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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

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

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

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

Rubin Observatory team discovers 11,000 new asteroids
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s science team has discovered more than 11,000 new asteroids — a feat made possible by the Simonyi Survey Telescope’s advanced capabilities and data-crunching software developed at the University of Washington.

R
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/03/rubin-observatory-team-discovers-11000-new-asteroids/
#GeekWire #Asteroids #Astronomy #BigData #DIRACInstitute #RubinObservatory #Space #UniversityOfWashington

Rubin Observatory team discovers 11,000 new asteroids
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s science team has discovered more than 11,000 new asteroids — a feat made possible by the Simonyi Survey Telescope’s advanced capabilities and data-crunching software developed at the University of Washington.

R
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/03/rubin-observatory-team-discovers-11000-new-asteroids/
#GeekWire #Asteroids #Astronomy #BigData #DIRACInstitute #RubinObservatory #Space #UniversityOfWashington

Rubin Observatory revs up its astronomical alert system
An astronomical alert system developed at the University of Washington started off with a bang this week, sending out 800,000 notifications about moving asteroids, exploding stars and other celestial changes detected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/25/rubin-observatory-revs-up-its-astronomical-alert-system/
#GeekWire #Astronomy #BigData #DIRACInstitute #RubinObservatory #UniversityOfWashington

Business is looking up for space station designers
How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how to lay out their orbital outposts.

Mike
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
#GeekWire #Design #OrbitalReef #Space #SpaceStations #Starlab #Teague

Business is looking up for space station designers
How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how to lay out their orbital outposts.

Mike
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
#GeekWire #Design #OrbitalReef #Space #SpaceStations #Starlab #Teague

Business is looking up for space station designers
How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how to lay out their orbital outposts.

Mike
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
#GeekWire #Design #OrbitalReef #Space #SpaceStations #Starlab #Teague

Business is looking up for space station designers
How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how to lay out their orbital outposts.

Mike
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
#GeekWire #Design #OrbitalReef #Space #SpaceStations #Starlab #Teague

Business is looking up for space station designers
How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how to lay out their orbital outposts.

Mike
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
#GeekWire #Design #OrbitalReef #Space #SpaceStations #Starlab #Teague

This asteroid is spinning fast enough to set a record
Astronomers say they’ve found an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.

The asteroid, known as 2025 MN45, is nearly half a mile (710 meters) in diameter and makes a full rotation every 1.88 minutes, based on an analysis of data from the Vera C. Rub
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/07/this-asteroid-is-spinning-fast-enough-to-set-a-record/
#GeekWire #AAS #Asteroids #RubinObservatory #Space #UniversityOfWashington

Seattle Space Week provides a peek at hypersonic blaster
Most weeklong tech events have opportunities for entrepreneurs to make contacts and trade tips, serious sessions where CEOs and public officials share their visions, and happy hours where future deals are made. But how many “tech weeks” include a show-and-tell fe
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/10/seattle-space-week-provides-a-peek-at-hypersonic-blaster/
#GeekWire #HypersonicFlight #Military #SeattleSpaceWeek #Space #WaveMotionLaunch

Seattle Space Week provides a peek at hypersonic blaster
Most weeklong tech events have opportunities for entrepreneurs to make contacts and trade tips, serious sessions where CEOs and public officials share their visions, and happy hours where future deals are made. But how many “tech weeks” include a show-and-tell fe
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/10/seattle-space-week-provides-a-peek-at-hypersonic-blaster/
#GeekWire #HypersonicFlight #Military #SeattleSpaceWeek #Space #WaveMotionLaunch

Xplore captures a satellite snapshot of North Korea
Nine months after the launch of its first satellite, Bellevue, Wash.-based Xplore is sharing a hyperspectral view of North Korean territory as seen from orbit.

The image, captured in visible and near-infrared wavelengths by Xplore’s XCUBE-1 satellite, was unveiled today at the Seattle Space Su
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/09/11/xplore-captures-a-satellite-snapshot-of-north-korea/
#GeekWire #AerialImagery #NorthKorea #Satellites #Xplore

Xplore captures a satellite snapshot of North Korea
Nine months after the launch of its first satellite, Bellevue, Wash.-based Xplore is sharing a hyperspectral view of North Korean territory as seen from orbit.

