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  Starcloud's AI data-processing hardware is going to the moon! The Seattle-area startup's payload will ride to lunar orbit on #Firefly Aerospace's #Elytra spacecraft, with departure set for as early as 2028. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/starcloud-ai-computing-moon-firefly/ #Starcloud #Moon #Space #Tech #AI #DataCenters

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  For the first time, SpaceX's #Starship deployed a batch of operational next-generation #Starlink satellites - which underwent testing for a brief 20 minutes before falling to their doom, as planned. There was a nice bonus at the end, as you'll see in the embedded video. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/24/lucky-13-starship-sends-out-satellites-and-stays-intact/ #Space #SpaceX

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  A #Seattle startup called #Interlune says its Cold Capture process takes advantage of cryogenic distillation to produce a rare and expensive type of helium that's used in #quantum computers. The process can be used on Earth - and on the #moon, where helium-3 is more abundant. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/interlune-helium-3-cold-capture-moon/ #Space #Helium3 #Space #Tech

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  After decades of preparation, the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time has begun at last. Over the coming decade, the #LSST is expected to discover millions of asteroids, shed light on dark matter and dark energy, and widen our view of the cosmos. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-lsst-cosmic-movie/ #RubinObservatory #Space #Astronomy

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  A Seattle-area tech venture called #PowerLight Technologies demonstrated to the #Pentagon how it can keep a military #drone flying with its power-beaming #laser system. The system could also be adapted to fight off enemy drones. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/powerlight-laser-power-beaming-drone-pentagon-test/ #Tech #Military #BeamPower

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  #NASA has awarded Seattle-based #Interlune $6.9 million to develop a payload suite that can cook gases out of #moon dirt and look for traces of potentially valuable #hydrogen and #helium3. The project fits into Interlune's grand plan to sell lunar helium-3 for earthly applications. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/interlune-nasa-contract-extract-helium-3-hydrogen-moon/ #Space #Regolith

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  Today's big data dump from the federal government's #UFO files includes a "bogey" seen by astronaut Frank Borman during the Gemini 7 mission in 1965. Actually, UFO sleuths explained that bogey 30 years ago. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/08/pentagon-releases-ufo-files-from-moon-trips-and-more/ #PURSUE #UAP #Space

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  Just catching up with this week's big news from the #KuiperBelt - about a mini-world that shouldn't have an atmosphere but apparently does. I also manage to wedge in a word about #Pluto. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/08/pluto-like-worlds-thin-atmosphere-poses-a-mystery/ #Space #TNO

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  The Financial Times quotes unidentified sources as saying that @blueorigin is looking at the option of seeking outside investors to boost the company's launch rate. Company founder Jeff Bezos, whose net worth currently amounts to around $270 billion, has put billions of dollars into his privately held space venture over the past 26 years. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-outside-investment/ #Space #BlueOrigin

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  #AmazonLeo is planning to launch its commercial #satellite #broadband internet service in the "next couple of months," according to the project's vice president of business and product. But the service won't be available everywhere all at once. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-leo-double-pace-roll-out-satellite-broadband/ #Amazon #Space #Tech

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  #Seattle science-fiction writer Vonda McIntyre completed the manuscript for a different kind of #Odyssey - from ancient Crete to the Pacific Northwest - just before she died in 2019. Seven years later, "The Curve of the World" has finally been published, and that's a cause for celebration. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/15/late-author-curve-world/ #FictionScience #Minoan #History #Science #Archaeology #Books #ClarionWest

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  Two veterans of Microsoft's #geospatial data projects are unveiling #TerraByte #AI, a stealthy startup that uses an "Earth Search Engine" to glean insights from intersecting streams of satellite data. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/terrabyte-ai-stealth-geospatial-data/ #Tech

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  The leader of the team behind the #AmazonLeo satellite broadband network reveals how Jeff Bezos got the ball rolling in the connectivity competition with SpaceX's #Starlink. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-leo-leaders-inside-look-satellite-past-future/ #Space #Tech #TechAlliance #Amazon

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  A Seattle-area startup called #StarfishSpace has announced that an Australian space startup will be its partner in what promises to be a dramatic satellite docking demonstration. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/starfish-space-australian-satellite-docking/ #Space

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  #SpaceX had to scrub its #Starship launch today due to technical difficulties, but a different sort of launch took place: The kickoff of crypto investor Chun Wang's campaign to ride Starship to #Mars and back someday in the future. Will his interplanetary plan actually get off the ground? Past precedents aren't encouraging. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/21/crypto-investor-plans-to-ride-starship-around-mars/ #Space

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  Not everything went right during the first flight test for SpaceX's redesigned #Starship V3 rocket, but the results were impressive enough for #SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to congratulate the team for scoring "a goal for humanity." Be sure to watch the video clips. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/22/next-gen-starship-passes-its-first-flight-test-despite-snags/ #Space

