Space – Page 32 of 93

Oct 23, 2019, 8:59 PM

Suborbital spacefliers will get pinned by the Association of Space Explorers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Will the customers who fly on the suborbital spaceships operated by British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic… Read More

Oct 23, 2019, 11:14 AM

Maxar picks Olis Robotics to provide software for future lunar robotic arm

Seattle-based Olis Robotics says it’s been selected by Maxar Technologies to provide software that will prepare operators on Earth to… Read More

Oct 22, 2019, 6:30 AM

Jeff Bezos announces an all-star team for Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture is heading up a team of top… Read More

Oct 21, 2019, 5:30 PM

Switching from asteroid mining to blockchain: ConsenSys Space unveils TruSat satellite tracker

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year after taking over the assets of a Redmond, Wash.-based asteroid mining company known as Planetary… Read More

Oct 21, 2019, 3:36 PM

The world’s space agencies focus in on their roles for Gateway moon missions

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not everyone has signed on the dotted line to join NASA’s plan to start sending astronauts to… Read More

Oct 21, 2019, 9:36 AM

VP Mike Pence talks up property rights as he opens international space conference

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Mike Pence recapped the Trump administration’s plans to put astronauts on the lunar surface and… Read More

Oct 20, 2019, 7:53 PM

Buzz Aldrin shares latest moonshot vision: No to NASA’s Gateway, but yes to China

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin says there’s no need for the lunar-orbiting Gateway outpost that plays a… Read More

Oct 18, 2019, 11:59 AM

First all-female spacewalk team aces a repair job in orbit — and makes history

For the first time in history, two women teamed up today for a spacewalk. NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica… Read More

Oct 16, 2019, 1:19 PM

Hubble gets snapshot of interstellar comet

Pictures captured by the Hubble Space Telescope show the second known interstellar object, 2I/Borisov, in all its cometary glory. The… Read More

Virgin Galactic / Under Armour spacewear

Oct 16, 2019, 9:06 AM

Virgin Galactic and Under Armour reveal spacewear clothing line for suborbital trips

It’s a bit of a stretch to call them spacesuits, but the “spacewear” clothing line unveiled today by Virgin Galactic… Read More

Oct 15, 2019, 7:26 PM

NASA unveils spacesuits for moon missions, featuring red, white and blue

The fashion statement for NASA’s future moonwalkers goes beyond basic white to add some flag-worthy touches of red and blue.… Read More

Oct 15, 2019, 5:19 PM

SpaceX seeks to reserve spots for 30,000 more Starlink broadband internet satellites

SpaceX has filed paperwork with the International Telecommunication Union to add up to 30,000 Starlink broadband data satellites to the… Read More

Oct 11, 2019, 6:44 PM

NASA confirms Boeing’s latest timetable for Starliner space taxi’s final tests

NASA confirmed today that Boeing is scheduled to conduct the next high-profile test of its CST-100 Starliner space capsule in… Read More

Oct 11, 2019, 10:00 AM

Stratolaunch air-launch venture says it’s been transferred to new owners by Paul Allen’s Vulcan

Stratolaunch, the company that was founded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen in 2011 to build a flying launch… Read More

NASA's Jim Bridenstine in SpaceX Crew Dragon simulation

Oct 10, 2019, 6:52 PM

NASA’s chief and SpaceX’s Elon Musk mend fences – and give ‘best guess’ for Crew Dragon’s big flight

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited SpaceX’s headquarters in California today, for what was seen as an opportunity to smooth over… Read More

Oct 10, 2019, 2:35 PM

Amazon exec Dave Limp expects Project Kuiper satellites to boost sales and cloud

Why is Amazon planning to put thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit? Part of the motivation is to expand… Read More

Oct 8, 2019, 9:59 AM

Boeing to invest $20M in Virgin Galactic, marking a milestone team-up in commercial space

Boeing says it’s planning to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic once it goes public, potentially unlocking a new level… Read More

Oct 7, 2019, 3:56 PM

Astronomers spot 20 more moons of Saturn — and want you to help name them

Saturn has pulled ahead of Jupiter again in the moon discovery race, thanks to a batch of 20 outer moons… Read More

Oct 4, 2019, 7:57 PM

NASA picks 25 space technologies for testing by Blue Origin and other companies

NASA’s Flight Opportunities program has selected 25 promising space technologies for testing aboard aircraft, high-altitude balloons and suborbital rocket ships… Read More

Oct 4, 2019, 10:59 AM

Japan’s KAGRA detector joins LIGO and Virgo in global hunt for gravitational waves

Japan’s Kamioka Gravitational-Wave Detector, or KAGRA, is due to start teaming up with similar detectors in Washington state, Louisiana and… Read More

Oct 3, 2019, 10:58 AM

First Mode and Western Washington Univ. win NASA’s nod to make Mars geology tool

Seattle’s First Mode team and Western Washington University say they’ve won a NASA contract to advance the technology for sizing up… Read More

Oct 3, 2019, 10:34 AM

Three spacefliers, including first Emirati in orbit, return to Earth from space station

Today’s landing of a Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan brought one of the shortest recent stays on the International Space Station… Read More

Oct 2, 2019, 10:58 AM

Blue Origin’s CEO says first space trips on New Shepard will cost ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has always shied away from saying how much it will cost to… Read More

Oct 1, 2019, 10:11 PM

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and OneWeb raise the curtain higher on their satellite plans

Filings with the Federal Communications Commission are providing fresh details about the plans being laid by Amazon and OneWeb to… Read More

Oct 1, 2019, 10:58 AM

Relativity Space raises $140M to stay on track for 3D-printed rocket’s launch

Four years after it was founded in Seattle, Relativity Space has landed its biggest infusion of capital to date —… Read More

Sep 30, 2019, 1:43 PM

NASA issues its fast-track plan to get two commercial lunar landers for 2024-2025

After two preliminary rounds, NASA today published its final call for industry proposals to have the first two landers capable… Read More

Sep 28, 2019, 9:50 PM

SpaceX’s Elon Musk lays out a fast and furious plan for Starship super-rocket

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk set a revved-up timeline tonight for testing and building a fleet of Starship rocket ships that… Read More

Sep 27, 2019, 4:27 PM

NASA awards $10M to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin for hydrogen-oxygen storage tech

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is on the top of the funding list for a newly announced… Read More

Sep 26, 2019, 12:23 PM

Stratolaunch rebuilds team for the world’s biggest plane after Paul Allen’s death

Stratolaunch is hiring — nearly a year after the death of its billionaire backer, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and five… Read More

Sep 25, 2019, 3:43 PM

Trio’s arrival boosts space station’s population to nine, including first Emirati

Three more spacefliers arrived at the International Space Station today in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, increasing the orbital outpost’s population… Read More