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Jeff Bezos wants to send Donald Trump to space, and Twitter is thrilled
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos is still new to Twitter, but he’s figuring out the snarky social media stuff pretty quickly. The CEO of Amazon.com and private space exploration company Blue Origin found himself on the receiving end of one of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent Twitter rants. Trump called the Washington Post, which Bezos acquired in 2013,...
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Commercial space station resupply launch success—Cygnus blasts off
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HOUSTON—After days of delay, Orbital ATK's CRS Orb-4 (for “commercial resupply services”) launched successfully from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this afternoon. The Cygnus spacecraft took flight atop a ULA-produced Atlas V rocket—an older launch vehicle with a relatively high success rate.

The launch is the first for Orbital since their disastrous CRS-3...

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It’s a first! Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship (with HoloLens) to space station
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After waiting out Florida’s weather for three days, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket lofted supplies to the International Space Station today for the first time ever. The Atlas rose from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 4:44 p.m. ET (1:44 p.m. PT), sending Orbital ATK’s uncrewed Cygnus crew capsule into orbit. The space station’s...
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Space race! British astronaut Tim Peake gets set to run marathon on space station
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Tim Peake
British astronaut Tim Peake says he’ll follow in the footsteps of NASA’s Sunita Williams by running a marathon in orbit on the International Space Station. Peake is due to ride a Russian Soyuz craft to the station for a six-month stint on Dec. 15, which should give him plenty of zero-G training time for the London Marathon on April...
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GeekWire’s 2015 Newsmakers of the Year: These industry leaders made their mark in tech, science and space
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It has been another giant year for technology and science in the Seattle region — featuring everything from rocket launches to big financing rounds to breakthrough devices and huge acquisitions. Microsoft is showing new signs of life, while Amazon is experiencing unprecedented growth amid new questions about its workplace culture. Meanwhile, new biotech companies are making major strides against cancer...
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Wow! Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sends New Shepard rocket ship to space – and gets it back safely
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Blue Origin New Shepard launch
Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, successfully sent its New Shepard rocket ship to outer space for the first time on Monday – and even more amazingly, brought every piece back down to Earth for a soft landing. Exclusive: Jeff Bezos speaks out on Blue Origin, SpaceX and space trips: ‘I...
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Asteroid mining riches await: President Obama signs space resource bill into law
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Asteroid mining
President Barack Obama today put his signature on a law supporting the rights of space miners to extract, use and sell resources from asteroids, the moon, Mars and other celestial bodies – giving space-minded entrepreneurs something extra to be thankful for. “This is the single greatest recognition of property rights in history,” Eric Anderson, co-founder and co-chairman of Redmond-based Planetary...
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Exclusive: Jeff Bezos speaks out on Blue Origin, SpaceX and space trips: ‘I can’t wait to go!’
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Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, says watching his Blue Origin rocket make a safe landing after flying into space rates as one of the greatest moments of his life, and he can’t wait to take a ride himself. In an exclusive GeekWire interview, conducted on the morning after the New Shepard test mission, Bezos answered questions about what the...
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It’s official: NASA signs up to send crew on SpaceX’s Dragon space taxi
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Image: Crew Dragon
NASA has ordered its first mission from SpaceX to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, six months after placing a similar order with Boeing. “It’s really exciting to see SpaceX and Boeing with hardware in flow for their first crew rotation missions,” Kathy Lueders, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, said today in a news release....
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