Stoke Space raises $9.1M for a new breed of reusable upper stages

Injector test firing

A second stage motor injector burns in the Stoke component test facility. (Photo by Stoke Space Technologies) Stoke Space Technologies, the Renton, Washington-based company founded by Jeff Bezos’ veterans of space company Blue Origin, has invested $ 9.1 million in seeds to push rocket reusability to new frontiers . The first goal will be to … Read more

Microsoft and HPE team up to bring the cloud to space station

International Space Station

The International Space Station will soon be connected to Microsoft Azure. (NASA photo) The sky is not the limit for the cloud: Microsoft is working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring Azure cloud computing to the International Space Station. HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2, which is due to be brought to the station on February 20, aboard … Read more