Tag: Seattle
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Northern lights, cameras, action: Night sky watchers capture dramatic aurora over Seattle
Photographer Tim Durkan’s image from West Seattle looking back at the city, with the Space Needle on the right, and the northern lights. (Tim Durkan Photo) The beautiful sunshine in Seattle on Saturday gave way to an equally awesome display in the night sky as the northern lights made a rare appearance over the city…
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Techstars grad Kepler Communications raises $5M to launch mini satellites by 2017 and double its team
Kepler CEO Mina Mitry. Kepler Communications, a Techstars Seattle graduate building telecom infrastructure for space, just secured $5 million in seed funding. New York venture capital firm IA Ventures led the round. The Toronto-based startup will use the funds to grow its team and launch two tiny satellites into space in the next 15 months. Previously: Startup…
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NewSpace conference coming to Seattle in 2016, showcasing advances in aerospace
A scene from the NewSpace conference in Silicon Valley. Seattle has been at the forefront of the aerospace industry since its birth, and the industry is now going through a renaissance with the arrival of companies such as SpaceX as well as homegrown upstarts like Jef Bezos-backed Blue Origin. Now, the region is getting a…
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Report: Google in talks to invest in SpaceX, boosting Seattle-based satellite initiative
Google CEO Larry Page Google is close to making an investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the intent of supporting the commercial space company’s new Seattle-based satellite Internet initiative, according to a report by The Information this morning, citing people familiar with the talks. The deal, if it happens, would create a powerful alliance between two companies…
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Curiosity packs the house for a perfect landing on Mars
Will you remember where you were when Curiosity landed? I know I will! I was among more than 600 people who showed up to the Museum of Flight in Seattle on a hot summer evening, waiting for those “7 minutes of terror.” The museum was packed as more people crammed in to watch the events…
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The Next 50: Earth Portal takes you on a breathtaking trip into the depths of space
The Next 50 at the Seattle Center started yesterday with events, live music, food trucks, and children flipping through the air (literally). The Next 50 is a six-month-long extravaganza that aligns with the 50th anniversary of the 1962 World‘s Fair in Seattle — the event that brought us the Space Needle — and aims to…
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NASA report shows why Seattle didn’t land a Space Shuttle
An internal NASA scoring matrix showing how Seattle’s Museum of Flight (MOF) stacked up against other contenders for the Space Shuttle orbiters. Source: NASA Office of Inspector General review of the Shuttle selection process. Seattle’s Museum of Flight was among the top contenders this spring for a decommissioned Space Shuttle — placing well ahead of many other…
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Space Needle launches contest to send someone into space
The observation deck of Seattle’s Space Needle offers sweeping views of the city and region. But for the 50th anniversary of the Seattle landmark, organizers are thinking much bigger — and higher. The Space Needle this morning announced an elaborate sweepstakes and competition that will ultimately send one lucky winner on a suborbital spaceflight, through…