Space – Page 44 of 93

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

Oct 18, 2018, 7:22 PM

NASA puts out the call for science and technology payloads made for the moon

NASA is following up on its plan to purchase rides on commercial lunar landers by soliciting ideas for the scientific… Read More

Oct 18, 2018, 3:01 PM

12 years after her trip to space, Anousheh Ansari takes over as the CEO of XPRIZE

In 2004, Iranian-American entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari helped fund the $10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. In 2006, she… Read More

Oct 18, 2018, 1:54 PM

Boeing and ISS National Lab award $500,000 to boost cancer research in orbit

For the fifth year in a row, Boeing and the International Space Station’s U.S. national laboratory are partnering to pay… Read More

Oct 17, 2018, 1:44 PM

Rocket Lab picks Virginia’s Wallops Island for U.S. launch site, adding to N.Z. pad

Rocket Lab officially unveiled its plan to build a commercial launch site at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Wallops… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 3:20 PM

Paul Allen’s passing leaves unfinished business on Stratolaunch’s space frontier

Seattle billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen’s death comes just as his Stratolaunch space venture is counting down to the first flight… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 8:59 PM

50 years after Apollo moonshots, will rivalry with China spark a new space race?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An American rivalry with China could stoke a new space race in the years ahead, prominent members of… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 7:40 PM

Chandra X-ray telescope is back at work: Engineers trace glitch to 3 seconds of error

NASA’s 19-year-old Chandra X-ray Observatory has been returned to its normal pointing mode after a data glitch forced a five-day… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 1:15 PM

Attention, Earthlings: Jeff Bezos wants everybody to watch this classic video about settling off planet

Jeff Bezos loves to talk about space. And in a talk about just that on Monday, he encouraged anyone who… Read More

Oct 13, 2018, 10:59 AM

Chandra X-ray telescope experiences a glitch; Hubble troubleshooting continues

Even as experts worked on ways to get the Hubble Space Telescope back doing science, another one of NASA’s Great… Read More

Oct 12, 2018, 1:14 PM

Review: ‘First Man’ and ‘The First’ focus on the moon, on Mars … and on families

Two big-name dramatic productions — “First Man” in theaters, and “The First” on Hulu — are putting the glorious past… Read More

Oct 11, 2018, 8:33 PM

Paul Allen’s giant Stratolaunch plane gets closer to first flight with 80 mph taxi test

The world’s biggest airplane, built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems, is one step closer to making its first… Read More

Oct 11, 2018, 6:30 AM

Russian rocket malfunctions during launch to space station; crew makes safe landing

An American and a Russian spaceflier are in good shape after they were forced to abort their trip to the… Read More

Oct 10, 2018, 2:28 PM

NASA watchdogs blame SLS rocket snags on Boeing missteps and poor oversight

NASA’s Space Launch System, the rocket that’s being designed to send astronauts to the moon and Mars, seems likely to… Read More

Oct 10, 2018, 10:54 AM

Blue Origin resets schedule: First crew to space in 2019, first orbital launch in 2021

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, is now planning to send its first… Read More

Oct 10, 2018, 9:46 AM

Boeing leads $3M round to boost Accion Systems’ electric space propulsion system

Boeing’s venture capital fund is leading a $3 million investment round for Accion Systems, a Boston-based startup whose electric propulsion… Read More

Oct 9, 2018, 12:54 PM

Get a piece of the rock: Large lunar meteorite known as ‘The Moon Puzzle’ to go up for auction

Anyone interested in meteorite science is going to be over the moon when it comes to an item being presented… Read More

Oct 8, 2018, 10:42 AM

Hubble Space Telescope goes into safe mode due to failed gyro; Plan B pending

The 28-year-old Hubble Space Telescope is temporarily out of service, due to the failure of one of its gyroscopic pointing… Read More