Space – Page 79 of 93

Jun 29, 2016, 7:36 PM

Dwarf planet Ceres’ mysterious bright spot hints at upwelling of salty water

Scientists say the brightest spot on surface of the dwarf planet Ceres has the highest concentration of carbonate minerals they’ve ever seen… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 6:20 PM

Sierra Nevada Corp. is working with U.N. on global space program for Dream Chaser

Sierra Nevada Corp. says it’s working with the U.N. Office for Outer Space Affairs on an arrangement that would give… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 2:07 PM

Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the Fourth of July with galactic fireworks

Kiso 5639 is just a tadpole when it comes to galaxies, but it’s a real firecracker in a picture unveiled… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 10:53 AM

Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s orbital rocket factory in Florida

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today put a spotlight on the construction of a giant rocket production facility in Florida for his Blue… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 9:22 AM

It’s a blast! NASA’s booster for heavy-lift SLS rocket gets final pre-launch test firing

The solid-rocket booster that’s destined to help send future NASA missions into deep space has blasted through its last full-scale… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 3:45 PM

NASA considers turning Curiosity rover into a scout for water on Mars mountain

NASA says one of the Curiosity rover’s future tasks could be to check out sites on Mars that may harbor trickles… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 10:14 PM

NASA picks Firmamentum to build a 3-D printer/recycler for use in space

Firmamentum, a division of Tethers Unlimited Inc. in Bothell, Wash., says it has won $750,000 in NASA funding to build… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 4:23 PM

World View pivots from stratospheric tourism to ‘Stratollites’ lofted by balloons

World View Enterprises made a splash with its plans to send tourists up to the stratosphere, but now it has… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 1:23 PM

5G or not 5G? Boeing joins the battle over broadband satellite spectrum

The Boeing Co. is laying out plans to put more than 1,000 satellites into low Earth orbit to provide broadband… Read More

Jun 22, 2016, 7:21 PM

Former NASA space station manager makes plans for commercial outpost

Former space station manager Mike Suffredini says he’s working on a plan to send up a commercial space module that could… Read More

Jun 22, 2016, 3:28 PM

Sierra Nevada Corp. moves ahead on NASA milestones for Dream Chaser spaceship

After years of postponements, Sierra Nevada Corp. is planning to deliver a rebuilt test prototype of its Dream Chaser mini-space… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 7:12 PM

Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners go international, starting with Luxembourg

Planetary Resources says it will start ramping up an international asteroid-mining subsidiary in Luxembourg by the end of the year – and… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 4:45 PM

International Space University will bring its executive course to Seattle this October

For almost 30 years, the International Space University has prepared fans of the final frontier for executive jobs at places like… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 4:42 PM

NewSpace 2016: Why Seattle is emerging as a major hub for commercial space

The first NewSpace conference in Seattle opened Tuesday, a giant leap for the Seattle space scene. It is also the… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 9:41 AM

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wins Heinlein Prize for space commercialization at Blue Origin

Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, has won the prestigious Heinlein Prize for his efforts to advance space commercialization at another… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 4:00 AM

Spaceflight raises $18 million and acquires OpenWhere to build satellite data portal

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is moving ahead on two fronts to build an online portal for satellite imagery: It has secured $18… Read More

Jun 20, 2016, 11:51 AM

Youngest planet spotted around alien star

Scientists say they’ve detected a giant planet circling a star that’s only 5 million to 10 million years old, which would make… Read More

Jun 20, 2016, 10:00 AM

NewSpace 2016 makes Seattle the space industry’s center of the universe this week

There’s a neighborhood in Seattle that jokingly calls itself “the center of the universe,” but this week the title is… Read More

Jun 19, 2016, 9:01 PM

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch lifts veil on world’s biggest plane — a giant bet on a new way to space

MOJAVE, Calif. – When you walk into the place where Seattle software billionaire Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems is building the world’s biggest airplane,… Read More

Jun 19, 2016, 3:10 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin live-streams its spaceship’s risky test flight

Something went wrong during today’s test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship, and the world was able to watch how… Read More

Jun 18, 2016, 10:59 AM

What a view! Space station trio sails home through picture-perfect clouds

Three spacefliers from the International Space Station made a photogenic return to Earth today, touching down in the steppes of… Read More

Jun 17, 2016, 10:05 AM

After delay, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets set for spaceship test flight on Father’s Day

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says it’s all systems go for a live-streamed Father’s Day launch of Blue Origin’s reusable New… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 4:00 PM

What’s next in space is beautifully animated in ‘Space Next,’ showing at The Museum of Flight

The line between “can we really do that?” and pure science fiction seems to blur more every day, especially when… Read More

Jun 15, 2016, 11:45 AM

Jeff Bezos says a big government ‘prize’ could generate more public interest in space exploration

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos thinks the government could offer “a very large prize” as an incentive to parties involved in the modern… Read More

Jun 15, 2016, 10:15 AM

LIGO gets lit up again by gravitational waves from another black hole crash

It looks as if gravitational-wave watchers are in for a bumpy, beautiful ride. Scientists using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory,… Read More

Jun 15, 2016, 8:04 AM

Suspense at SpaceX: Live video cuts out as Falcon 9 is lost in latest sea landing attempt

There were cheers, groans and no small amount of suspense at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., this morning, as live… Read More

Jun 13, 2016, 4:58 PM

Jeff Bezos plans to live-stream Blue Origin’s next suborbital spaceflight

For his next trick, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos plans to have his Blue Origin space venture send its New Shepard rocket… Read More

Jun 11, 2016, 9:58 PM

Have any alien civilizations ever existed? Astronomers say the chances are sky-high

Are we alone? Fifty-five years ago, astronomer Frank Drake came up with an equation that weighed the odds for aliens,… Read More

Jun 10, 2016, 1:54 PM

SpaceX’s Elon Musk teases ‘dangerous’ plan to colonize Mars starting in 2024

SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, is providing increasingly detailed previews of his plan to send colonists to Mars starting in… Read More

Jun 10, 2016, 10:59 AM

Most of us can’t see the Milky Way – this dark sky atlas shows you where you can

Eighty percent of Americans can’t see the Milky Way from where they live, according to a new analysis of light… Read More