Space – Page 44 of 93

Nov 10, 2018, 8:58 PM

Rocket Lab’s low-cost Electron launcher puts satellites in orbit from New Zealand

Rocket Lab executed its second orbital mission today, sending six small satellites and an experimental drag sail into orbit from… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 6:13 PM

SpaceX sets its sights on a lower orbit for Starlink broadband network’s first satellites

SpaceX wants to lower the bar for its first batch of Starlink broadband satellites, with the aim of beginning deployment… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 10:23 AM

Russians reboot space station computer

A balky computer system is working again on the International Space Station, thanks to a reboot, the Russian space agency… Read More

Nov 7, 2018, 7:36 PM

Former Blue Origin president Rob Meyerson leaves Jeff Bezos’ space venture

Rob Meyerson, who was the president of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture until this year, says he’s… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 6:32 PM

See a diamond-shaped asteroid from all sides, courtesy of OSIRIS-REx mission

Two years after its launch, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is closing in on a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu and sending back… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 2:58 PM

‘Oumuamua, oh my! Was interstellar object actually an alien solar sail? Not so fast

‘Oumuamua is long gone from the inner solar system, but the mystery surrounding the interstellar interloper has been rekindled, thanks… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 1:03 PM

Russia says one of its space station computers failed but two others are A-OK

One of the three computers on the Russian side of the International Space Station has crashed, but orbital operations are… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 10:59 AM

Stratolaunch completes milestone preburner test firing for PGA rocket engine

Stratolaunch Systems, the space venture founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it has successfully completed the first hot-fire test… Read More

Nov 5, 2018, 7:47 PM

Tethers Unlimited’s 3-D printer and recycler is ready for delivery to space station

There’s nothing new about having a 3-D printer in space, but how about a 3-D printer that also recycles plastic… Read More

Nov 4, 2018, 2:26 PM

How the Air and Space Museum signed up for a SpaceShipOne tribute to Paul Allen

It wasn’t just Seattle’s skyline that turned blue on Saturday night: Back east in the nation’s capital, the Smithsonian Institution’s… Read More

Nov 3, 2018, 10:58 AM

Moon Direct: Mars maverick lays out his low-cost plan to set up lunar bases

For decades, rocket scientist Robert Zubrin has been a voice crying in the Martian wilderness. But now the president of… Read More

Nov 2, 2018, 9:50 AM

In Recode Q&A, Elon Musk talks up ‘Blade Runner’ truck, Space Force and Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is really psyched about the electric pickup truck he’s got on… Read More

Nov 1, 2018, 10:12 PM

Russians trace Soyuz rocket failure to a bent sensor; next crew to launch Dec. 3

Russian investigators say last month’s launch of a Soyuz rocket carrying two spacefliers to the International Space Station went awry… Read More

Nov 1, 2018, 4:49 PM

NASA’s Dawn probe falls silent, ending mission to mysterious dwarf planet Ceres

Dawn is dead, but Dawn is not gone: Today NASA said that the Dawn spacecraft has fallen out of contact… Read More

Oct 31, 2018, 2:26 PM

SpaceX reorganizes Starlink satellite operation, reportedly with high-level firings

SpaceX says it has reorganized its satellite development operation in Redmond, Wash., to accelerate design and testing of the elements… Read More

Oct 31, 2018, 9:26 AM

Why in the universe is a blockchain company buying the assets of a formerly high-flying asteroid miner?

After months of financial uncertainty, the Planetary Resources asteroid-mining venture says its assets have been purchased by the Brooklyn-based ConsenSys… Read More

Oct 30, 2018, 3:15 PM

Farewell, Kepler: NASA’s planet-hunting probe runs out of gas, but mission goes on

NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting telescope now belongs to the ages, with its fuel completely spent and its instruments shut down — but… Read More

Oct 29, 2018, 7:18 PM

Air Force sets up $100,000 VQ-Prize contest for space awareness visualization

The U.S. Air Force is looking for a few good apps to visualize satellites and other objects in Earth orbit —… Read More

Oct 27, 2018, 8:41 AM

Hubble is back at work after breakdown

The Hubble Space Telescope is doing science again, three weeks after going out of service due to a gyro failure.… Read More

Oct 26, 2018, 12:10 PM

Who will get to Mars first? Oddsmakers favor SpaceX and Blue Origin over NASA

If sending humans to Mars is a race, which team is favored to win? Bookies give the nod to Elon… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 5:45 PM

Crowdfunding campaign lets you snag simulated moon dirt — but handle with care

Wanna buy some fake moon dirt? Off Planet Research, which manufactures loads of the stuff, is making it available for… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 1:10 PM

SpaceX is reportedly looking for a $500M loan — and a few good Seattle baristas

Bloomberg News is quoting unnamed sources as saying that SpaceX is seeking to borrow $500 million in the leveraged loan… Read More

Oct 24, 2018, 6:53 PM

It’s a first: Virgin Orbit fits LauncherOne rocket under the wing of Cosmic Girl jet

What do you get when you cross a Boeing 747 with a rocket launcher? You get something like what you… Read More

Oct 23, 2018, 5:25 PM

After encountering glitches, Hubble and Chandra space telescopes make recoveries

Things are looking up for two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Both… Read More

Oct 23, 2018, 2:26 PM

Space Force plan moves forward amid heightened talk about final-frontier fights

The National Space Council today pushed forward recommendations to raise the profile of military space activities, at first through a… Read More

Oct 22, 2018, 1:06 PM

Pale Red Dot: NASA’s MarCO probe snaps first picture of Mars taken by a CubeSat

Mars looks like nothing more than a reddish speck in a picture captured by one of NASA’s twin MarCO spacecraft,… Read More

Oct 20, 2018, 10:35 AM

The moon and meteors light up the night

Saturday night’s all right … for skywatching: Tonight’s mostly clear skies over Western Washington should provide a good opportunity to… Read More

Oct 19, 2018, 7:52 PM

Bye-bye, BepiColombo: Rocket’s red glare kicks off a marathon mission to Mercury

A mission to the planet Mercury got off to a flashy start with tonight’s launch of an Ariane 5 heavy-lift… Read More

Oct 19, 2018, 5:48 PM

Seattle space leaders make their pitch to lawmakers for a new rocket test facility

REDMOND, Wash. — One of Congress’ leading Democrats, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, met with leaders of the Seattle area’s space… Read More

Oct 19, 2018, 10:16 AM

12-pound lunar meteorite known as ‘The Moon Puzzle’ sells at auction for over $600K

A lunar meteorite discovered in a Northwest African desert in 2017 has sold at auction for $612,500, Boston-based RR Auction… Read More