The image, captured in visible and near-infrared wavelengths by Xplore’s XCUBE-1 satellite, was unveiled today at the Seattle Space Su
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/09/11/xplore-captures-a-satellite-snapshot-of-north-korea/
#GeekWire #AerialImagery #NorthKorea #Satellites #Xplore

New Frontier Aerospace tests 3D-printed rocket engine
Kent, Wash.-based New Frontier Aerospace says it has put its 3D-printed Mjölnir rocket engine through a series of successful hot-fire tests, in preparation for an initial flight test of a hypersonic drone that could take place as early as next year.

Mjölnir is named after the h
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/23/new-frontier-aerospace-tests-3d-printed-rocket-engine/
#GeekWire #3DPrinting #HypersonicFlight #NewFrontierAerospace #Space

New Frontier Aerospace tests 3D-printed rocket engine
Kent, Wash.-based New Frontier Aerospace says it has put its 3D-printed Mjölnir rocket engine through a series of successful hot-fire tests, in preparation for an initial flight test of a hypersonic drone that could take place as early as next year.

Mjölnir is named after the h
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/23/new-frontier-aerospace-tests-3d-printed-rocket-engine/
#GeekWire #3DPrinting #HypersonicFlight #NewFrontierAerospace #Space

AeroTEC joins project to test hybrid-electric aircraft
Seattle-based AeroTEC says it’s been selected by Pratt & Whitney Canada to lead the modification and flight test of an experimental hybrid-electric demonstrator aircraft at its Flight Test Center in Moses Lake, Wash.

The RTX demonstrator is a De Havilland Canada Da
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/17/aerotec-joins-project-to-test-hybrid-electric-aircraft/
#GeekWire #AeroTEC #Aviation #ElectricPropulsion #PrattWhitney #RTX #Technology

AeroTEC joins project to test hybrid-electric aircraft
Seattle-based AeroTEC says it’s been selected by Pratt & Whitney Canada to lead the modification and flight test of an experimental hybrid-electric demonstrator aircraft at its Flight Test Center in Moses Lake, Wash.

The RTX demonstrator is a De Havilland Canada Da
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/17/aerotec-joins-project-to-test-hybrid-electric-aircraft/
#GeekWire #AeroTEC #Aviation #ElectricPropulsion #PrattWhitney #RTX #Technology

Wireless charging system cleared for moon missions
Astrobotic says it has completed flight model acceptance testing for a wireless charging system that incorporates technology from Seattle-based WiBotic — and that could help rovers roam across the surface of the moon.

The system is designed to provide reliable, high-efficiency power transfer amid t
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/23/wireless-charging-system-cleared-for-moon-missions/
#GeekWire #Astrobotic #Moon #Space #WiBotic #Wireless

Radian unveils plan for reusable re-entry vehicle
Seattle-based Radian Aerospace says it’s developing a reusable re-entry vehicle that can be used to test aerospace components under stressful conditions and then bring them back down to Earth.

The Radian Reusable Re-entry Vehicle, or R3V, is meant to advance technologies that the company is building in
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/29/radian-unveils-plan-for-reusable-re-entry-vehicle/
#GeekWire #HypersonicFlight #RadianAerospace #Space

Radian unveils plan for reusable re-entry vehicle
Seattle-based Radian Aerospace says it’s developing a reusable re-entry vehicle that can be used to test aerospace components under stressful conditions and then bring them back down to Earth.

The Radian Reusable Re-entry Vehicle, or R3V, is meant to advance technologies that the company is building in
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/29/radian-unveils-plan-for-reusable-re-entry-vehicle/
#GeekWire #HypersonicFlight #RadianAerospace #Space

Gravitics wins Space Force support for orbital carrier
The U.S. Space Force has chosen Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics to build and fly an orbital carrier that could deliver maneuverable space vehicles to the final frontier — and have them ready to respond to future threats.

The project will be supported by up to $60 million in funding, to be pro
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/03/26/gravitics-wins-space-force-support-for-orbital-carrier/
#GeekWire #Gravitics #Military #Space #SpaceForce

Gravitics wins Space Force support for orbital carrier
The U.S. Space Force has chosen Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics to build and fly an orbital carrier that could deliver maneuverable space vehicles to the final frontier — and have them ready to respond to future threats.

