What is it about the NW that makes the rich yearn for outer space?
What is it about our super rich tech guys and local culture that makes them want to send people into outer space?Yesterday, the space venture backed by Jeff Bezos (of Amazon fame) announced it was...
View ArticleNASA considering space station for Mars dry run
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station may provide the setting for a 500-day pretend trip to Mars in another few years.NASA said Tuesday that consideration is under way to use the space...
View ArticleMeet the finalists in the Space Needle's trip to space contest
The five finalists in a contest to be sent into space as part of Seattle Needle's 50th anniversary celebration are in Seattle this week.The final phase of the contest begins Monday morning. The...
View ArticleTucson man wins space trip in Space Needle contest (video)
Gregory Schneider of Tucson, Ariz., has won a trip to space in celebration of the Seattle Space Needle's 50th anniversary.He beat out five finalists in Seattle this week for some final competitions....
View ArticleSpaceX, Bigelow teaming on private space stations
HAWTHORNE, Calif. — Southern California rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies and Nevada's Bigelow Aerospace are teaming to offer passenger launches to private space stations.
View ArticleLIVE: SpaceX craft captured by space station
The historic first docking of a commercial spacecraft at the International Space Station orbiting above Earth happened without a hitch today, as SpaceX's Dragon capsule arrived with supplies for the...
View ArticleSpace is full of junk; Boeing files plan to fix that
Here’s a solution for space junk – gas it.A Boeing engineer from Seattle, Michael Dunn, has filed a patent for a method of dragging parts, pieces and defunct satellites into the atmosphere where they...
View ArticleStudents remember slain teacher by sending him to the stratosphere
Last fall, sixth-graders in Spanaway, Wash.
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