth even before
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/interlune-comes-up-with-a-cool-way-to-produce-helium-3/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #QuantumComputing #Space

TerraByte takes its ‘Earth Search Engine’ to the next level
Two months after emerging from stealth mode, TerraByte AI is using artificial intelligence and a new partnership to upgrade its “Earth Search Engine.”
The startup, which maintains operations in Seattle as well as San Francisco, has just rolled out a TerraByte Ne
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/terrabyte-takes-its-earth-search-engine-to-the-next-level/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #Satellites #SkyFi #Space #TerraByteAI

TerraByte takes its ‘Earth Search Engine’ to the next level
Two months after emerging from stealth mode, TerraByte AI is using artificial intelligence and a new partnership to upgrade its “Earth Search Engine.”
The startup, which maintains operations in Seattle as well as San Francisco, has just rolled out a TerraByte Ne
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/terrabyte-takes-its-earth-search-engine-to-the-next-level/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #Satellites #SkyFi #Space #TerraByteAI

TerraByte takes its ‘Earth Search Engine’ to the next level
Two months after emerging from stealth mode, TerraByte AI is using artificial intelligence and a new partnership to upgrade its “Earth Search Engine.”
The startup, which maintains operations in Seattle as well as San Francisco, has just rolled out a TerraByte Ne
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/terrabyte-takes-its-earth-search-engine-to-the-next-level/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #Satellites #SkyFi #Space #TerraByteAI

TerraByte takes its ‘Earth Search Engine’ to the next level
Two months after emerging from stealth mode, TerraByte AI is using artificial intelligence and a new partnership to upgrade its “Earth Search Engine.”
The startup, which maintains operations in Seattle as well as San Francisco, has just rolled out a TerraByte Ne
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/terrabyte-takes-its-earth-search-engine-to-the-next-level/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #Satellites #SkyFi #Space #TerraByteAI

TerraByte takes its ‘Earth Search Engine’ to the next level
Two months after emerging from stealth mode, TerraByte AI is using artificial intelligence and a new partnership to upgrade its “Earth Search Engine.”
The startup, which maintains operations in Seattle as well as San Francisco, has just rolled out a TerraByte Ne
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/21/terrabyte-takes-its-earth-search-engine-to-the-next-level/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #Satellites #SkyFi #Space #TerraByteAI

Pulse Space wins Pentagon backing for laser power
Bellevue, Wash.-based Pulse Space says it has received a $40 million award from the U.S. Space Force to develop technologies for laser-based power beaming and orbital tracking systems.

The startup, founded in 2022, is working on a system that would collect energy using solar arrays
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/09/pulse-space-wins-pentagon-backing-for-laser-power/
#GeekWire #Laser #Military #PowerBeaming #PulseSpace #Space #SpaceForce

Pulse Space wins Pentagon backing for laser power
Bellevue, Wash.-based Pulse Space says it has received a $40 million award from the U.S. Space Force to develop technologies for laser-based power beaming and orbital tracking systems.

The startup, founded in 2022, is working on a system that would collect energy using solar arrays
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/09/pulse-space-wins-pentagon-backing-for-laser-power/
#GeekWire #Laser #Military #PowerBeaming #PulseSpace #Space #SpaceForce

Amazon Leo hits its mark for satellite internet service
Amazon says the overnight launch of 29 satellites should clear the way for its Amazon Leo network to start offering commercial high-speed internet service from space this year, in direct competition with SpaceX’s Starlink network.

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/02/amazon-leo-hits-its-mark-for-satellite-internet-service/
#GeekWire #AmazonLeo #Atlas5 #Broadband #Satellites #Space #UnitedLaunchAlliance

Amazon Leo hits its mark for satellite internet service
Amazon says the overnight launch of 29 satellites should clear the way for its Amazon Leo network to start offering commercial high-speed internet service from space this year, in direct competition with SpaceX’s Starlink network.

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/02/amazon-leo-hits-its-mark-for-satellite-internet-service/
#GeekWire #AmazonLeo #Atlas5 #Broadband #Satellites #Space #UnitedLaunchAlliance

Amazon Leo hits its mark for satellite internet service
Amazon says the overnight launch of 29 satellites should clear the way for its Amazon Leo network to start offering commercial high-speed internet service from space this year, in direct competition with SpaceX’s Starlink network.

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/02/amazon-leo-hits-its-mark-for-satellite-internet-service/
#GeekWire #AmazonLeo #Atlas5 #Broadband #Satellites #Space #UnitedLaunchAlliance

Amazon Leo hits its mark for satellite internet service
Amazon says the overnight launch of 29 satellites should clear the way for its Amazon Leo network to start offering commercial high-speed internet service from space this year, in direct competition with SpaceX’s Starlink network.

