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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

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

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

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

A quick guide to the total lunar eclipse — and the weather
Tonight’s full moon will turn into a red moon during the last total lunar eclipse we’ll be able to see for the next two years — but whether we’ll truly be able to see it with our own eyes depends on the weather. And that’s an iffy proposition for Pacific Northwest skywatchers.

The good news
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/03/02/a-quick-guide-to-the-total-lunar-eclipse-and-the-weather/
#GeekWire #Eclipses #Moon #Skywatching #Space

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

Amazon wins OK to add 4,500 satellites to Leo network
Amazon has won the Federal Communications Commission’s approval to go ahead with its plan to launch thousands of second-generation Amazon Leo satellites for its broadband internet network, even though the first-generation constellation is far from complete.

The approval would add
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/10/amazon-wins-ok-to-add-4500-satellites-to-leo-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon wins OK to add 4,500 satellites to Leo network
Amazon has won the Federal Communications Commission’s approval to go ahead with its plan to launch thousands of second-generation Amazon Leo satellites for its broadband internet network, even though the first-generation constellation is far from complete.

The approval would add
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/10/amazon-wins-ok-to-add-4500-satellites-to-leo-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon wins OK to add 4,500 satellites to Leo network
Amazon has won the Federal Communications Commission’s approval to go ahead with its plan to launch thousands of second-generation Amazon Leo satellites for its broadband internet network, even though the first-generation constellation is far from complete.

The approval would add
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/10/amazon-wins-ok-to-add-4500-satellites-to-leo-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon wins OK to add 4,500 satellites to Leo network
Amazon has won the Federal Communications Commission’s approval to go ahead with its plan to launch thousands of second-generation Amazon Leo satellites for its broadband internet network, even though the first-generation constellation is far from complete.

The approval would add
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/10/amazon-wins-ok-to-add-4500-satellites-to-leo-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon wins OK to add 4,500 satellites to Leo network
Amazon has won the Federal Communications Commission’s approval to go ahead with its plan to launch thousands of second-generation Amazon Leo satellites for its broadband internet network, even though the first-generation constellation is far from complete.

The approval would add
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/10/amazon-wins-ok-to-add-4500-satellites-to-leo-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Stoke Space raises $350M to get set for rocket debut
Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space Technologies says it has added another $350 million to its previously announced Series D financing round, bringing the amount raised in the round to $860 million.

The fresh funding will go toward completing activation of the company’s Florida launch complex and expanding production capacity
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/10/stoke-space-raises-350m-to-get-set-for-rocket-debut/
#GeekWire #Space #StokeSpace

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

Interlune digs into opportunities for lunar construction
Interlune is leveraging a $150,000 NASA contract to develop develop lunar trenching and excavation technology — and although the primary goal is to extract valuable helium-3 from moon dirt, the project also signals the company’s broader play for lunar infrastructure.

Interlune’s work
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/04/interlune-digs-into-opportunities-for-lunar-construction/
#GeekWire #Artemis #Interlune #Mining #Moon #NASA #Space

Amazon asks FCC for more time to launch Leo satellites
Amazon says it’s been harder than expected to secure rides for its Amazon Leo broadband internet satellites, and now it’s asking the Federal Communications Commission for more time.

The request for an extension, filed today, asks the FCC to give Amazon until July 30, 2028,
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/30/amazon-asks-fcc-for-more-time-to-launch-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #FCC #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon asks FCC for more time to launch Leo satellites
Amazon says it’s been harder than expected to secure rides for its Amazon Leo broadband internet satellites, and now it’s asking the Federal Communications Commission for more time.

The request for an extension, filed today, asks the FCC to give Amazon until July 30, 2028,
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/30/amazon-asks-fcc-for-more-time-to-launch-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #FCC #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon asks FCC for more time to launch Leo satellites
Amazon says it’s been harder than expected to secure rides for its Amazon Leo broadband internet satellites, and now it’s asking the Federal Communications Commission for more time.

The request for an extension, filed today, asks the FCC to give Amazon until July 30, 2028,
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/30/amazon-asks-fcc-for-more-time-to-launch-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #FCC #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon asks FCC for more time to launch Leo satellites
Amazon says it’s been harder than expected to secure rides for its Amazon Leo broadband internet satellites, and now it’s asking the Federal Communications Commission for more time.

The request for an extension, filed today, asks the FCC to give Amazon until July 30, 2028,
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/30/amazon-asks-fcc-for-more-time-to-launch-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #FCC #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon asks FCC for more time to launch Leo satellites
Amazon says it’s been harder than expected to secure rides for its Amazon Leo broadband internet satellites, and now it’s asking the Federal Communications Commission for more time.

The request for an extension, filed today, asks the FCC to give Amazon until July 30, 2028,
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/30/amazon-asks-fcc-for-more-time-to-launch-leo-satellites/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #FCC #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Interlune brings in more cash to get set for moon mining
Seattle-based Interlune is raising additional investment to support its campaign to identify and extract resources on the moon that can be brought back to Earth, starting with helium-3.

The fundraising effort came to light in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week.
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/29/interlune-brings-in-more-cash-to-get-set-for-moon-mining/
#GeekWire #Helium3 #Interlune #Moon #Space

Decades-old rocket factory is in for a Rocketdyne rebrand
A decades-old rocket factory in Redmond, Wash., is due to be rebranded with a time-honored name: Rocketdyne.

If all goes according to plan, the facility will become part of a joint venture created under the terms of an $845 million deal involving L3Harris Tec
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/16/decades-old-rocket-factory-is-in-for-a-rocketdyne-rebrand/
#GeekWire #AEIndustrialPartners #AerojetRocketdyne #L3Harris #Rocketdyne #Space

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

Starcloud plans its next power moves for AI in space
After taking one small but historic step for space-based AI, a Seattle-area startup called Starcloud is gearing up for a giant leap into what could be a multibillion-dollar business.

