Space – Page 74 of 93

Nov 6, 2016, 12:17 PM

Get an exclusive video tour of the Museum of Flight’s Apollo moon rocket artifacts

It’s been almost a year since Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos unveiled pieces of the Saturn V rocket engines that propelled… Read More

Nov 4, 2016, 4:55 PM

Elon Musk holds forth on SolarCity, Tesla, SpaceX … and Donald Trump

Today Elon Musk laid out his views on electricity-generating solar roofs, the Tesla-SolarCity merger, SpaceX’s return to flight and artificial intelligence… Read More

Nov 3, 2016, 4:55 PM

Museum of Flight lets you walk on Mars in virtual reality for SpaceFest

I’ve been to Mars to kick the tires on NASA’s Curiosity rover – and you can take that trip as well.… Read More

Nov 3, 2016, 2:42 PM

Mars orbital image shows Schiaparelli lander’s crash site in inglorious color

High-resolution color images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the spot where the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander crashed – in black… Read More

Nov 3, 2016, 9:26 AM

Planetary Resources strikes $28 million pact with Luxembourg for asteroid mining

Planetary Resources says it has finalized a $28 million (€25 million) agreement with Luxembourg to ramp up its asteroid mining… Read More

Nov 2, 2016, 3:34 PM

NASA shows off the James Webb Space Telescope and says it’s ready for testing

After years of busted budgets and stretched timelines, NASA says its $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope is ready for… Read More

Nov 1, 2016, 8:42 PM

Winds get too wild to let Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity plane go gliding

Virgin Galactic had to scale back what it hoped would be its first free-flying test of VSS Unity, its second… Read More

Nov 1, 2016, 1:05 PM

NASA puts out call for lunar experiments, and Moon Express says it’ll help pay

NASA wants suggestions for experiments that can be sent to the moon on commercial spacecraft – and Moon Express, one of the… Read More

Oct 29, 2016, 10:33 PM

Space station trio gets warm reception after chilly touchdown in Kazakhstan

Just a week after a fresh trio of spacefliers moved into the International Space Station, three other crew members returned to Earth… Read More

Oct 29, 2016, 9:44 AM

Where does Jeff Bezos foresee putting space colonists? Inside O’Neill cylinders

SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars. Others talk about a Moon Village. But Seattle billionaire Jeff Bezos has… Read More

Oct 27, 2016, 8:59 PM

New Horizons probe finishes transmitting data from Pluto flyby after 15 months

More than 15 months after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto, the last bit of data captured during the… Read More

Oct 27, 2016, 11:30 AM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: SpaceFest 2016, Jet City Comic Show, SciTech Northwest, and more

With Elon Musk’s announcement that he plans to colonize Mars within a century, space has been on a lot of… Read More

Oct 24, 2016, 5:51 PM

Gradatim Ferociter! Jeff Bezos explains Blue Origin’s motto, logo … and the boots

You can’t buy stuff from billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on Amazon just yet, but just wait: Sixteen… Read More

Oct 24, 2016, 1:49 PM

Apollo 11 moon ship may go on tour for 50th anniversary – and stop by Seattle

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is laying the groundwork for a 50th-anniversary traveling exhibit featuring Apollo 11 space hardware,… Read More

Oct 24, 2016, 10:52 AM

China snaps selfies of its space lab

China’s Tiangong 2 space lab has a paparazzi traveling alongside it, in the form of a picture-snapping satellite that’s the size… Read More

SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System liftoff

Oct 23, 2016, 5:56 PM

SpaceX’s Elon Musk geeks out over Mars interplanetary transport plan on Reddit

In the weeks ahead, SpaceX plans to pressure-test a prototype carbon fiber tank on an oceangoing barge, to gauge how well… Read More

Oct 23, 2016, 1:40 PM

The inside story behind Jeff Bezos’ alien cameo on ‘Star Trek Beyond’

When “Star Trek Beyond” comes out on DVD next week, you can freeze-frame on the big-name cameo appearance that zipped… Read More

Oct 23, 2016, 11:00 AM

Video: Jeff Bezos shares big ideas, from Amazon’s drone landing pads to a 10,000-year clock

Someday, you’ll be printing out a landing pad to guide an Amazon drone to its delivery, or maybe taking a… Read More

Oct 21, 2016, 2:06 PM

NASA’s Mars orbiter spots the blackened remains of Europe’s lost Schiaparelli lander

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has caught sight of the blackened spot where a European lander apparently hit the Martian surface,… Read More

Oct 21, 2016, 10:08 AM

U.S.-Russian trio moves into space station

Three new crew members were welcomed aboard the International Space Station today, just in time to help out with a… Read More

Oct 20, 2016, 2:10 PM

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos compares space to internet, and he’ll build the infrastructure

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he’s trying to do for outer-space ventures what delivery services and the internet did for him:… Read More

Oct 20, 2016, 9:28 AM

What went wrong with Europe’s Mars lander? Signs point to parachute

The European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander apparently crashed after its parachute was ejected too early and its thrusters switched off too soon,… Read More

Oct 19, 2016, 4:20 PM

Astronomers are seeing more signs of undiscovered Planet Nine’s influence

Astronomers haven’t yet seen Planet Nine, the theoretical world that some say lies far beyond Pluto’s orbit, but they’re seeing more… Read More

Oct 19, 2016, 3:12 PM

NASA’s Juno orbiter reboots itself – and misses out on a Jupiter photo op

NASA says its Juno orbiter experienced a reboot of its onboard computer late Tuesday, just as it was getting ready… Read More

Oct 19, 2016, 10:58 AM

European Space Agency hails orbiter’s arrival at Mars but loses track of lander

For the first time in 13 years, the European Space Agency has put a spacecraft in orbit around Mars –… Read More

Oct 17, 2016, 5:45 PM

After two-year gap, Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket puts Cygnus cargo ship in orbit

Orbital ATK’s Antares two-stage rocket sent a robotic Cygnus cargo spaceship on its way to the International Space Station today, nearly… Read More

Oct 17, 2016, 11:00 AM

Book recounts how billionaires Paul Allen and Jeff Bezos helped start a space race

Commercial spaceflight seems to be hitting its stride right about now, thanks in part to the launch programs funded by… Read More

Oct 16, 2016, 6:58 PM

China launches two astronauts on Shenzhou 11, heading for orbital laboratory

Two Chinese astronauts are on their way to an orbiting laboratory for a monthlong mission aimed at preparing the way… Read More

Oct 13, 2016, 3:56 PM

Obama goes into full (and feisty) geek mode at White House Frontiers Conference

President Barack Obama stated the obvious today during what almost sounded like a farewell address to the tech community he… Read More

Oct 13, 2016, 10:47 AM

Hubble reveals 10 times more galaxies than scientists thought were out there

It looks as if astronomers have been way, way off on their galaxy counts: A new analysis of data from… Read More