Space – Page 55 of 93

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

Feb 26, 2018, 11:54 AM

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch picks up the pace in runway tests of world’s biggest airplane

Stratolaunch Systems, the space launch venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it put its super-duper-sized carrier plane through… Read More

Feb 22, 2018, 12:49 PM

University of Central Florida is taking charge of gigantic Arecibo radio telescope

The 1,000-foot Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, made famous by such movies as “Contact” and the James Bond thriller… Read More

Feb 22, 2018, 7:56 AM

SpaceX launches its first Starlink internet satellites (and Spain’s Paz satellite, too)

SpaceX put its first two prototype Starlink broadband satellites into orbit along with a Spanish radar imaging satellite today. The… Read More

Feb 22, 2018, 5:00 AM

Robotics pioneer Red Whittaker wants to put a robot on the moon, and land Amazon in his backyard

PITTSBURGH — Asked if he will eventually land a robot on the moon, William “Red” Whittaker doesn’t hold back. “Oh,… Read More

Feb 21, 2018, 5:20 PM

NASA fires shuttle rocket engine to the max during test for Space Launch System

Like a “Spinal Tap” guitarist, NASA turned the dial up to 11 today on a souped-up rocket engine from the… Read More

Feb 21, 2018, 10:53 AM

National Space Council’s meeting takes aim at industry regulations – and at China

Space industry deregulation, and the potential perils posed by China’s space program, shared the spotlight at today’s meeting of the… Read More

Vice President Mike Pence at National Space Council meeting

Feb 20, 2018, 7:11 PM

Boeing and Blue Origin CEOs listed among National Space Council’s advisers

News Brief: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg and Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith are among 29 candidates for the National Space… Read More

Feb 19, 2018, 9:45 AM

Planetary Resources asteroid venture misses fundraising target, forcing cutbacks

Planetary Resources, a Redmond, Wash.-based venture that aims to make a fortune mining asteroids, is facing a more down-to-earth challenge:… Read More

Feb 17, 2018, 6:39 PM

Asteroid miners might need a few good applied astronomers to show them the way

AUSTIN, Texas — Mining asteroids for water and other resources could someday become a trillion-dollar business, but not without astronomers to… Read More

Feb 16, 2018, 5:39 PM

What if scientists find signs of alien life? Experiment suggests we won’t freak out

AUSTIN, Texas — If extraterrestrial life exists, there’s a chance we’ll detect it sometime in the next 20 years. And then… Read More

Feb 14, 2018, 5:11 PM

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai endorses SpaceX’s plan for satellite broadband service

SpaceX’s plan to beam broadband services to America and the world via its Starlink satellite constellation got a big thumbs-up… Read More