The project will be supported by up to $60 million in funding, to be pro
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/03/26/gravitics-wins-space-force-support-for-orbital-carrier/
#GeekWire #Gravitics #Military #Space #SpaceForce

Eviation suspends work on its electric airplane project
Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft has laid off most of its employees and paused work on its electric-powered Alice airplane, which had its first and only flight test more than two years ago.

In an emailed statement, Eviation CEO Andre Stein said a temporary pause was necess
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/14/eviation-suspends-work-on-its-electric-airplane-project/
#GeekWire #Aviation #ElectricPropulsion #Eviation #Technology

Eviation suspends work on its electric airplane project
Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft has laid off most of its employees and paused work on its electric-powered Alice airplane, which had its first and only flight test more than two years ago.

In an emailed statement, Eviation CEO Andre Stein said a temporary pause was necess
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/14/eviation-suspends-work-on-its-electric-airplane-project/
#GeekWire #Aviation #ElectricPropulsion #Eviation #Technology

#GeekWire:

"NTSB spots flaws in hull of Oceangate’s Titan submersible and focuses on a bang"

https://www.geekwire.com/2024/bang-anomalies-hull-oceangate-titan-sub-ntsb/

25.9.2024

#CarbonFiber #composite #delamination #dive #engineering #NTSB #Oceangate #StocktonRush #submersible #Titan

#GeekWire:

"NTSB spots flaws in hull of Oceangate’s Titan submersible and focuses on a bang"

https://www.geekwire.com/2024/bang-anomalies-hull-oceangate-titan-sub-ntsb/

25.9.2024

#CarbonFiber #composite #delamination #dive #engineering #NTSB #Oceangate #StocktonRush #submersible #Titan

MagniX shows off its future hybrid electric airplane
The airplane that Everett, Wash.-based magniX will use to test its hybrid electric propulsion system for a $74.3 million NASA demonstration project is ready to go on the outside, and it’ll soon be ready on the inside as well.

Today magniX and its partners unveiled the De Havilland Dash 7 plan
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/08/22/magnix-shows-off-its-future-hybrid-electric-airplane/
#GeekWire #ElectricPropulsion #MagniX #NASA #Technology

MagniX shows off its future hybrid electric airplane
The airplane that Everett, Wash.-based magniX will use to test its hybrid electric propulsion system for a $74.3 million NASA demonstration project is ready to go on the outside, and it’ll soon be ready on the inside as well.

Today magniX and its partners unveiled the De Havilland Dash 7 plan
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/08/22/magnix-shows-off-its-future-hybrid-electric-airplane/
#GeekWire #ElectricPropulsion #MagniX #NASA #Technology

Judge tosses out $72M jury verdict against Boeing
A federal judge in Seattle has sided with Boeing and is throwing out a jury verdict that called for the aerospace giant to pay $72 million to Zunum Aero, a Seattle-area aviation startup it once supported.

In an statement emailed to me after the judge made his ruling, Boeing said it wa
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/08/14/judge-tosses-out-72m-jury-verdict-against-boeing/
#GeekWire #Aviation #Boeing #ElectricPropulsion #Technology #ZunumAero

Judge tosses out $72M jury verdict against Boeing
A federal judge in Seattle has sided with Boeing and is throwing out a jury verdict that called for the aerospace giant to pay $72 million to Zunum Aero, a Seattle-area aviation startup it once supported.

In an statement emailed to me after the judge made his ruling, Boeing said it wa
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/08/14/judge-tosses-out-72m-jury-verdict-against-boeing/
#GeekWire #Aviation #Boeing #ElectricPropulsion #Technology #ZunumAero

Gravitics makes a $125M space station deal with Axiom
Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics says it has won a $125 million contract from Axiom Space to provide a pressurized spacecraft for Axiom’s yet-to-be-launched commercial space station.

The hardware would play a utility role by providing a varie
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/07/09/gravitics-makes-a-125m-space-station-deal-with-axiom/
#GeekWire #AxiomSpace #CommercialSpaceflight #Gravitics #InternationalSpaceStation #Space #SpaceStations

Gravitics makes a $125M space station deal with Axiom
Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics says it has won a $125 million contract from Axiom Space to provide a pressurized spacecraft for Axiom’s yet-to-be-launched commercial space station.

