Space – Page 78 of 93

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

SpaceX rocket sends cargo ship to space station, then returns to land

SpaceX launched a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station tonight with a couple of precedent-setting payloads on opposite… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 2:12 PM

One year after Pluto flyby, New Horizons mission looks back and looks ahead

One year ago today, NASA’s New Horizons probe whizzed past Pluto and opened up a new frontier for planetary science –… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 6:55 PM

NASA shows off Juno spacecraft’s first view of Jupiter and its moons from orbit

It’s not the closest close-up of Jupiter, but it’s the first view provided by NASA’s Juno probe since it went… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 1:10 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture gets set to pick up the pace for spaceship test flights

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, plans to accelerate its current once-every-eight-weeks schedule for flight… Read More

Jul 11, 2016, 6:42 PM

Pokémon Go is no-go for space station, but astronauts can fight aliens with HoloLens

Astronauts have zapped virtual aliens on the International Space Station, using Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset. So how about Pokémon Go, the… Read More

Jul 11, 2016, 2:13 PM

Astronomers say they’ve spotted a dwarf planet that’s farther out than Pluto

Astronomers have found an icy world that ranges far beyond the orbit of Neptune and may well rank as a dwarf… Read More

Jul 9, 2016, 6:15 AM

Trio gets to space station after 2-day trip

The first craft in Russia’s upgraded fleet of Soyuz spaceships reached the International Space Station overnight, delivering a trio of U.S.,… Read More

Jul 4, 2016, 11:17 PM

NASA’s Juno probe goes into orbit at Jupiter after nail-biting maneuver

NASA’s farthest-out solar-powered probe, the Juno spacecraft, successfully entered orbit around Jupiter tonight after a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile cruise through… Read More

Jul 4, 2016, 11:46 AM

Scientists explain how a giant impact created Mars’ past and present moons

Are Mars’ two moons asteroids that were captured by the Red Planet’s gravitational field, or are they the result of… Read More

Jul 4, 2016, 7:00 AM

NASA-funded UW researchers develop kidney-stone zapping technology

Imagine you are an astronaut, chosen for the first manned mission to Mars. After years of preparation, dozens of health… Read More

Jul 1, 2016, 4:32 PM

30 years in the making, ‘Voyage of Time’ trailer sends you on a cosmic trip

The video trailer for “Voyage of Time” provides a trippy taste of a movie that’s been more than 30 years… Read More

Jul 1, 2016, 2:30 PM

NASA extends New Horizons mission to Kuiper Belt, tells Dawn to stay at Ceres

Almost a year after New Horizons’ unprecedented flyby of Pluto, NASA has given the official go-ahead for the probe to… Read More

Jul 1, 2016, 10:57 AM

Juno meets Jupiter: NASA’s giant mission to the giant planet hits its climax on video

Everything about NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter is big: the destination (giant planet, duh!), the cost ($1.1 billion), the travel… Read More

Jun 30, 2016, 3:22 PM

Weird sand ripples on Mars tell tales about Red Planet’s past and present climate

The sands of Mars move in mysterious ways – including one way that’s not seen on Earth’s surface, but only on the… Read More