Space – Page 48 of 93

Aug 5, 2018, 10:03 PM

How small satellites tackle big challenges, from orbital manufacturing to exoplanets

LOGAN, Utah — No one has ever built a satellite in space, but thanks in part to a team of students… Read More

Aug 3, 2018, 7:27 PM

SpaceX Dragon cargo craft splashes down, delivering space algae and cell samples

News Brief: The International Space Station’s crew sent a Dragon back to Earth today, filled with more than 3,800 pounds… Read More

Aug 3, 2018, 9:29 AM

NASA names nine astronauts for SpaceX and Boeing flights to space station

NASA unveiled the first nine astronauts for its commercial crew missions to the International Space Station today, including rookies as… Read More

Aug 2, 2018, 7:24 PM

NASA confirms new timetable for space taxi flights; SpaceX to fly crew next April

NASA today laid out a newly stretched-out schedule for flying astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil, with SpaceX’s… Read More

Aug 1, 2018, 6:06 PM

Boeing resets test schedule for Starliner space taxi; first crewed flight in mid-2019

Last month’s problem with leaky rocket engine valves has forced Boeing to rearrange the sequence of tests for its Starliner… Read More

Jul 27, 2018, 5:24 PM

Moonrise, moonset and Mars: Photos hit the high points at Mount Rainier

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Warm weather, clear skies and a full moon brought me out in search of… Read More

Jul 26, 2018, 7:08 PM

It’s prime time for watching Mars – plus a total lunar eclipse that you can see online

It’s no hoax: Mars is bigger and brighter in the night sky than it’s been at any time since 2003.… Read More

Jul 26, 2018, 4:45 PM

Einstein’s right again: Star obeys relativity as it whirls around Milky Way’s black hole

News Brief: A 26-year-long observational campaign provides clear evidence of the effect that general relativity has on the motion of… Read More

Jul 26, 2018, 10:39 AM

SpaceShipTwo rocket plane pushes the envelope in third supersonic test flight

Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, to its highest-ever altitude today during its third powered test flight —… Read More

Jul 25, 2018, 8:47 AM

Mars Express delivers radar evidence of hidden lake at Red Planet’s south pole

Radar readings from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter point to the location of what appears to be a… Read More

Jul 25, 2018, 6:19 AM

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket puts 10 Iridium satellites in orbit, then lands in rough seas

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent 10 more Iridium NEXT telecommunications satellites into space today from a fogged-in California pad, then… Read More

Jul 24, 2018, 7:36 PM

Scientists come up with revised ‘Rio scale’ to rate claims of extraterrestrial contact

For almost 60 years, efforts to pick up signs of extraterrestrial civilizations have yielded a big fat zero, but there… Read More

Jul 23, 2018, 6:30 PM

Life on the moon? It could have happened billions of years ago, astrobiologists say

The moon is one of the last places in the solar system you’d expect to find life today, but astrobiologists… Read More

Jul 22, 2018, 1:14 PM

Engine test anomaly deals setback to Boeing’s plans for Starliner space taxi

Boeing confirms that it experienced an anomaly last month during tests of the engines that would be used on its… Read More

Jul 21, 2018, 11:34 PM

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Telstar 19V satellite and lands on drone ship

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket executed a textbook launch to put the heavy-duty Telstar 19 Vantage telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight… Read More

Jul 20, 2018, 10:57 AM

T-minus-1 year: The moon is on the rise as Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary approaches

Forty-nine years ago today, humans first set foot on a world beyond Earth — and by the time the 50th anniversary… Read More

Jul 20, 2018, 7:00 AM

Enjoy July’s gems from Juno at Jupiter

NASA’s Juno orbiter made another close pass of Jupiter this week, and that means there’s another crop of stunning pictures… Read More

Jul 18, 2018, 9:28 AM

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship hits new heights in escape test flight

As Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos watched, his Blue Origin space venture sent its reusable New Shepard spaceship to its highest-ever… Read More

Jul 17, 2018, 6:51 PM

BlackSky teams up with ATLAS Space Operations for satellite communications

News Brief: Michigan-based ATLAS Space Operations says it will provide telemetry, commanding and data support for the Earth-observing satellite constellation… Read More

Blue Origin's New Shepard spaceship on pad

Jul 17, 2018, 5:55 PM

Blue Origin counts down to high-altitude escape test of New Shepard spaceship

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it’ll push its New Shepard suborbital spaceship “to… Read More

Jul 17, 2018, 4:33 PM

Discoveries boost Jupiter’s retinue to 79 moons — including a wrong-way oddball

Astronomers searching for signs of a hypothetical “Planet Nine” have instead come up with 12 new moons of Jupiter, including… Read More

Jul 16, 2018, 12:01 AM

Lockheed Martin wins $31M from UK Space Agency for spaceport in Scotland

Lockheed Martin is in line to receive $31 million (£23.5 million) in grants from the UK Space Agency to establish… Read More

Jul 15, 2018, 2:30 PM

British government selects Scotland’s Sutherland site to be prime U.K. spaceport

The British government has selected a spot in Sutherland, on the A’Mhoine Peninsula in the Scottish Highlands, as the site… Read More

Jul 13, 2018, 10:56 AM

$200,000 for a trip to space? Blue Origin says price hasn’t been seriously discussed

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin, is playing down reports that a suborbital space trip on its New… Read More

Jul 12, 2018, 4:44 PM

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule arrives in Florida to get set for uncrewed test flight

After months of testing, a SpaceX Dragon capsule that’s designed to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station… Read More

Jul 12, 2018, 8:00 AM

Antarctic IceCube observatory tracks a single neutrino to solve cosmic ray puzzle

An array of detectors buried under a half-mile-wide stretch of Antarctic ice has traced the path of a single neutrino… Read More

Jul 11, 2018, 7:10 PM

Here’s why space engineers come to Seattle … and why some of them leave

A new employment study indicates that roughly 3,000 people are directly employed by Washington state’s space industry, and roughly half… Read More

Jul 10, 2018, 7:38 PM

To the moon? Israel’s SpaceIL says SpaceX will launch team’s lunar lander this year

News Brief: SpaceIL, an Israeli team that was once a competitor in the now-defunct Google Lunar X Prize, says it will have… Read More

Jul 10, 2018, 4:47 PM

Fifty years after Apollo, the Peanuts gang signs up again to give NASA a boost

Eighteen years after their creator died, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang are rising again to… Read More

Jul 10, 2018, 4:43 PM

TLDR: Microsoft unveils Surface Go, Demi Lovato to headline Amazon concert, new record for same-day delivery in space

Today’s featured stories Microsoft unveils $399 ‘Surface Go’ with 10-inch display and USB-C port to take on lower-cost iPads and… Read More