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/02/amazon-leo-hits-its-mark-for-satellite-internet-service/
#GeekWire #AmazonLeo #Atlas5 #Broadband #Satellites #Space #UnitedLaunchAlliance

Amazon Leo hits its mark for satellite internet service
Amazon says the overnight launch of 29 satellites should clear the way for its Amazon Leo network to start offering commercial high-speed internet service from space this year, in direct competition with SpaceX’s Starlink network.

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/02/amazon-leo-hits-its-mark-for-satellite-internet-service/
#GeekWire #AmazonLeo #Atlas5 #Broadband #Satellites #Space #UnitedLaunchAlliance

K2 Space comes to Seattle with big plans for big satellites
California-based K2 Space has established a satellite engineering hub in the Seattle area, joining a thriving regional ecosystem of satellite ventures.

The Pacific Northwest operation will support the company’s drive to build large, high-power satellites for government and commercial
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/01/k2-space-comes-to-seattle-with-big-plans-for-big-satellites/
#GeekWire #Engineering #K2Space #Satellites #Space

K2 Space comes to Seattle with big plans for big satellites
California-based K2 Space has established a satellite engineering hub in the Seattle area, joining a thriving regional ecosystem of satellite ventures.

The Pacific Northwest operation will support the company’s drive to build large, high-power satellites for government and commercial
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/01/k2-space-comes-to-seattle-with-big-plans-for-big-satellites/
#GeekWire #Engineering #K2Space #Satellites #Space

K2 Space comes to Seattle with big plans for big satellites
California-based K2 Space has established a satellite engineering hub in the Seattle area, joining a thriving regional ecosystem of satellite ventures.

The Pacific Northwest operation will support the company’s drive to build large, high-power satellites for government and commercial
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/01/k2-space-comes-to-seattle-with-big-plans-for-big-satellites/
#GeekWire #Engineering #K2Space #Satellites #Space

K2 Space comes to Seattle with big plans for big satellites
California-based K2 Space has established a satellite engineering hub in the Seattle area, joining a thriving regional ecosystem of satellite ventures.

The Pacific Northwest operation will support the company’s drive to build large, high-power satellites for government and commercial
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/01/k2-space-comes-to-seattle-with-big-plans-for-big-satellites/
#GeekWire #Engineering #K2Space #Satellites #Space

K2 Space comes to Seattle with big plans for big satellites
California-based K2 Space has established a satellite engineering hub in the Seattle area, joining a thriving regional ecosystem of satellite ventures.

The Pacific Northwest operation will support the company’s drive to build large, high-power satellites for government and commercial
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/01/k2-space-comes-to-seattle-with-big-plans-for-big-satellites/
#GeekWire #Engineering #K2Space #Satellites #Space

NASA considers sending spare Mars rover to the moon
NASA is considering repurposing an engineering development version of the nuclear-powered Mars rovers for a different destination: the moon’s south polar region.

The plan calls for turning the test rover, which is currently sitting at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, into a lunar explorer named PROMISE (“Polar Rov
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/nasa-considers-sending-spare-mars-rover-to-the-moon/
#GeekWire #Mars #Moon #NASA #Space

NASA considers sending spare Mars rover to the moon
NASA is considering repurposing an engineering development version of the nuclear-powered Mars rovers for a different destination: the moon’s south polar region.

The plan calls for turning the test rover, which is currently sitting at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, into a lunar explorer named PROMISE (“Polar Rov
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/nasa-considers-sending-spare-mars-rover-to-the-moon/
#GeekWire #Mars #Moon #NASA #Space

Blue Origin switches to new concept for rocket launches
One month after a New Glenn rocket explosion damaged its Florida launch pad, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has decided to shift its focus to a new concept for future launches.

“To return to flight this year, we’re not rebuilding the same pad,” Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in an online update.
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/blue-origin-switches-to-new-concept-for-rocket-launches/
#GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space

Blue Origin switches to new concept for rocket launches
One month after a New Glenn rocket explosion damaged its Florida launch pad, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has decided to shift its focus to a new concept for future launches.

“To return to flight this year, we’re not rebuilding the same pad,” Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in an online update.
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/blue-origin-switches-to-new-concept-for-rocket-launches/
#GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space

Blue Origin switches to new concept for rocket launches
One month after a New Glenn rocket explosion damaged its Florida launch pad, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has decided to shift its focus to a new concept for future launches.

