Stoke Space CEO Andy Lapsa is framed by a propellant tank that’s taking shape at the startup’s rocket factory in Kent, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Editor’s note: This series profiles five of ...

Andy Lapsa went to the best aerospace engineering schools. He then worked very hard to help advance the development of some of the most advanced rocket engines in the world at Blue Origin. But in 2019 ...

LAUNCH COMPLEX 14, Cape Canaveral, Fla.—The platform atop the hulking steel tower offered a sweeping view of Florida’s rich, sandy coastline and brilliant blue waves beyond. Yet as captivating as the ...

Stoke Space, a company that’s developing a fully reusable rocket, has unveiled a new tool to let hardware companies track the design, testing and integration of parts. The new tool, Fusion, is ...

The countdown to launch has begun for a small Washington state company developing something long dreamed of in the space industry. Andy Lapsa, co-founder and CEO of Stoke Space, a standout in the ...

Stoke Space is developing Nova, a medium-class launch vehicles whose two stages are both designed to be reusable. Credit: Stoke Space WASHINGTON — Stoke Space has raised $260 million to advance ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Startup Stoke Space has begun tests of the full-flow staged combustion rocket engine that will power the first stage of its reusable Nova medium-lift launch vehicle. Updating progress ...

Martha Lapsa, passed away Tuesday morning, December 27, 2005, at Lakeview Continuing Care Center in Lawton. Marta was born June 9, 1895 in Cesis, Latvia the daughter of the late Mikelis and Maria ...

Mikelis Lapsa is an artist. Susanne Pettersson Gallery featured Mikelis Lapsa's work in the past.

Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the ...