Space

Aug 11, 2016, 10:56 AM

From haven to hell: NASA climate models suggest Venus may have been habitable

Today Venus is a hellish planet with a crushingly dense atmosphere of carbon dioxide, but billions of years ago, it… Read More

Aug 10, 2016, 10:59 AM

Must-see Perseid meteor shower should pack an extra punch this week

August’s Perseid meteor shower is always one of the most accessible sky spectaculars of the year, but this year’s show… Read More

Aug 9, 2016, 3:09 PM

Space race heats up: Deep Space Industries plans to visit asteroid by 2020

One of the two big players in the asteroid mining market, Deep Space Industries, today unveiled its plan to land a… Read More

Aug 9, 2016, 8:45 AM

Techstars grad Kepler Communications raises $5M to launch mini satellites by 2017 and double its team

Kepler Communications, a Techstars Seattle graduate building telecom infrastructure for space, just secured $5 million in seed funding. New York venture… Read More

Aug 8, 2016, 7:14 PM

Astronomers’ latest analysis turns ‘alien megastructure’ star into a triple mystery

It’s been almost a year since astronomers first speculated that a strangely dimming star called KIC 8462852 might harbor an… Read More

Aug 5, 2016, 10:57 AM

‘Just DO IT!’ Blue Origin software engineers talk about Jeff Bezos’ space venture on Reddit

Creating a commercial space effort is clearly not a 9-to-5 job: Software engineers from Blue Origin, the space venture that… Read More

Aug 3, 2016, 6:01 PM

Donald Trump disses America’s space program; what would Hillary Clinton do?

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has been going through a series of reversals this week, and today’s highlights include the… Read More

Aug 3, 2016, 5:00 AM

Moon Express wins a green light from U.S. government for its lunar mission

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Moon Express says it has received preliminary clearance for the robotic lander that it plans to send… Read More

Aug 2, 2016, 2:27 PM

SpaceX’s HR guy addresses tales of overworked engineers and more on Reddit

SpaceX’s engineers are pursuing the high-flying goal of getting people to Mars, and by some accounts, the workload can lead… Read More

Tethers Unlimited's Hydros thruster tested

Aug 2, 2016, 10:53 AM

Tethers Unlimited wins $2.2 million in contracts for satellite mini-thruster system

Tethers Unlimited Inc. says it’s won $2.2 million in contracts from NASA and Millennium Space Systems to provide its miniaturized, water-fueled Hydros… Read More

Aug 1, 2016, 2:10 PM

Virgin Galactic receives FAA license to fly SpaceShipTwo – and it’s taxiing on runway

Virgin Galactic says it’s received an operator license from the Federal Aviation Administration for flying its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane into outer… Read More

Jul 31, 2016, 9:17 AM

Out of this world! Seattle sisters launch their Loki Lego 2.0 balloon craft past 100,000 feet

Update: A new YouTube video, below, captures the preparation and launch of Loki Lego Launcher 2.0. The girls have also… Read More

Jul 29, 2016, 9:44 PM

‘Mars’ trailer features Elon Musk, Neil Tyson and Red Planet explorers from 2033

National Geographic Channel’s “Mars” miniseries blends a fictional tale about Mars colonists in 2033 with modern-day musings about Red Planet missions –… Read More

Jul 29, 2016, 7:29 AM

Seattle girls who captivated nation with homemade spacecraft ready to launch again — with new science goals, new Star Wars hero on board

The Seattle sisters who captivated GeekWire’s audience and earned an invitation to the White House after launching a homemade craft… Read More

Jul 28, 2016, 4:48 PM

Apollo astronauts’ heart disease linked to space radiation, but there’s a big catch

Is deep-space radiation hazardous to your cardiovascular system? A newly published study focusing on the Apollo astronauts suggests that it… Read More

Jul 28, 2016, 2:19 PM

SNC says its Dream Chaser prototype space glider is ready for flight tests

Sierra Nevada Corp. says its full-scale Dream Chaser test vehicle is at last ready to be sent to a NASA… Read More

Jul 28, 2016, 10:57 AM

Chinese space junk sparks meteor reports

A bright streak in the sky generated hundreds of meteor sighting reports from Southern California to British Columbia, but it… Read More

Jul 22, 2016, 2:36 PM

NASA shows off greatest hits from DSCOVR satellite’s year of watching Earth

It’s been a year since NASA unveiled the first image of Earth’s sunlit side captured by the Deep Space Climate Observatory,… Read More

Jul 20, 2016, 12:09 PM

Jeff Bezos touts results from Blue Origin spaceship’s test, even with one less chute

Last month’s test flight of a Blue Origin rocket ship to space and back was aimed at seeing how safely it… Read More

Jul 20, 2016, 10:58 AM

Get a look at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as an alien in ‘Star Trek Beyond’

You’d hardly recognize Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos in the super-heavy makeup he wears as an alien Starfleet official in “Star… Read More

Jul 20, 2016, 9:56 AM

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivers DNA sequencer and new door to space station

Two days after its launch, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule was pulled in for its hookup to the International Space Station today… Read More

Jul 19, 2016, 2:01 PM

Apollo 11 anniversary adds to the appetite for space artifacts – and moon visions

Forty-seven years ago this week, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission put humans on the moon for the first time – and although we don’t currently… Read More

Jul 19, 2016, 10:57 AM

Outdated ‘Pluto: Not Yet Explored’ stamp takes spotlight as most traveled postage

We’ve known for years that a 1991 Pluto stamp included on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is the farthest-out piece of… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 5:48 PM

Revived Kepler mission confirms 104 new planets, and two could be a lot like Earth

Astronomers say they’ve confirmed the existence of 104 worlds to add to the list of extrasolar planets detected by NASA’s… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 4:44 PM

NASA seeks five concepts for 2022 Mars orbiter and gives go-ahead for 2020 rover

NASA says it’s selected five aerospace companies, including Boeing, to conduct concept studies for a Mars telecommunications orbiter that’s likely… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 10:16 AM

Blue Origin and SpaceX vets raise cash for Relativity Space, a stealthy startup aiming to build rockets ‘with zero human labor’

Two engineers with experience at Blue Origin and SpaceX have raised almost $10 million for their own rocket startup, Relativity Space,… Read More

Jul 17, 2016, 11:50 PM