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Cosmic LogAstronomers process test images at Rubin Observatory The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun generating test images of the night sky, thanks to the Simonyi Survey Telescope and its giant camera as well as a data management team that includes scientists from the University of Washington.Team members started taking on-sky engineering data w <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/22/astronomers-process-test-images-at-rubin-observatory/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/22/astronomers-process-test-images-at-rubin-observatory/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeekWire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LSST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LSST</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RubinObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RubinObservatory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a>

Cosmic LogBlue Origin wins a share of Space Force launch contracts Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has been awarded $2.4 billion in the U.S. Space Force’s latest round of procurement for future national security launches.“It’s an honor and huge responsibility to team with the U.S. government to launch our nation’s most important assets,” Jarrett Jo <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/04/blue-origin-wins-a-share-of-space-force-launch-contracts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/04/blue-origin-wins-a-share-of-space-force-launch-contracts/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeekWire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlueOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlueOrigin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Military</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpaceForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceForce</a>

Cosmic LogPortal raises $17.5M for spacecraft powered by sun’s heat Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems says it has raised $17.5 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its Supernova space vehicle, which aims to harness the heat of the sun to power rapid-response maneuvers in orbit.The oversubscribed inves <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/03/portal-raises-17-5m-for-spacecraft-powered-by-suns-heat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/03/portal-raises-17-5m-for-spacecraft-powered-by-suns-heat/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeekWire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Uncategorized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uncategorized</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PortalSpaceSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PortalSpaceSystems</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Propulsion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Propulsion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarPower</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a>

Cosmic LogBlue Origin’s next space trip will feature all-female crew The next suborbital spaceflight planned by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is due to follow through on the dream of Bezos’ fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, to lead an all-woman crew — and that crew will include pop superstar Katy Perry and m <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/27/blue-origins-next-space-trip-will-feature-all-female-crew/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/27/blue-origins-next-space-trip-will-feature-all-female-crew/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeekWire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlueOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlueOrigin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LaurenSanchez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaurenSanchez</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewShepard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewShepard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpaceTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceTourism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SuborbitalSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuborbitalSpaceflight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a>

Cosmic LogHearings open a new act in OceanGate sub tragedy The U.S. Coast Guard is beginning two weeks of public hearings into last year’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersible and its crew during a dive to the Titanic shipwreck — but even before the start of the hearings, the official in charge of the hearings made clear that t <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2024/09/15/hearings-open-a-new-act-in-oceangate-sub-tragedy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cosmiclog.com/2024/09/15/hearings-open-a-new-act-in-oceangate-sub-tragedy/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeekWire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CoastGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoastGuard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OceanGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OceanGate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Submarines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Submarines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Submersibles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Submersibles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Titanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Titanic</a>

Cosmic LogStarliner spacecraft wraps up its crewless journey home It wasn’t perfect, but the propulsion system that NASA worried about did its job today as Boeing’s Starliner space capsule made an uncrewed descent from the International Space Station back down to Earth.The gumdrop-shaped spacecraft, christened Calypso, floated down to a <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2024/09/06/starliner-spacecraft-wraps-up-its-crewless-journey-home/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cosmiclog.com/2024/09/06/starliner-spacecraft-wraps-up-its-crewless-journey-home/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeekWire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boeing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InternationalSpaceStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalSpaceStation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Starliner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starliner</a>

Cosmic LogExhibit celebrates space station dreams and realities The dream of having people live and work in space didn’t start with billionaire Jeff Bezos, or even with rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun. Instead, you’d have to look back at least as far as 1869 — a full century before humans walked on the moon.That’s just one of the fu <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2024/06/08/exhibit-celebrates-space-station-dreams-and-realities/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cosmiclog.com/2024/06/08/exhibit-celebrates-space-station-dreams-and-realities/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeekWire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InternationalSpaceStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalSpaceStation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MuseumOfFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MuseumOfFlight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpaceStations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceStations</a>

Michael E. Mann :verified:"Can climate change be funny? <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BillNye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BillNye</a> gets laughs in a show about humankind’s existential threat" by Lisa Stiffler for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GeekWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeekWire</a>: <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2023/can-climate-change-be-funny-bill-nye-gets-laughs-in-a-show-about-humankinds-existential-threat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.geekwire.com/2023/can-climate-change-be-funny-bill-nye-gets-laughs-in-a-show-about-humankinds-existential-threat/</a>

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