Mar 17, 2016 | Aerospace, Space
Commercial space exploration is the next frontier for the Washington State aerospace industry. For more than a century, Washington companies have been pioneering aerospace innovation, design and production. In the 1930s Boeing Aircraft produced the first commercial...
Mar 10, 2016 | Aerospace, Space
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company, recently opened it’s doors for visitors to see how they are creating the next generation of space travel. Just as Bezo’s Amazon offices are exploding in South Lake Union, Blue Origin is expanding its facilities...
Dec 8, 2015 | Aerospace, Space, Technology
Moon Express, a Washington-based space exploration company, has gotten the okay to move forward in the Google Lunar XPrize competition. They are ready to launch a spacecraft that will hitch a ride on another commercial rocket and land their craft on the moon from...
Nov 2, 2015 | Aerospace, Space
From pay-per-picture satellite imaging of earth to consumer spaceflight to satellite-based internet communications Washington State is the nexus of pioneers in space. Companies like Blue Origin, SpaceX, Spaceflight, Inc., BlackSky Global and others are overcoming the...
Mar 12, 2015 | Aerospace, Space
Private enterprise is where it’s at in the space industry these days and hundreds of firms are getting in on the ground floor with new exciting new concepts. With space veterans like Aerojet Rocketdyne already in town and newcomers such as SpaceX opening design...
Jan 20, 2015 | Space, Technology, Why Washington?
Washington State’s aerospace expertise is poised to help Elon Musk’s expansion of SpaceX and his goal of settlements on Mars. The first successful commercial rocket maker has big plans to put a network of 4,000 satellites into Earth orbit to provide...
