Space – Page 54 of 93

Mar 21, 2018, 10:49 AM

Relativity strikes deal with NASA to use rocket engine test complex in Mississippi

Relativity, a rocket startup with roots at Blue Origin and SpaceX, says it has been awarded an exclusive 20-year lease… Read More

Mar 20, 2018, 7:23 PM

Even after death, Stephen Hawking stirs up fresh cosmological tiffs and tributes

The ashes of the late British physicist Stephen Hawking will get a fitting resting place in Westminster Abbey, near the… Read More

Mar 20, 2018, 2:02 PM

Last call for the Humanity Star satellite!

Humanity Star, we hardly knew ye. When Rocket Lab revealed in January that it sent a disco-ball satellite called “the… Read More

Mar 15, 2018, 5:01 PM

Did space scramble Scott Kelly’s genes so much he’s no longer a twin? Um, not really

My Twitter feed was buzzing this week with reports that Scott Kelly’s genes were knocked permanently out of phase because… Read More

Mar 15, 2018, 12:58 PM

Jeff Bezos and National Reconnaissance Office talk about space and innovation

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos paid a visit to the National Reconnaissance Office this week — which fits right in with his… Read More

Mar 14, 2018, 6:36 PM

Built to take a beating: Kymeta introduces portable KyWay Go satellite data terminal

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the communications company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it’s starting to roll out a… Read More

Mar 14, 2018, 5:41 PM

Tethers Unlimited and Orbital Research forge partnership for small-satellite radios

News brief: Burnaby, B.C.-based Orbital Research Inc. says it will build a space-based, 26 GHz Ka-band radio receiver for use… Read More

Mar 13, 2018, 8:02 PM

Scientists give nickname to New Horizons probe’s post-Pluto target: Ultima Thule

News Brief: Nearly three years after flying past Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is heading for a target more than… Read More

Mar 13, 2018, 6:19 PM

Jeff Bezos shares all 114 seconds of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine test firing

Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine is an essential part of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ vision of getting millions of people… Read More

Mar 13, 2018, 4:38 PM

President Donald Trump revives the policy debate over creating military Space Force

President Donald Trump today talked about creating a U.S. Space Force, breathing new life into a concept that’s been proposed… Read More

Mar 13, 2018, 9:00 AM

Spaceflight Industries firms up European satellite alliance and $150M funding round

It’s official: After receiving all government approvals, a French-Italian joint venture has taken a minority stake in Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries… Read More

Mar 12, 2018, 6:07 PM

FCC stings Swarm Technologies after an unauthorized launch of tiny satellites

A stealthy California startup called Swarm Technologies is facing the wrath of the Federal Communications Commission after its super-miniaturized satellites… Read More

Mar 12, 2018, 2:17 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin strikes satellite launch deal with Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it has signed up Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT… Read More

Mar 12, 2018, 10:53 AM

NASA’s acting administrator says he’ll retire in April, adding to power vacuum

Robert Lightfoot, who has been serving as NASA’s acting administrator since the start of the Trump administration, says he’ll be… Read More

Mar 11, 2018, 1:27 PM

Elon Musk Q&A: First Mars spaceship is being built, with flight tests set for 2019

SpaceX is building its first Mars transport vehicle, also known as the BFR, and “making good progress” toward short-hop test… Read More

Mar 10, 2018, 12:18 PM

Kirk or Picard? Star Trek geek Jeff Bezos makes his choice at Oscars photo op

Kirk, Picard or Janeway? That choice of Star Trek captains is a standard question on our Geek of the Week… Read More

Mar 9, 2018, 6:10 PM

Weeks after its launch, ‘Humanity Star’ satellite shines in West Coast skies at last

It’s been a month and a half since Rocket Lab sent a sparkly satellite called Humanity Star into orbit, but… Read More

Mar 8, 2018, 6:45 PM

Make-believe Mars: Get a 360-degree view of the testbed for NASA’s InSight lander

When NASA’s InSight lander touches down on Mars in November, its handlers already will have had lots of practice operating… Read More

Mar 8, 2018, 4:27 PM

Blue Origin’s job listings hint that it could soon be signing up astronauts

Some of the nearly 200 job opportunities posted by Blue Origin suggest Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture is preparing… Read More

Mar 7, 2018, 5:55 PM

BluHaptics and Tethers Unlimited get in on $750,000 grants from NASA program

Space projects led by two small businesses headquartered in Washington state — Seattle-based BluHaptics and Bothell-based Tethers Unlimited — are among 128… Read More

Mar 6, 2018, 4:06 PM

‘Hidden Figures’ no more: New Barbie dolls honor NASA’s Katherine Johnson and 16 other women

“Hidden Figures” mathematician Katherine Johnson may have missed out on the Lego toy treatment, but she and 16 other women… Read More

Mar 6, 2018, 5:00 AM

BlackSky shows off first next-generation Global satellite for Earth observation

Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky geospatial intelligence service is taking the wraps off its first operational satellite, Global-1, which will blaze the… Read More

Mar 5, 2018, 9:47 PM

SpaceX sends Spanish telecom satellite into orbit with 50th Falcon 9 rocket launch

SpaceX sent a Spanish broadband telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight, marking the 50th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket. The… Read More

Mar 2, 2018, 11:27 AM

Researchers are figuring out how to pack a supercomputer into a nanosatellite

Putting a supercomputer in a package that’s roughly the size of a loaf of bread is one thing. Making sure… Read More

Mar 1, 2018, 6:10 PM

Asteroid Institute adds Google Cloud and AGI as tech partners for asteroid tracking

Google Cloud and AGI (a.k.a. Analytical Graphics Inc.) have gotten on board with the B612 Asteroid Institute to develop a… Read More

Mar 1, 2018, 2:17 PM

Atlas 5 rocket launches GOES-S satellite to watch Western weather and wildfires

A next-generation GOES-S weather satellite, the second of its kind, rose into orbit at 2:02 p.m. PT (5:02 p.m. ET)… Read More

Mar 1, 2018, 4:30 AM

With $13.5M boost, Astranis unveils big plan to beam internet from small satellites

Astranis Space Technologies is taking the wraps off a plan to provide internet access to billions of people, using small-sized,… Read More

Feb 28, 2018, 5:47 PM

Scientists say they’ve detected birth of the first stars – and perhaps dark matter, too

Astronomers have detected radio waves from a time within 180 million years of the Big Bang, and they say they… Read More

Feb 27, 2018, 11:13 PM

Space station trio gets warm welcome back to Earth in frosty Kazakhstan

News Brief: Three spacefliers touched down amid subfreezing temperatures in Kazakhstan tonight, closing out their 168-day mission on the International… Read More

Feb 27, 2018, 10:53 AM

Vodafone and Nokia join PTScientists to put 4G mobile phone network on moon

Can you hear me now, on the moon? Not yet, but Nokia has just signed onto a team that aims… Read More