Space – Page 38 of 93

Mar 28, 2019, 10:10 PM

Rocket Lab launches DARPA’s R3D2 experimental satellite from New Zealand

Rocket Lab executed its first launch of the year from New Zealand today, sending an experimental satellite into orbit for… Read More

Mar 26, 2019, 8:48 PM

LIGO and Virgo detectors get in sync for gravitational-wave hunt that’ll last a year

Physicists won’t be fooling around on April 1 at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory in Washington state and Louisiana, or… Read More

Mar 26, 2019, 11:30 AM

VP Mike Pence sets 5-year deadline for landing Americans at moon’s south pole

Vice President Mike Pence today called for American astronauts to return to the moon in five years, laying down a… Read More

Mar 25, 2019, 4:46 PM

NASA reshuffles spacewalk lineup, with all-female outing ruled out due to suit size

History’s first all-female spacewalk will have to wait for another time after NASA switched the lineup for two upcoming extravehicular… Read More

Mar 22, 2019, 6:17 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has big plans to expand New Glenn rocket factory in Florida

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has filed plans for expanding its Florida rocket manufacturing facility onto a… Read More

Mar 22, 2019, 1:14 PM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Jobs in space; a critical look at Facebook; women executives and pay equity

Space has always fascinated us geeks. Thanks to Star Wars, Star Trek and countless other science fiction media, gazing at… Read More

Mar 21, 2019, 8:42 PM

Tethers Unlimited says two-way radio for small satellites has aced first orbital test

Tethers Unlimited weathered a wave of bad news over the winter, but now some good news has bloomed. The company,… Read More

Mar 19, 2019, 9:18 PM

Surprise! NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe catches asteroid spewing bits into space

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has spotted something that hasn’t been seen up close on an asteroid before: plumes of particles erupting… Read More

Mar 18, 2019, 10:49 AM

Investors commit another $1.25 billion to fund OneWeb’s internet satellite system

The international OneWeb consortium says it’s raised another $1.25 billion in funding for its internet satellite constellation, ensuring a ramp-up… Read More

Mar 16, 2019, 9:55 AM

As Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary nears, space fans get ready to celebrate

The countdown is on for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and that means the appointment books… Read More

Mar 14, 2019, 11:53 PM

Months after aborted flight, U.S.-Russian crew makes smooth trip to space station

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin finally made it to the International Space Station today, five months… Read More

Mar 13, 2019, 9:43 AM

NASA considers shifting a key test flight beyond the moon to commercial rockets

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told a Senate hearing today that his agency is looking into an option to double up… Read More

Mar 11, 2019, 8:32 PM

White House budget proposal tightens the screws on science, from space to salmon

The White House’s $4.7 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2020 aims to give a boost to the Space Force,… Read More

Mar 8, 2019, 7:00 AM

SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship splashes down at end of crucial space station trip

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship splashed down into the Atlantic Ocean today, ending a six-day uncrewed test run preparing the way… Read More

Mar 5, 2019, 8:21 PM

Watch Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe blast away a blizzard of rocks from an asteroid

If there was ever any doubt that Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft was able to get access to samples from an… Read More

Mar 5, 2019, 7:37 PM

Israeli lunar lander looks back at Earth

An Israeli lunar lander gets photobombed by Earth in a selfie released today by SpaceIL’s Beresheet mission team. The selfie… Read More

Mar 5, 2019, 10:57 AM

OK Go music group teams up with Blue Origin on zero-G space art contest for kids

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is joining forces with the music-video masters at OK Go to give… Read More

Mar 3, 2019, 1:01 PM

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship hooks itself up to space station for first time

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship docked with the International Space Station for the first time today, marking a successful uncrewed rehearsal… Read More

Mar 2, 2019, 1:56 AM

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship makes maiden flight with robo-rider named Ripley

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon was sent into space atop a Falcon 9 rocket tonight, beginning a crucial test of a spaceship… Read More

Mar 1, 2019, 5:54 PM

LeoStella satellite venture hands over CEO reins to aerospace executive Mike Hettich

TUKWILA, Wash. — Mike Hettich has finally completed his transition from chief learning officer to chief executive officer at LeoStella, the… Read More

Feb 28, 2019, 6:00 AM

Former Insitu CEO makes the leap over to World View stratospheric balloon venture

For three and a half years, Ryan Hartman served as president and CEO of Insitu — the Boeing subsidiary headquartered in… Read More

Feb 23, 2019, 6:00 AM

UW researchers and Florida middle school students form unusual bond over cosmic kidney stones

Eight students from a low-income sugarcane town in South Florida spent months on a robotics project tackling kidney stones in… Read More

Feb 22, 2019, 7:47 PM

Firefly Aerospace gets a Florida launch site

Firefly Aerospace, a Texas-based launch venture that was lifted out of bankruptcy, says it’s struck a deal with Space Florida… Read More

Feb 22, 2019, 6:08 PM

NASA, SpaceX and a test dummy are ready for Dragon 2’s first trip to space station

NASA gave the all-clear today for the first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship to the International Space Station… Read More

Feb 22, 2019, 2:23 PM

Ultimate Ultima: New Horizons team shares sharpest view of space snowman

The scientists behind NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft have released the sharpest possible view of the mission’s latest target, a smooshed-in… Read More

Feb 22, 2019, 10:08 AM

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane carries three people for first time

Virgin Galactic followed up on last December’s first SpaceShipTwo flight past the 50-mile space milestone by sending up its first… Read More

Feb 21, 2019, 9:45 PM

Japan’s ispace moon mission brings in new partners — and makes deal for battery test

The Japanese moon venture known as ispace says it has recruited new corporate partners and struck a deal to put… Read More

Feb 21, 2019, 6:58 PM

‘Big step for Israel’: SpaceX launches lunar lander along with high-flying satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent the Israeli-made Beresheet lunar lander on the first leg of its journey to the… Read More

Feb 21, 2019, 5:40 PM

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 team says spacecraft touches down on asteroid to grab sample

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft successfully touched down today on asteroid Ryugu, more than 200 million miles from Earth, during an… Read More

Feb 19, 2019, 7:43 PM

Russians say they have a deal with Space Adventures to put tourists in orbit by 2021

Russia’s space agency says it’s getting ready to resume sending private passengers to the International Space Station and back, a… Read More