Space – Page 63 of 93

Jul 20, 2017, 6:27 PM

Phobos photobombs Mars in Hubble view

Leave it to tiny Phobos to horn in on Mars’ glory in an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.… Read More

Jul 20, 2017, 4:31 PM

Google Maps unveils its latest destination: the International Space Station

While space tourism is still a little ways away, Google is getting a head start by offering its own tours… Read More

Jul 20, 2017, 4:11 PM

48 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, lunar dust bag sells for $1.8 million

The 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing was payday for a Chicago-area lawyer who latched onto a moondirt… Read More

Jul 20, 2017, 10:50 AM

Jeff Bezos highlights rocket factory in his first Instagram post – and oh, that hair!

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos posted his first video on Instagram today, but it wasn’t about the proceeds from Prime Day:… Read More

Jul 19, 2017, 3:50 PM

Elon Musk is bullish on Dragon space rides, but Red Dragon on Mars? Not so much

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he expects to see astronauts flying to the International Space Station on his company’s Dragon… Read More

Jul 18, 2017, 8:35 PM

The internet goes all atwitter over U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s questions about Mars civilization

What game was U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., playing when he asked Caltech geochemist Kenneth Farley whether there was any… Read More

Jul 18, 2017, 4:26 PM

Air Force secretary hints at military space applications for Stratolaunch super-plane

Stratolaunch, the six-year-old space venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it’ll use the world’s biggest airplane to launch… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 7:00 PM

SpaceX’s broadband internet satellite plan reportedly runs into opposition

SpaceX’s plan to provide global broadband internet access using thousands of satellites in low-earth orbit has come under fire from… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 5:55 PM

NASA’s next-generation TDRS-M satellite damaged, potentially pushing back launch

Houston, we may have a problem, and it could come from an antenna that was damaged on Friday during spaceflight… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 4:17 PM

Congress toes a cautious line on support for commercial space partnerships

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of Congress spoke to space industry leaders on Capitol Hill last week to show their support for… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 10:17 AM

Webcams and night owls capture subtle photos of the ‘aurora that nearly got away’

You may not have been able to see the northern lights that arced over Western Washington and other northern regions… Read More

Jul 16, 2017, 9:56 PM

Jeff Bezos gets a kick out of winning the first Buzz Aldrin Space Innovation Award

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin space venture have picked up a good number of awards over the… Read More

Jul 15, 2017, 3:12 PM

Aurora alert: Solar storm heightens chances of seeing northern lights

What could make a summer weekend even more perfect? How about the northern lights? The chances of seeing auroral displays… Read More

Jul 13, 2017, 8:14 PM

Seemingly strange radio signals from a red dwarf star spark interest at Arecibo

The 1,000-foot-wide radio telescope at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory will take a closer look at a red dwarf star known… Read More

Jul 13, 2017, 7:32 PM

Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners cheer Luxembourg law on space property

Lawmakers in the tiny European country of Luxembourg today approved a measure affirming that space resources can be privately owned.… Read More

Jul 13, 2017, 10:57 AM

Relativity Space CEO provides Congress with a teaser for his stealthy rocket venture

The hush-hush space startup Relativity Space is still in stealth mode, but CEO and co-founder Tim Ellis lifted the veil… Read More

Jul 12, 2017, 10:52 AM

By Jove! Juno orbiter snaps the greatest pictures of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

The long-awaited close-ups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot have arrived from NASA’s Juno orbiter, and they’re spectacular. Juno has been… Read More

Jul 11, 2017, 5:43 PM

When will Elon Musk update Mars plan? Maybe in September, maybe in Australia

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk got a rock-star reception last September at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico when he unveiled… Read More

Jul 9, 2017, 9:10 AM

How to watch August’s total solar eclipse without actually going outside

Even though the track of a total solar eclipse will stretch from America’s West Coast to the East Coast on… Read More

Jul 7, 2017, 2:17 PM

NASA says it’s OK for VP Mike Pence to touch that hardware marked ‘Do Not Touch’

You know that viral photo of Vice President Mike Pence putting his hand on a piece of space hardware marked… Read More

Jul 6, 2017, 4:47 PM

17776: A hilarious glimpse at the future of football, as seen from space

Spoiler alert: This report doesn’t give away any major plot twists in “17776,” SB Nation’s online presentation, but if you… Read More

Jul 6, 2017, 2:28 PM

XCOR Aerospace lays off all employees, throwing rocket projects into limbo

After more than a year’s worth of workforce shrinkage, XCOR Aerospace has laid off the remainder of its employees –… Read More

Jul 6, 2017, 12:01 PM

Vice President Mike Pence vows return to moon and ‘boots on Mars’ in NASA speech

Vice President Mike Pence, the newly minted chairman of a revived National Space Council, said today that President Donald Trump… Read More

Jul 5, 2017, 4:44 PM

Third time’s the charm as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches Intelsat 35e satellite

SpaceX finally launched the Intelsat 35e telecommunications satellite today atop a Falcon 9 rocket after two earlier attempts were aborted… Read More

Jul 5, 2017, 1:53 PM

Richard Branson says SpaceShipTwo is set to blast off into space by year’s end

Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, has been toning down his predictions about the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane’s future trips to… Read More

Jul 3, 2017, 11:39 AM

Recycled SpaceX Dragon capsule makes history with its second splashdown

SpaceX already proved it could lower the cost to space with its reusable Falcon 9 rocket, but this morning, it… Read More

Jul 1, 2017, 11:59 AM

World View downs KFC’s stratospheric chicken sandwich early due to balloon leak

World View Enterprises said its “Zinger 1” mission to keep a KFC chicken sandwich aloft in the stratosphere was terminated… Read More

Jun 30, 2017, 12:56 PM

President Trump signs his executive order to reactivate the National Space Council

After months of foreshadowing, President Donald Trump today signed an executive order to revive the National Space Council, a move… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 5:56 PM

It’s Asteroid Day! Scientists look on the bright side of our cosmic shooting gallery

Asteroid experts say they’re looking forward to an explosion – but not the kind of extinction-level blast that killed off the… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 3:55 PM

World View balloon sends up KFC’s Zinger chicken sandwich amid space send-ups

That’s one small step for high-altitude balloon research, one giant cheep for KFC’s Zinger chicken sandwich. After one weather-related postponement,… Read More