The business model doesn’t require Starcloud to manage how the data for artificial intelligen
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/22/starcloud-plans-its-next-power-moves-for-ai-in-space/
#GeekWire #ArtificialIntelligence #BigData #Satellites #Space #Starcloud

Blue Origin launches first wheelchair user into space
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into space.

“It was the coolest experience,” said Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a German-born aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the Europe
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/20/blue-origin-launches-first-wheelchair-user-into-space/
#GeekWire #Accessibility #BlueOrigin #NewShepard #SpaceTourism #SuborbitalSpaceflight

Space startups team up for a novel satellite meetup
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space and California-based Impulse Space say they’ve successfully demonstrated an in-space satellite rendezvous during a mission that handed over control of an Impulse Mira spacecraft to Starfish’s guidance and navigation system.

The demonstration was code-named
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/15/space-startups-team-up-for-a-novel-satellite-meetup/
#GeekWire #ImpulseSpace #Satellites #Space #StarfishSpace

Space startups team up for a novel satellite meetup
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space and California-based Impulse Space say they’ve successfully demonstrated an in-space satellite rendezvous during a mission that handed over control of an Impulse Mira spacecraft to Starfish’s guidance and navigation system.

The demonstration was code-named
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/15/space-startups-team-up-for-a-novel-satellite-meetup/
#GeekWire #ImpulseSpace #Satellites #Space #StarfishSpace

Space startups team up for a novel satellite meetup
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space and California-based Impulse Space say they’ve successfully demonstrated an in-space satellite rendezvous during a mission that handed over control of an Impulse Mira spacecraft to Starfish’s guidance and navigation system.

The demonstration was code-named
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/15/space-startups-team-up-for-a-novel-satellite-meetup/
#GeekWire #ImpulseSpace #Satellites #Space #StarfishSpace

Space startups team up for a novel satellite meetup
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space and California-based Impulse Space say they’ve successfully demonstrated an in-space satellite rendezvous during a mission that handed over control of an Impulse Mira spacecraft to Starfish’s guidance and navigation system.

The demonstration was code-named
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/15/space-startups-team-up-for-a-novel-satellite-meetup/
#GeekWire #ImpulseSpace #Satellites #Space #StarfishSpace

Space startups team up for a novel satellite meetup
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space and California-based Impulse Space say they’ve successfully demonstrated an in-space satellite rendezvous during a mission that handed over control of an Impulse Mira spacecraft to Starfish’s guidance and navigation system.

The demonstration was code-named
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/15/space-startups-team-up-for-a-novel-satellite-meetup/
#GeekWire #ImpulseSpace #Satellites #Space #StarfishSpace

Outbound Aerospace hits the end of its financial runway
Only a few months ago, Outbound Aerospace was on its way up — literally — after raising more than $1 million in pre-seed funding and flying a prototype meant to pave the way for a blended-wing passenger jet. But now the Seattle startup’s fortunes have fallen back to earth.

Outboun
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/11/outbound-aerospace-hits-the-end-of-its-financial-runway/
#GeekWire #Aerospace #Aviation #OutboundAerospace #Technology

How the buzz over an ‘alien’ interstellar comet went viral
Is an interstellar spacecraft zooming through our solar system? That’s the big question for fans of unidentified flying objects — and for a researcher at the University of Washington who analyzed the speculation over the interstellar com
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/06/how-the-buzz-over-an-alien-interstellar-comet-went-viral/
#GeekWire #3IATLAS #A11pl3Z #Aliens #InterstellarObjects #SocialMedia #Space #UniversityOfWashington

OpenAI CEO considers exploring the space data frontier
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is thinking about expanding into the final frontier for data centers, and his efforts to follow through on that thought reportedly turned into talks with Stoke Space, a rocket startup headquartered just south of Seattle.

Altman looked into putting together funding to invest in
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/05/openai-ceo-considers-exploring-the-space-data-frontier/
#GeekWire #BigData #OpenAI #Space #StokeSpace

Amazon gears up for beta test of satellite internet service
Amazon Leo — the satellite internet service provider formerly known as Project Kuiper — says it has started shipping its top-of-the-line terminals to select customers for testing.

Today’s announcement serves as further evidence that Amazon is closin
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/11/24/amazon-gears-up-for-beta-test-of-satellite-internet-service/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space #Technology

Amazon gears up for beta test of satellite internet service
Amazon Leo — the satellite internet service provider formerly known as Project Kuiper — says it has started shipping its top-of-the-line terminals to select customers for testing.

Today’s announcement serves as further evidence that Amazon is closin
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/11/24/amazon-gears-up-for-beta-test-of-satellite-internet-service/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space #Technology

Amazon gears up for beta test of satellite internet service
Amazon Leo — the satellite internet service provider formerly known as Project Kuiper — says it has started shipping its top-of-the-line terminals to select customers for testing.

Today’s announcement serves as further evidence that Amazon is closin
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/11/24/amazon-gears-up-for-beta-test-of-satellite-internet-service/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites #Space #Technology

Scientists simulate the brain on a supercomputer
Creating a virtual brain may sound like a science-fiction nightmare, but for neuroscientists in Japan and at Seattle’s Allen Institute, it’s a big step toward a long-held dream.

They say their mouse-cortex simulation, run on one of the world’s fastest supercompute
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/11/17/scientists-simulate-the-brain-on-a-supercomputer/
#GeekWire #AllenInstitute #Brain #Health #Neuroscience #Science #Simulations #Supercomputers