“To return to flight this year, we’re not rebuilding the same pad,” Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in an online update.
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/blue-origin-switches-to-new-concept-for-rocket-launches/
#GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space

Rubin Observatory starts filming 10-year ‘cosmic movie’
The science team behind the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially launched a decade-long survey of the southern sky — an ambitious project three decades in the making.

The start of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, follows years of planning and construction of the billion-dollar
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/rubin-observatory-starts-filming-10-year-cosmic-movie/
#GeekWire #Astronomy #RubinObservatory #Space

Rubin Observatory starts filming 10-year ‘cosmic movie’
The science team behind the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially launched a decade-long survey of the southern sky — an ambitious project three decades in the making.

The start of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, follows years of planning and construction of the billion-dollar
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/rubin-observatory-starts-filming-10-year-cosmic-movie/
#GeekWire #Astronomy #RubinObservatory #Space

NASA backs dozens of projects on the space frontier
NASA has selected proposals from 37 companies, including several with Seattle-area connections, to further its plans to establish a long-term presence on the moon and enable human exploration of Mars.

The companies applied to partner with
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/26/nasa-backs-dozens-of-projects-on-the-space-frontier/
#GeekWire #AerojetRocketdyne #BlueOrigin #Mars #Moon #NASA #Space #Starcloud #StokeSpace #Technology #ZenoPower

NASA backs dozens of projects on the space frontier
NASA has selected proposals from 37 companies, including several with Seattle-area connections, to further its plans to establish a long-term presence on the moon and enable human exploration of Mars.

The companies applied to partner with
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/26/nasa-backs-dozens-of-projects-on-the-space-frontier/
#GeekWire #AerojetRocketdyne #BlueOrigin #Mars #Moon #NASA #Space #Starcloud #StokeSpace #Technology #ZenoPower

NASA backs dozens of projects on the space frontier
NASA has selected proposals from 37 companies, including several with Seattle-area connections, to further its plans to establish a long-term presence on the moon and enable human exploration of Mars.

The companies applied to partner with
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/26/nasa-backs-dozens-of-projects-on-the-space-frontier/
#GeekWire #AerojetRocketdyne #BlueOrigin #Mars #Moon #NASA #Space #Starcloud #StokeSpace #Technology #ZenoPower

NASA backs dozens of projects on the space frontier
NASA has selected proposals from 37 companies, including several with Seattle-area connections, to further its plans to establish a long-term presence on the moon and enable human exploration of Mars.

The companies applied to partner with
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/26/nasa-backs-dozens-of-projects-on-the-space-frontier/
#GeekWire #AerojetRocketdyne #BlueOrigin #Mars #Moon #NASA #Space #Starcloud #StokeSpace #Technology #ZenoPower

NASA backs dozens of projects on the space frontier
NASA has selected proposals from 37 companies, including several with Seattle-area connections, to further its plans to establish a long-term presence on the moon and enable human exploration of Mars.

The companies applied to partner with
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/26/nasa-backs-dozens-of-projects-on-the-space-frontier/
#GeekWire #AerojetRocketdyne #BlueOrigin #Mars #Moon #NASA #Space #Starcloud #StokeSpace #Technology #ZenoPower

The biggest worry about sex in space is what comes after
Sex in space is the perfect subject for levity and double entendres, and the panelists at a Deep Tech Week session held at Thinkspace Seattle leaned into the humor early on.

“We can all imagine Newton’s Third Law dictates that, unrestrained, you get one thrust in and
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/14/the-biggest-worry-about-sex-in-space-is-what-comes-after/
#GeekWire #Health #LifeInSpace #Sex #Space #SpaceSettlement #Spaceflight

The biggest worry about sex in space is what comes after
Sex in space is the perfect subject for levity and double entendres, and the panelists at a Deep Tech Week session held at Thinkspace Seattle leaned into the humor early on.

“We can all imagine Newton’s Third Law dictates that, unrestrained, you get one thrust in and
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/14/the-biggest-worry-about-sex-in-space-is-what-comes-after/
#GeekWire #Health #LifeInSpace #Sex #Space #SpaceSettlement #Spaceflight

SpaceX’s IPO could boost Northwest space ventures
SpaceX’s initial public offering is likely to boost the company’s valuation to $1.77 trillion, promote CEO Elon Musk to trillionaire status — and benefit the Seattle area’s space community as well.

The $75 billion IPO, which will add SpaceX to the Nasdaq stock exchange, is expected to be the biggest initial public offering in h
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/11/spacexs-ipo-could-boost-northwest-space-ventures/
#GeekWire #Space #SpaceX

SpaceX’s IPO could boost Northwest space ventures
SpaceX’s initial public offering is likely to boost the company’s valuation to $1.77 trillion, promote CEO Elon Musk to trillionaire status — and benefit the Seattle area’s space community as well.

