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3:39am, 31st July, 2019

Blue Origin gets in on three partnerships with NASA to boost missions to the moon

Jeff Bezos shows off a mockup of the Blue Moon lunar lander in May. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture, , has been selected to participate in three partnerships with NASA to advance technologies that could come...

1:13pm, 13th May, 2019

Space

Amid the talk about moon missions, Mars fans push for a share of the space spotlight

An artist’s conception depicts a crewed mission to Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration / 2004) As NASA shifts the focus of its space exploration effort to the moon, the advocates of Mars exploration and settlement have a message for future lunar e...

Simulated moon dirt is turning up some real challenges for future lunar missions

9:38pm, 28th June, 2018

Space

Simulated moon dirt is turning up some real challenges for future lunar missions

Off Planet Research’s co-owners, Vince Roux and Melissa Roth, hold samples of lunar dirt and moon rocks. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) RENTON, Wash. — When commercial ventures start setting up shop on the moon, they may well run into nasty clouds of...

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Blue Origin gets in on three partnerships with NASA to boost missions to the moon

Amid the talk about moon missions, Mars fans push for a share of the space spotlight

Simulated moon dirt is turning up some real challenges for future lunar missions

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