Space – Page 46 of 93

Sep 21, 2018, 10:57 AM

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe drops off rovers at an asteroid and snaps a shadowy selfie

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe began the climactic phase of its mission overnight by sending out its first two rovers as… Read More

Sep 20, 2018, 4:43 PM

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems lays out a roadmap for hypersonic rocket planes

Stratolaunch Systems, the aerospace company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it’s exploring the development of a series of… Read More

Sep 19, 2018, 11:08 PM

Search warrant links evacuation at solar observatory to child porn investigation

A federal search warrant indicates that the Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico and surrounding homes were evacuated this month… Read More

Sep 19, 2018, 8:52 PM

Transcript: ‘Chief slowdown officer’ Jeff Bezos shares Amazon management tips

When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke today at the Air Force Association’s 2018 Air, Space and Cyber Conference, his head… Read More

Sep 19, 2018, 4:44 PM

Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services

Billionaire Jeff Bezos made a subtle sales pitch for Amazon Web Services as well as the New Glenn rockets being… Read More

Sep 18, 2018, 5:07 PM

Fascinating! Astronomers spot super-Earth orbiting Mr. Spock’s fictional home star

Has the planet Vulcan been found? Vulcan’s most famous fictional inhabitant, Mr. Spock of “Star Trek” fame, would certainly raise… Read More

Sep 18, 2018, 3:32 PM

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems puts its brand on the world’s biggest airplane

The mammoth plane that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems is testing at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port now… Read More

Sep 18, 2018, 2:10 PM

SpaceX’s round-the-moon trip could have VR, ‘Space Bar’ and in-flight entertainment

It’s been only a day since SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled the plan to send Yusaku Maezawa and roughly half… Read More

Sep 17, 2018, 7:29 PM

Japan’s Yusaku Maezawa revealed as first customer for SpaceX trip around the moon

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk today introduced Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as the first paying customer for a trip around the… Read More

Sep 16, 2018, 8:52 PM

Officials explain why they closed Sunspot Solar Observatory (and it wasn’t aliens)

After days of fighting rumors about alien visitations, the managers of the Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico say they’re… Read More

Sep 15, 2018, 7:19 AM

Final Delta 2 rocket launch puts NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite in orbit to monitor ice

NASA kicked off its ICESat-2 mission to monitor our planet’s ice sheets from space using a laser-scanning satellite this morning,… Read More

Sep 13, 2018, 5:58 PM

SpaceX gets set to reveal its first customer for BFR flight around the moon and back

News Brief: A year and a half after saying it had two passengers signed up for a privately funded flight… Read More

Sep 13, 2018, 5:25 PM

Financial analyst sees Jeff Bezos’ investment as an ’emerging force’ in space, to Amazon’s benefit

The news of the day is all about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ philanthropic efforts, but on the business side of… Read More

Sep 13, 2018, 10:57 AM

NASA and Russian officials knock down a conspiracy theory on space station leak

NASA and Russia’s space agency issued a joint statement today aimed at quashing viral claims that someone on the International… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 2:32 PM

Blue Origin’s schedule for putting people on space trips reportedly slips to 2019

News Brief: Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith today signaled that the Kent, Wash.-based space company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 10:52 AM

Israeli moon lander to ride SpaceX rocket in Spaceflight’s first move beyond low Earth orbit

SpaceIL’s lunar lander is go for launch as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that’s due to… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 6:30 PM

Artificial intelligence helps SETI sleuths find more radio bursts from mystery source

Researchers at Breakthrough Listen, a multimillion-dollar campaign to seek out signals from alien civilizations, still don’t know exactly what’s causing… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 3:08 PM

Juno orbiter’s view of a beautiful brownish spot on Jupiter sparks a bit of potty humor

Jupiter’s titanic storms have spawned their share of memorable cloud features, including the Great Red Spot, Oval BA (a.k.a. Red… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 10:51 AM

Boeing leads $10 million funding round for BridgeSat laser communications venture

Boeing HorizonX Ventures is leading a $10 million investment round to boost BridgeSat, a Denver-based satellite communications company that aims… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 6:31 AM

The multibillion-dollar question: What in the world (or universe) will Jeff Bezos do with his riches?

Jeff Bezos transformed the modern economy, using disruptive thinking to reshape how people buy products and read books, and how… Read More

Sep 9, 2018, 10:55 PM

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Telstar 18V satellite into orbit; booster lands at sea

SpaceX launched its second heavyweight Telstar telecommunications satellite from Florida tonight, and brought the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster down… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 7:38 PM

ANA Holdings partners with Japan’s space agency on ‘Avatar X’ telepresence program

Telepresence robots on the moon and Mars? That’s the vision laid out for the partnership between ANA Holdings, the parent… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 6:27 PM

Rocket envy? Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship launches a double entendre

It’s hard to top the risque rocket scene in “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” but Blue Origin’s New… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 10:38 PM

51 years after discovering pulsars, Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3M Breakthrough Prize

British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell missed out on a share of the Nobel Prize for her part in the discovery… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 5:27 PM

Blue Origin and other aerospace ventures offer ‘Brookie’ fellowships for women

News Brief: The online application window has just opened for the Brooke Owens Fellowship program, which offers paid internships for… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 2:56 PM

Experts urge NASA to build huge new space telescope to look at alien Earths

NASA should add a large, technologically advanced space telescope to its lineup to capture direct images of Earthlike planets beyond… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 10:18 AM

Russian space chief blames space station leak on drill hole, doesn’t rule out sabotage

The International Space Station’s crew has successfully stopped up last week’s tiny air leak in a Russian Soyuz capsule docked… Read More

Sep 2, 2018, 9:00 AM

Space Adventures is back in vogue – and aiming to go beyond orbital tourism

More than 17 years after Space Adventures put its first millionaire client in orbit, and nearly nine years after getting… Read More

Aug 31, 2018, 11:01 AM

Systima wins a contract to supply hatch mechanisms for NASA’s Orion spaceship

Systima Technologies says it’s been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems to provide pyrotechnically actuated hatch mechanisms for… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 9:02 PM

Commercial branding on spacecraft? Five key points in NASA’s evolving space vision

Why can’t commercials be filmed on the International Space Station? How about astronaut endorsements of energy drinks or tennis shoes?… Read More