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  Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture wins a #NASA contract to send two crew-carrying #moon buggies to the lunar surface, with the first delivery set for as early as 2028. The buggies will be built by #Astrolab and #LunarOutpost. #FireflyAerospace also won a contract to drop off NASA's rocket-powered drones for future #MoonBase missions. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/nasa-taps-blue-origin-to-deliver-lunar-rovers-for-moon-base-initiative/ #Space

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  Just days after the #FAA accepted the findings of a launch mishap investigation, Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture announced that its #NewGlenn rocket will soon send 48 satellites into orbit for the high-speed internet network that Bezos approved when he was #Amazon CEO. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-amazon-leo-satellites/ #Space #AmazonLeo #ProjectKuiper #NG4 #LN01

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  A static-fire test of the #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn rocket ended in a spectacular launch-pad explosion that dealt a heavy blow to the company's Florida launch facility — and cast a dark cloud over the schedule for launching #AmazonLeo satellites and Blue Origin's lunar lander. (Photo credit: Spaceflight Now) https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-explodes-on-pad/ #Space

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  How will the launch-pad explosion of the #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn rocket affect customers ranging from #AmazonLeo to #NASA ? It's likely to take months to rebuild the pad, and "Amazon is probably in the best position to deal with this setback,” an industry analyst says. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origins-rocket-blowup-nasa-amazon-leo/ #Space

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  #BlueOrigin CEO Dave Limp says the company plans to rebuild its #NewGlenn launch pad and return to flight by year's end, which is much sooner than many expected in the wake of last week's rocket blast. One thing's certain: company founder #JeffBezos can cover the bill. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-fix-launch-pad-return-flight/ #Space

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  Watch this space: Space Northwest, the Commercial Space Federation and the City of Kent are working out the details for a Pacific Northwest space business accelerator program that will have its official kickoff this summer .https://www.geekwire.com/2026/space-northwest-commercial-space-federation-accelerator-1/ #Space #PacificNorthwest

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  The protocols for dealing with purported signals from extraterrestrials have been revised for the era of deepfakes and doxing. Is it just a coincidence that the revisions are being revealed just as the #DisclosureDay movie is coming out? https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/05/seti-experts-update-their-protocols-for-disclosure-day/ #Space #Aliens #SETI

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  #BlueOrigin was able to stick the landing at sea with a previously flown rocket booster - which is a first for the #NewGlenn launch system. However, the satellite that was launched didn't reach its intended orbit, and the company says it's assessing the situation. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-uses-a-recycled-rocket-to-launch-satellite-for-ast-spacemobile/ #NG3 #ASTSpaceMobile #Space

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  UPDATE: After a good-looking launch and landing for Blue Origin's first twice-used #NewGlenn rocket booster, AST SpaceMobile reports that its satellite was put into an orbit that's too low to sustain operations. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/blue-origin-uses-a-recycled-rocket-to-launch-satellite-for-ast-spacemobile/ #Space #BlueOrigin #NG3 #ASTSpaceMobile

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  Skeptics laughed when the founders of #Outbound #Aerospace told them they planned to build a new type of blended-wing airplane using innovative manufacturing technologies. Now Seattle-based Outbound has flown its first small-scale prototype. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/outbound-aerospace-test-flight-funding/ #STeVe #Tech #Technology #Aviation

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  Today's #Artemis 2 flight log: #Orion moonship fires up its engine to leave Earth behind, and the mission team deals with a balky toilet and computer glitches. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/04/02/orion-moonship-fires-up-its-engines-to-leave-earth-behind/ #Space #Artemis2 #Moon #NASA

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  NASA has started posting high-resolution pictures from the #Artemis2 lunar flyby, including a stunning #Earthset photo that rekindles the thrill surrounding the Apollo 8 #Earthrise photo from 1968. Check out images.nasa.gov ... #Space

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  These pictures of #Saturn look like two scoops of ice cream - maybe mocha and mango - but they're actually infrared and visible-light views from the James #Webb Space Telescope and the #Hubble #Space Telescope that scientists can dig into for tasty insights. Yum! https://cosmiclog.com/2026/03/25/two-space-telescopes-see-saturn-in-a-different-light/ #NASA #JWST

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  #NASA gives a thumbs-up to building a #moon base within a decade and sending a nuclear-powered spacecraft to #Mars by 2028 - while hitting the pause button on commercial space stations and a moon-orbiting outpost. Some say the plan is essential to beat China, while others wonder whether it's realistic or wise. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/03/24/nasa-pivots-to-moon-base-and-nuclear-mars-mission/ #Space #Ignition #Gateway