The $75 billion IPO, which will add SpaceX to the Nasdaq stock exchange, is expected to be the biggest initial public offering in h
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/11/spacexs-ipo-could-boost-northwest-space-ventures/
#GeekWire #Space #SpaceX

Founders on the tech frontier show off their gadgets
Four founders of companies on the tech frontier got together this week at a Seattle conference for a show-and-tell about the hardware at the heart of their businesses. And like any good show-and-tell, their talks touched on strategy as well as gadgetry.

https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/09/founders-on-the-tech-frontier-show-off-their-gadgets/
#GeekWire #CarbonRobotics #LumenOrbit #OverlandAI #Space #Starcloud #StarfishSpace #Technology

Founders on the tech frontier show off their gadgets
Four founders of companies on the tech frontier got together this week at a Seattle conference for a show-and-tell about the hardware at the heart of their businesses. And like any good show-and-tell, their talks touched on strategy as well as gadgetry.

https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/09/founders-on-the-tech-frontier-show-off-their-gadgets/
#GeekWire #CarbonRobotics #LumenOrbit #OverlandAI #Space #Starcloud #StarfishSpace #Technology

Founders on the tech frontier show off their gadgets
Four founders of companies on the tech frontier got together this week at a Seattle conference for a show-and-tell about the hardware at the heart of their businesses. And like any good show-and-tell, their talks touched on strategy as well as gadgetry.

https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/09/founders-on-the-tech-frontier-show-off-their-gadgets/
#GeekWire #CarbonRobotics #LumenOrbit #OverlandAI #Space #Starcloud #StarfishSpace #Technology

Founders on the tech frontier show off their gadgets
Four founders of companies on the tech frontier got together this week at a Seattle conference for a show-and-tell about the hardware at the heart of their businesses. And like any good show-and-tell, their talks touched on strategy as well as gadgetry.

https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/09/founders-on-the-tech-frontier-show-off-their-gadgets/
#GeekWire #CarbonRobotics #LumenOrbit #OverlandAI #Space #Starcloud #StarfishSpace #Technology

Founders on the tech frontier show off their gadgets
Four founders of companies on the tech frontier got together this week at a Seattle conference for a show-and-tell about the hardware at the heart of their businesses. And like any good show-and-tell, their talks touched on strategy as well as gadgetry.

https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/09/founders-on-the-tech-frontier-show-off-their-gadgets/
#GeekWire #CarbonRobotics #LumenOrbit #OverlandAI #Space #Starcloud #StarfishSpace #Technology

FCC gives Amazon Leo more leeway on satellite schedule
The Federal Communications Commission has freed Amazon from a requirement to deploy the first 1,616 satellites in its Amazon Leo broadband internet constellation by July 30.

The looming deadline had been a condition of the FCC’s 2020 license for the network, when it was known as
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/08/fcc-gives-amazon-leo-more-leeway-on-satellite-schedule/
#GeekWire #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space

FCC gives Amazon Leo more leeway on satellite schedule
The Federal Communications Commission has freed Amazon from a requirement to deploy the first 1,616 satellites in its Amazon Leo broadband internet constellation by July 30.

The looming deadline had been a condition of the FCC’s 2020 license for the network, when it was known as
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/08/fcc-gives-amazon-leo-more-leeway-on-satellite-schedule/
#GeekWire #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space

Space Northwest revs up a space business accelerator
Space Northwest, a nonprofit association serving the Pacific Northwest’s space industry ecosystem, says it’s partnering with the Commercial Space Federation to launch a regional space business accelerator.

The initiative will begin with an executive roundtable scheduled this summer, followed
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/02/space-northwest-revs-up-a-space-business-accelerator/
#GeekWire #CommercialSpaceflight #Space #SpaceNorthwest

Space Northwest revs up a space business accelerator
Space Northwest, a nonprofit association serving the Pacific Northwest’s space industry ecosystem, says it’s partnering with the Commercial Space Federation to launch a regional space business accelerator.

The initiative will begin with an executive roundtable scheduled this summer, followed
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/02/space-northwest-revs-up-a-space-business-accelerator/
#GeekWire #CommercialSpaceflight #Space #SpaceNorthwest

Blue Origin pledges to return to flight by year’s end
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture aims to repair the damage done last week by a launch-pad rocket explosion and return to flight before the end of the year, the company’s CEO says.

In a post to X, CEO Dave Limp laid out a schedule that was more optimistic than what was expected immediately after the fi
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/02/blue-origin-pledges-to-return-to-flight-by-years-end/
#GeekWire #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space