The hardware would play a utility role by providing a varie
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/07/09/gravitics-makes-a-125m-space-station-deal-with-axiom/
#GeekWire #AxiomSpace #CommercialSpaceflight #Gravitics #InternationalSpaceStation #Space #SpaceStations

Starfish Space signs a deal to service an Intelsat satellite
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has signed a contract with Intelsat to provide on-orbit life extension services to a geostationary satellite beginning in 2026.

It’s the first commercial contract for Starfish’s Otter satellite servicing spacecraft, which is currently under de
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/06/26/starfish-space-signs-a-deal-to-service-an-intelsat-satellite/
#GeekWire #Intelsat #Satellites #Space #StarfishSpace

Starfish Space signs a deal to service an Intelsat satellite
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has signed a contract with Intelsat to provide on-orbit life extension services to a geostationary satellite beginning in 2026.

It’s the first commercial contract for Starfish’s Otter satellite servicing spacecraft, which is currently under de
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/06/26/starfish-space-signs-a-deal-to-service-an-intelsat-satellite/
#GeekWire #Intelsat #Satellites #Space #StarfishSpace

Boeing loses a legal battle with electric aviation startup
A federal jury in Seattle says Boeing owes an unsuccessful electric-aviation startup called Zunum Aero $72 million for misappropriating trade secrets and interfering with its business plans.

Some of that amount could be tripled if the judge determines that the misap
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/05/31/boeing-loses-a-legal-battle-with-electric-aviation-startup/
#GeekWire #Aviation #Boeing #ElectricPropulsion #Technology #ZunumAero

Boeing loses a legal battle with electric aviation startup
A federal jury in Seattle says Boeing owes an unsuccessful electric-aviation startup called Zunum Aero $72 million for misappropriating trade secrets and interfering with its business plans.

Some of that amount could be tripled if the judge determines that the misap
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/05/31/boeing-loses-a-legal-battle-with-electric-aviation-startup/
#GeekWire #Aviation #Boeing #ElectricPropulsion #Technology #ZunumAero

Gravitics will work with Space Force on space station tech
Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics says it will work with Rocket Lab USA and other partners to adapt its space station architecture for the U.S. Space Force under the terms of a $1.7 million contract.

The contract was awarded through the 2023 SpaceWERX Tactically Res
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/04/25/gravitics-will-work-with-space-force-on-space-station-tech/
#GeekWire #Gravitics #Military #SBIR #Space #SpaceForce #SpaceStations

Gravitics will work with Space Force on space station tech
Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics says it will work with Rocket Lab USA and other partners to adapt its space station architecture for the U.S. Space Force under the terms of a $1.7 million contract.

The contract was awarded through the 2023 SpaceWERX Tactically Res
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/04/25/gravitics-will-work-with-space-force-on-space-station-tech/
#GeekWire #Gravitics #Military #SBIR #Space #SpaceForce #SpaceStations

Stratolaunch’s prototype rocket plane goes supersonic
Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch, the air-launch venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: The company’s mammoth airplane deployed a winged test vehicle for its first rocket-powered flight.

Stratolaunch’s single-use TA-1 test vehicle blazed
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/03/09/stratolaunchs-prototype-rocket-plane-goes-supersonic/
#GeekWire #Aerospace #HypersonicFlight #Military #Stratolaunch #Technology

Stratolaunch’s prototype rocket plane goes supersonic
Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch, the air-launch venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: The company’s mammoth airplane deployed a winged test vehicle for its first rocket-powered flight.

Stratolaunch’s single-use TA-1 test vehicle blazed
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/03/09/stratolaunchs-prototype-rocket-plane-goes-supersonic/
#GeekWire #Aerospace #HypersonicFlight #Military #Stratolaunch #Technology

IonQ opens the doors to its quantum computer factory
BOTHELL, Wash. — IonQ’s quantum computer factory is still ramping up to full operation, but the company is already expanding its footprint by tens of thousands of square feet.

A year ago, when IonQ revealed its plans to create a new kind of research and manufacturing facility in the Seattle area, the i
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/15/ionq-opens-the-doors-to-its-quantum-computer-factory/
#GeekWire #IonQ #QuantumComputing #Technology