Space

May 3, 2018, 7:12 PM

It’s showtime for launch of NASA’s Mars lnSight lander (and its piggyback probes)

NASA’s Mars InSight lander is being prepped for a launch that will send some magical science and engineering toward the… Read More

May 2, 2018, 8:43 PM

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg foresees busy commercial ‘ecosystem’ in Earth orbit

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg predicts that the number of space destinations will grow from one — the International Space Station… Read More

May 2, 2018, 4:33 PM

TLDR: Jeff Bezos and philanthropy, $6 lunch pickup service, 8-year-old coder

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

May 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

Stephen Hawking’s ‘Final Theory’ goes into publication – but it’s not the final word

Weeks after the death of British physicist Stephen Hawking, his final research paper on the nature of our universe and… Read More

May 2, 2018, 10:57 AM

NASA’s Kilopower project demonstrates a nuclear reactor that’s made for space

That’s one small step for nuclear reactors on the moon and Mars, and several giant leaps to go. Eventually, the… Read More

May 1, 2018, 6:58 PM

2020 or bust? GAO watchdogs foresee further delays for orbital spaceships

The Government Accountability Office issued a downbeat report on NASA’s major space projects today, saying that cost and schedule performance… Read More

May 1, 2018, 4:40 PM

SETI Institute gives Drake Award to Univ. of Washington astrobiologist Vikki Meadows

University of Washington astrobiologist Victoria Meadows has become the first woman to receive the SETI Institute’s Frank Drake Award, named… Read More

May 1, 2018, 1:24 PM

Jeff Bezos’ focus on space spending sparks questions about philanthropy

While Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates spends billions of dollars a year on global health, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is putting… Read More

Apr 30, 2018, 11:54 PM

NASA’s Rossi X-ray probe makes a quiet exit after spending 22 years in orbit

News Brief: A month after the breakup of China’s Tiangong-1 space lab, another spacecraft went to its fiery doom today… Read More

Apr 30, 2018, 3:20 PM

Pluto’s champion recounts first mission to icy world – and gears up for the next one

It took nine years for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to get to Pluto, and laying the groundwork for that history-making… Read More

Apr 29, 2018, 3:01 PM

Jeff Bezos, fashion model? This boot-clad billionaire strikes a pose for Blue Origin

If being Amazon’s CEO ever gets tiresome for Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest human, he could always turn to a… Read More

Apr 29, 2018, 11:30 AM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture sends its New Shepard spaceship to new heights

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture notched another record today when it sent its New Shepard suborbital spaceship… Read More

Apr 27, 2018, 3:08 PM

NASA is reworking its moon rover mission amid outcry from lunar advisory group

An influential group of advisers on lunar exploration says NASA is canceling its Resource Prospector mission to explore the moon’s… Read More

Apr 27, 2018, 7:29 AM

Jeff Bezos gets set for Sunday test launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture is targeting the next test flight of its New Shepard… Read More

Apr 26, 2018, 9:01 PM

Animated GIF shows ‘snow’ on Rosetta’s comet – and sends chills around the world

It’s been 19 months since the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ended, but the probe’s pictures stirred… Read More

Apr 26, 2018, 10:49 AM

Europe’s Trace Gas Orbiter sends its first color picture of Mars – and it’s spectacular

The first color image to come from a camera aboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter in its Mars-mapping orbit shows… Read More

Apr 25, 2018, 3:54 PM

Gaia probe maps the comings and goings of galaxy’s stars – and scientists go gaga

The European Space Agency has released the world’s most exhaustive star catalog, pinpointing the positions of nearly 1.7 billion stars.… Read More

Apr 23, 2018, 3:25 PM

NASA’s new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, touts bipartisanship after divisive debate

WASHINGTON — Just hours after his resignation from the House took effect, Jim Bridenstine was sworn in today as NASA’s… Read More

Apr 19, 2018, 3:30 PM

Blue Origin CEO says next-gen BE-4 rocket engine meets technical requirements

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For years, there’s been a big question surrounding the next-generation BE-4 rocket engine that’s being built by… Read More

Apr 19, 2018, 11:38 AM

Senate confirms Jim Bridenstine as NASA’s administrator after months of uncertainty

The Senate confirmed U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., as NASA’s administrator today in a nail-biting vote along party lines. In… Read More

Apr 18, 2018, 4:37 PM

Funding round raises $214 million for SpaceX so far — and it’s far from finished

News Brief: Last week we learned that SpaceX is looking to raise more than $500 million in a new Series… Read More

Apr 18, 2018, 4:15 PM

DARPA Launch Challenge offers $10M top prize for rapid-turnaround orbital liftoffs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Almost 15 years after a $10 million competition gave a boost to private-sector spaceflight, the Pentagon’s Defense… Read More

Apr 18, 2018, 4:10 PM

SpaceX launches NASA’s TESS spacecraft on mission to seek out alien planets

SpaceX has launched NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, kicking off a mission aimed at surveying nearly the entire sky… Read More

Apr 18, 2018, 12:22 PM

Sierra Nevada Corp. gears up to build a cargo spaceship – and a space station

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sierra Nevada Corp. is showing off a prototype of its Dream Chaser space plane, but its focus… Read More

Apr 18, 2018, 5:00 AM

Bill Gates, Airbus and SoftBank invest in satellite video startup that wants to help us ‘see and understand the Earth live and unfiltered’

The latest spinout from Intellectual Ventures, EarthNow, says it’s coming out of stealth mode with backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill… Read More

Apr 17, 2018, 4:36 PM