Space – Page 61 of 93

Sep 29, 2017, 3:36 PM

Sizing up billionaire Elon Musk’s big bet on SpaceX’s Big Frickin’ Rocket of the future

SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s rocket roadmap just got much bigger than Mars. Now the question is, who else will follow… Read More

Sep 29, 2017, 1:05 PM

2018 turns into 2019 for Webb Space Telescope (and maybe Boeing’s space taxi)

NASA says it’s moving the launch date for its $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope from October 2018 to the… Read More

Sep 28, 2017, 10:24 PM

Elon Musk’s updated vision for Mars also shoots for the moon and much, much more

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has added moon missions to his grand plan for Mars, in a bid to capitalize on… Read More

Sep 28, 2017, 7:08 PM

Lockheed Martin adds a lander to its picture for NASA’s future journeys to Mars

Lockheed Martin has fleshed out its picture for sending astronauts to the Red Planet by adding a refuelable lander and… Read More

Sep 28, 2017, 2:41 PM

Northern lights provide a glowing auroral sendoff to Seattle’s summer weather

Seattle’s final fling with hot weather featured a celestial fireworks show on Wednesday night, in the form of an auroral… Read More

Sep 27, 2017, 4:08 PM

Russia gets on board with NASA to look into Deep Space Gateway in lunar orbit

The space station band is getting back together again: Russia and NASA today signed a joint statement voicing support for… Read More

Sep 27, 2017, 2:24 PM

Super Bowl? Bah! Study rates total solar eclipse as America’s most watched event

More than 215 million American adults, representing almost 88 percent of the U.S. population over 18, watched August’s solar eclipse… Read More

Sep 27, 2017, 10:48 AM

Europe’s Virgo detector picks up its first gravitational wave and nails down locale

Astronomers have detected their fourth gravitational wave from the merger of two black holes, but this one marks a new… Read More

Sep 26, 2017, 9:16 PM

U.N. puts out a global call for payloads to ride on SNC’s Dream Chaser space plane

Remember those science-fiction movies where the United Nations was calling the shots in space? We may be one small step… Read More

Sep 26, 2017, 12:12 PM

NASA shows off a drive-by snapshot of Earth from OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe

During last week’s flyby, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured a stunning portrait of Earth’s disk, spanning the Pacific from Australia to… Read More

Sep 25, 2017, 6:57 PM

Blue Origin announces satellite launch deal with Thai telecom startup Mu Space

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced yet another agreement to launch a telecommunications satellite… Read More

Sep 25, 2017, 10:45 AM

SpaceX’s Elon Musk is setting up his fans for a surprise during Mars mission update

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he’ll unveil “major improvements and some unexpected applications” this week when he updates his plan… Read More

Sep 22, 2017, 12:45 PM

OSIRIS-REx probe buzzes Earth on its way to an asteroid – and earthlings wave back

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft took pictures — and had its picture taken — as it zoomed past Earth today on its… Read More

Sep 21, 2017, 8:13 PM

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Orion engineers win a Silver Snoopy and other NASA accolades

REDMOND, Wash. — One of NASA’s most celebrated awards was handed out today, but it didn’t go to an astronaut. Instead,… Read More

Sep 21, 2017, 4:37 PM

Make it so, Alexa: Amazon adds a few new Star Trek skills to AI assistant’s repertoire

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has said the Alexa voice-activated AI assistant was inspired by the talking computer on “Star Trek,”… Read More

Sep 20, 2017, 6:50 PM

One small teraflop: HPE’s supercomputer takes a giant leap on the space station

The most powerful computer ever sent into space proved its mettle this month by registering a processing speed in excess… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 2:04 PM

SpaceX seeks to trademark the name ‘Starlink’ for satellite broadband network

SpaceX has filed documents seeking to trademark the name “Starlink” for a satellite network that could provide global broadband access… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 10:58 AM

Billionaire Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture fires up its engines – all six of ’em

The world’s biggest airplane hit another milestone this week with the completion of the first phase of engine testing at… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 11:39 AM

Northrop Grumman’s $7.8B deal to acquire Orbital ATK fuels aerospace consolidation

Northrop Grumman’s purchase of Orbital ATK for $7.8 billion will create a company involved in projects ranging from America’s next… Read More

Sep 17, 2017, 10:28 AM

SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule splashes down with a crew of mouse-tronauts

SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule was set loose from the International Space Station today and returned to Earth with more than… Read More

Sep 15, 2017, 10:57 AM

Spaceflight Industries teams with Europe’s Thales Alenia and Telespazio for satellites

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has forged a partnership with a French-Italian venture known as the Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia… Read More

Hugs at JPL mission control over Cassini

Sep 15, 2017, 6:45 AM

Fighting for science to the last: Cassini mission ends with smash-up at Saturn

Before its destruction, the bus-sized Cassini spacecraft fought Saturn’s buffeting atmosphere to send back scientific data for even longer than… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 9:20 PM

Hours before its doom, NASA’s Cassini probe takes its parting shots at Saturn

The final pictures from NASA’s 13-year-long Cassini mission at Saturn are flowing in – and they’re good to the last drop.… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 4:10 AM

Cassini orbiter’s team turns Saturn crash into cause for celebration – and for science

Twenty years after its launch to Saturn, NASA has set the Cassini orbiter on a course for certain destruction on… Read More

Sep 12, 2017, 9:37 PM

Six hours after launch, U.S.-Russian crew hooks up with International Space Station

Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived at the International Space Station tonight for a five-month tour of duty… Read More

Sep 11, 2017, 7:41 PM

NASA tells SSL and Tethers Unlimited to move forward on orbital assembly system

California-based SSL, formerly known as Space Systems Loral, says it’ll receive continued funding from NASA for an on-orbit satellite assembly… Read More

Sep 11, 2017, 6:40 PM

Boeing to build seven ‘super-powered’ satellites for SES’ O3b broadband network

Boeing Satellite Systems International has signed up to build a fleet of seven satellites that will provide broadband internet connectivity… Read More

Sep 11, 2017, 2:14 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan

What do Jeff Bezos and his lieutenants look for when they’re in an expansive mood? That’s a key question in… Read More

Sep 8, 2017, 4:11 PM

SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk shows off Dragon spaceship and the suit for the ride

We’ve already gotten our first peek at the spacesuit that astronauts will wear when they’re riding in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon… Read More

Sep 7, 2017, 7:48 PM

Astronomers give their official blessing to the first batch of place names on Pluto

Some of the best-known places on Pluto, including the heart-shaped Tombaugh Regio, have finally gone legit. But lots of other… Read More