Space – Page 46 of 93

Oct 1, 2018, 12:36 PM

Moon Express brings in $12.5M in backing for its lunar lander and Florida facilities

Moon Express, which aims to start missions to the moon within the next couple of years, says it has raised… Read More

Sep 30, 2018, 9:34 AM

From farm to final frontier: How Boeing’s CEO plants the seeds for tomorrow’s tech

Dennis Muilenburg is leading Boeing into a second century of innovation with dreams of hypersonic flight, self-flying planes and journeys… Read More

Sep 27, 2018, 11:38 PM

Check out close-up views of asteroid (plus a movie) from Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission

The scientists and engineers behind Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission made history last week when the mission’s mothership dropped two mini-rovers… Read More

Sep 27, 2018, 6:26 PM

Paul G. Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture is lifting the veil on its PGA rocket engine

The name of Stratolaunch Systems’ home-grown rocket engine leaves no doubt about who’s footing the bill: It’s called the PGA,… Read More

Sep 27, 2018, 2:06 PM

Iridium plans to launch CloudConnect satellite IoT system in partnership with Amazon Web Services

Iridium, the satellite communications network, announced Thursday that it intends to work with Amazon Web Services to connect the leading… Read More

Sep 27, 2018, 1:47 PM

Economic report lays out strategies to boost Washington’s $1.8B space industry

A newly published economic report estimates the space industry’s contribution to Washington state’s economy at $1.8 billion and 6,200 jobs… Read More

Sep 27, 2018, 10:59 AM

Arch Mission partners with Microsoft, University of Washington and Twist to send DNA library to moon

DNA-based data storage systems have been proposed as a theoretical way to preserve information for millennia on the moon, but… Read More

Sep 27, 2018, 8:57 AM

Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine wins United Launch Alliance’s key multibillion-dollar backing

After years of development and months of suspense, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a high-stakes… Read More

Sep 26, 2018, 8:55 PM

Stratolaunch’s plane spotted from space

How big is the world’s biggest airplane? So big that it shows up clearly in a black-and-white photo taken by… Read More

Sep 25, 2018, 7:13 PM

100th launch of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket sends a pair of telecom satellites into orbit

News Brief: The milestone 100th launch of Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket put two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit… Read More

Sep 25, 2018, 4:04 PM

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

NASA’s Opportunity rover still hasn’t made contact after a weeks-long Martian dust storm forced it to go into hibernation, but… Read More

Sep 25, 2018, 1:31 PM

Are we alone? NASA turns to the search for technosignatures beyond Earth

It’s been a quarter-century since Congress cut off NASA funding for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, but now… Read More

Sep 25, 2018, 10:49 AM

Boeing seals the deal on its acquisition of Millennium Space’s satellite operation

News Brief: As promised, Boeing has completed its acquisition of California-based Millennium Space Systems, a provider of small-satellite solutions. Millennium,… Read More

Sep 24, 2018, 3:48 PM

TLDR: New study says Uber drivers are earning less

Today’s featured stories Uber drivers are earning less, Airbnb hosts are making more, and other insights from a new study… Read More

Sep 22, 2018, 11:42 AM

Japan launches robotic cargo spaceship to space station with supplies and science

News Brief: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency today launched a robotic cargo ship to the International Space Station, filled with… Read More

Sep 22, 2018, 10:53 AM

Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid

Two mini-rovers have sent their first pictures back from the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, a day after they were… Read More

Sep 21, 2018, 3:06 PM

TESS probe finds first potential planets

Astronomers on the team for NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission, or TESS, are reporting their first potential planet discoveries,… Read More

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