Alan Boyle

The U.S. Space Force has added Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture and Stoke Space, a startup that's headquartered nearby in Kent, Wash., to a list of eligible providers for rapid-response launch services.

Wars in space are no longer just science fiction. In fact, Space War I has been raging for more than two years, with no quick end in sight. This isn’t the kind of conflict that involves X-wing fighters or Space Marines. Instead, it’s a battle over how satellites are being used to collect imagery, identify military targets and facilitate communications in the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics says it has won a $125 million contract from Axiom Space to provide a pressurized spacecraft for Axiom's yet-to-be-launched commercial space station.

After sending up more than 300 missions without a failure, SpaceX had a Falcon 9 launch go awry, raising questions about future liftoffs.

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Seven years after it came onto the Seattle area's tech scene , a startup called Alitheon is making headway with a product

Former Interlune intern Maia Willebrand helps test an early prototype of Interlune's soil-processing hardware on a parabolic flight in February. Interlune

Seattle-based Interlune has received a $348,000 grant from NASA to test its system for processing lunar soil on a series of reduced-gravity airplane

NASA says it intends to discontinue development of its VIPER moon rover, due to cost increases and schedule delays — but the agency is also pointing to other opportunities for robotic exploration of the lunar south polar region.

First Mode , a Seattle-based company that's concentrating on reducing carbon emissions in mining and other heavy industries, has alerted its employees to a significant round of layoffs that's expected to unfold in early August.

The Federal Aviation Administration has ruled that SpaceX can resume Falcon 9 rocket launches while the investigation into a failed July 11 mission continues, and the next liftoff could take place as early as tonight.