Space – Page 56 of 93

Jan 31, 2018, 2:23 PM

SpaceX launches GovSat-1 satellite, clearing the way for Falcon Heavy’s debut

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent a telecommunications satellite into orbit today for Luxembourg’s government and the SES satellite venture, setting… Read More

Jan 31, 2018, 10:17 AM

Moonless in Seattle? Feast your eyes on global views of the total lunar eclipse

Cloudy weather blocked Seattle’s view of last night’s “super blue blood moon” — but as a consolation, skywatchers from Vancouver to… Read More

Jan 30, 2018, 7:30 AM

A lunar wonder … or a washout? Your guide to the super blue blood moon eclipse

Geographically speaking, the Pacific Northwest is one of the best places in America to see tonight’s super-hyped total lunar eclipse.… Read More

Jan 27, 2018, 2:36 PM

It’s a date! SpaceX’s Elon Musk sets Falcon Heavy rocket’s huge first launch for Feb. 6

The world’s most powerful rocket finally has a date for its debut: Feb. 6. In a tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 5:11 PM

NASA’s Day of Remembrance highlights 15th anniversary of shuttle Columbia’s loss

News Brief: The last Thursday of January is NASA’s time to pay tribute to fallen astronauts, including 1967’s Apollo 1… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 2:17 PM

White House gets pushback on plan to phase out space station funding by 2025

White House budget plans are zeroing in on zeroing out federal funding for the International Space Station by 2025, to… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 7:14 PM

‘Kill Bill’ Shatner? Video spoof touts Quentin Tarantino’s R-rated ‘Star Trek’

What would an R-rated “Star Trek” movie directed by Quentin Tarantino look like? We may find out someday soon: The… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 11:30 AM

Scientists fine-tune the formula for finding the signature of life in alien atmospheres

Is the presence of oxygen in the atmosphere of an alien world the only sure-fire sign that life is present?… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 10:55 AM

SpaceX test-fires Falcon Heavy rocket’s 27 engines amid clouds of steam and thunder

SpaceX test-fired all 27 Merlin rocket engines on its mammoth Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time today, throwing up… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 9:25 AM

Rocket Lab unveils ‘Humanity Star’ – a shiny satellite you can see in space

In addition to launching three Earth-watching satellites, Rocket Lab has sent up a satellite you can watch from Earth: a… Read More

Jan 23, 2018, 7:36 PM

Spacewalkers put new hand on robot arm

News Brief: NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle spent nearly seven and a half hours on a spacewalk… Read More

Jan 23, 2018, 10:54 AM

XPRIZE confirms no one will win Google’s millions for commercial moon landing

The organizers for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize competition acknowledged today that the award for a commercially funded… Read More

Jan 22, 2018, 6:05 PM

Kepler Communications’ first satellite expands ‘Internet of Things’ to space

News Brief: Toronto-based Kepler Communications says its first Ku-band telecommunications satellite is in working order after a Jan. 19 launch… Read More

Jan 22, 2018, 5:08 PM

Amid Zuma satellite controversy, SpaceX gets a vote of confidence from Air Force

News Brief: The classified satellite known as Zuma was said to have disappeared soon after its Jan. 7 launch on… Read More

Jan 22, 2018, 2:37 PM

Moon ambitions get a reality check — plus a boost from Apollo moonshot memories

Update for 10:54 a.m. PT Jan. 23: The managers of the Google Lunar X Prize competition acknowledge that the prize… Read More

Jan 20, 2018, 7:00 PM

Rocket Lab sends Electron rocket into orbit, marking milestone for moon mission

Rocket Lab’s two-stage Electron rocket successfully reached Earth orbit and deployed satellites for the first time today, raising hopes for… Read More

Jan 11, 2018, 5:56 PM

UPDATED: Planetary Resources and Spaceflight Industries mark successful rocket launch in India

Updated on Friday morning with details of launch. A rocket that lifted off from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center just… Read More

Jan 9, 2018, 9:00 AM

Gravitational waves get to play a starring role in ‘Black Hole Apocalypse’ on TV

Black holes are the collapsed stars of the show on “Black Hole Apocalypse,” a two-hour “NOVA” presentation that’s premiering Wednesday… Read More

Jan 8, 2018, 8:51 PM

Mysterious U.S. government spy satellite believed to be lost after SpaceX launch

Turns out this weekend’s SpaceX mission didn’t go off without a hitch, after all. The secret U.S. government payload —… Read More

Jan 7, 2018, 5:00 PM

SpaceX launches ‘Zuma’ spacecraft with secret U.S. government payload, lands Falcon 9

UPDATED: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center this evening, carrying a secretive U.S. government payload… Read More

Jan 3, 2018, 10:38 AM

Quadrantid meteors reach their peak, upstaged by a supermoon’s afterglow

News Brief: The good news is that the annual Quadrantid meteor shower is reaching its peak tonight with relatively clear… Read More

Jan 3, 2018, 6:00 AM

Alien megastructure? Forget about it, weird star’s discoverers say after further study

The astronomers who once speculated that an alien megastructure might be responsible for the weirdly fluctuating light from a distant… Read More

Dec 30, 2017, 10:30 AM

Year in space: Look back at 2017’s black sun … look forward to 2018’s bright moon

The first total solar eclipse to go across America from coast to coast in 99 years has to rank as… Read More

Dec 29, 2017, 1:11 PM

How scientists are expanding the spectrum for SETI and the search for alien life

BERKELEY, Calif. — Twenty years after the movie “Contact” brought the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, to the big… Read More

Dec 28, 2017, 1:49 PM

Blue Origin space venture spends $14M on space for offices and warehouse in Kent

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has spent $14.1 million to buy 31 acres of… Read More

Dec 28, 2017, 10:25 AM

Doll of the year: 2018’s top American Girl is an aspiring astronaut named Luciana Vega

American Girl put a Space Age spin on the centuries-old tradition of dress-up dolls today by unveiling a spacesuit-clad character… Read More

Dec 27, 2017, 1:59 PM

Happy Kwanzaa from NASA – and Ceres!

Kwanzaa may be an African-American festival on Earth, but it’s also a cute little mountain on the dwarf planet Ceres –… Read More

Dec 26, 2017, 6:46 PM

‘Jedi’ to ‘Solo’: 10 sci-fi shows for 2018

The dust has barely settled on the premiere of “Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi.” Or is that a… Read More

Dec 23, 2017, 10:25 AM

Aliens in L.A.? Santa? Even Elon Musk has some fun with SpaceX rocket’s sky show

The bloom of exhaust that blossomed in Southern California’s skies during Friday evening’s liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket sparked… Read More

Dec 22, 2017, 6:50 PM

SpaceX puts 10 Iridium telecom satellites in orbit – and creates a spectacle in the sky

SpaceX has sent 10 more satellites into orbit for the Iridium NEXT constellation, passing the halfway point in its 75-satellite… Read More