Space – Page 52 of 93

May 18, 2018, 7:01 PM

It’s full of stars! NASA’s planet-hunting TESS probe sends back its first test image

One month after its launch, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has sent back an initial test image that shows more… Read More

May 17, 2018, 3:03 PM

Asteroid Institute’s first fellows come with credentials that are out of this world

A Silicon Valley institute focusing on the perils and prospects posed by near-Earth objects has chosen its first senior research… Read More

May 16, 2018, 3:18 PM

Frosty vs. Leaky: Spacewalkers shuffle spare coolant pumps at space station

News Brief: Two NASA spacewalkers repositioned a pair of spare coolant pumps outside the International Space Station today during a… Read More

May 15, 2018, 9:08 PM

How number crunchers could help crack the cosmological mystery of dark energy

Big data just might give astronomers a better grip on the answer to one of the biggest questions in physics:… Read More

May 15, 2018, 5:37 PM

Arch Mission teams up with Astrobotic to send Wikipedia and more to the moon

The Arch Mission Foundation is partnering with Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic to have a miniaturized library sent to the moon’s surface aboard… Read More

May 15, 2018, 3:11 PM

Smallest interplanetary probe snaps a picture of our Pale Blue Dot (and the moon)

You don’t have to fly beyond the orbit of Neptune to see our home planet as a Pale Blue Dot.… Read More

May 14, 2018, 11:00 AM

21-year-old readings boost the case for water plumes spraying out from Europa

News Brief: A closer look at magnetic and plasma wave readings from NASA’s now-defunct Galileo spacecraft firms up the evidence… Read More

May 11, 2018, 3:46 PM

NASA adds a drone to its 2020 Mars rover

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has given the thumbs-up to putting a helicopter on Mars. The Mars Helicopter, which is actually… Read More

May 11, 2018, 1:49 PM

SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 debuts with launch for Bangladesh (and rocket landing)

SpaceX sent a Bangladeshi telecommunications satellite into orbit today atop what CEO Elon Musk calls the “last major version” of… Read More

May 11, 2018, 11:46 AM

United Launch Alliance picks Aerojet’s RL10 rocket engine for Vulcan upper stage

United Launch Alliance has chosen Aerojet Rocketdyne over Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture to provide the upper-stage… Read More

May 10, 2018, 4:10 PM

Computer aborts milestone SpaceX rocket launch at last minute, forcing a day’s delay

News Brief: The anxiously awaited launch of the first of SpaceX’s “last” Falcon 9 rockets will have to wait at… Read More

May 8, 2018, 5:57 PM

‘Eggs’ for alien Earths? At 94, physicist Freeman Dyson’s brain is still going strong

Alien megaspheres … rockets powered by nuclear bombs … freeze-dried life in outer space: These are just some of the… Read More

May 5, 2018, 12:05 PM

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship brings Robonaut and mice back to Earth from space station

News Brief: After a month of unloading and reloading, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule was set loose from the International Space… Read More

May 5, 2018, 10:30 AM

Fog and flames: Up-close photos from the Mars InSight mission’s launch pad

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — As thick fog enveloped Space Launch Complex 3 early this morning, the Mars InSight lander… Read More

May 5, 2018, 5:42 AM

InSight lander lifts off from California, kicking off quest to get Mars’ inside story

NASA’s Mars InSight lander and two piggyback probes were lofted through California’s coastal fog into space before dawn today, beginning… Read More

May 5, 2018, 5:37 AM

He shoots, he scores: Basketball star Chris Bosh geeks out over Mars InSight mission

While retired NBA All-Star basketball player Chris Bosh plans his next career moves, he and his wife Adrienne are taking… Read More

May 4, 2018, 3:30 PM

NASA looks into fixing James Webb Space Telescope after fasteners come loose

NASA says it’s reviewing its options for repair and corrective action for the multibillion-dollar James Webb Space Telescope after tests… Read More

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