Space – Page 80 of 93

Jun 9, 2016, 5:00 PM

SpaceX speaks up for its Seattle satellite operation after months of low-key work

SpaceX has provided a rare update on its Seattle-centric plans to develop a multibillion-dollar Internet satellite network, saying that the… Read More

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Jun 7, 2016, 6:45 PM

Maybe black holes (and wormholes) aren’t as monstrous as we thought

Black holes may have gotten a bad rap. And wormholes just might be a realistic way to travel Star Trek-style… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 4:41 PM

Astronauts get their first look inside BEAM, the first expandable space habitat

Nine days after the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module was blown up to its full volume, astronauts entered the bedroom-sized BEAM… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 1:12 PM

White House works out a process to clear commercial missions to moon and Mars

After months of discussion, federal agencies are closing in on a process to approve commercial missions to other celestial bodies… Read More

Jun 2, 2016, 4:41 PM

The universe is expanding 5-9% faster than astronomers expected, Hubble team finds

New research from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope team suggests that the universe is expanding significantly faster than astronomers originally thought.… Read More

Jun 1, 2016, 11:56 AM

Astronauts do backflips, talk Mars and social media in Facebook Live chat from space with Mark Zuckerberg

There are plenty of billionaires racing to get us to space in one way or another, but Mark Zuckerberg sort… Read More

May 31, 2016, 8:46 AM

Bayer partners with Planetary Resources to use space data to boost agriculture on Earth

German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer today inked a memorandum of understanding with Planetary Resources as part of a deal to utilize… Read More

May 28, 2016, 3:24 PM

After snags, BEAM space module expands to its full volume – like a bag of popcorn

It took almost eight hours, but NASA accomplished the first expansion of a pop-up module at the International Space Station… Read More

May 27, 2016, 5:23 PM

New Horizons provides the best close-up of Pluto some of us might ever see

Almost a year after NASA’s New Horizons probe flew past Pluto, the team behind the mission has put together a… Read More

May 27, 2016, 4:22 PM

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster leans in for a landing at sea after launching satellite

For the third time in a row, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster sent a payload into space and then came back… Read More

May 27, 2016, 4:20 PM

Fabric too stiff? NASA gets set for second try to expand BEAM space module

Update: NASA will make its second attempt to inflate the Bigelow Expandable Space Module starting at around 6 a.m. PT… Read More

May 27, 2016, 9:00 AM

Top 5 things to do at Museum of Flight’s ‘Above and Beyond’ aerospace exhibit

Most of the floor space at Seattle’s Museum of Flight is set aside to celebrate past glories of aerospace – but “Above… Read More

May 26, 2016, 3:46 PM

Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s next spaceflight will test parachute failure

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos predicts there’ll be a problem with a parachute the next time his Blue Origin venture flies… Read More

May 26, 2016, 9:00 AM

‘Space selfie’ project canceled: Planetary Resources offers Kickstarter refunds

REDMOND, Wash. – Three years ago, Planetary Resources raised more than $1.5 million on Kickstarter to build a space telescope… Read More

May 26, 2016, 9:00 AM

Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners focus on Earth observation with $21 million in new funding

REDMOND, Wash. – Planetary Resources was founded as an asteroid mining company, but a fresh infusion of $21.1 million in investment… Read More

May 25, 2016, 4:35 PM

NASA fires back at Nathan Myhrvold in spat over asteroid mission’s data

BELLEVUE, Wash. – NASA issued a statement today disputing Seattle tech icon Nathan Myhrvold’s critique of asteroid data analysis from the space… Read More

May 24, 2016, 10:56 AM

NASA uses Microsoft’s HoloLens and ProtoSpace to build its next Mars rover in augmented reality

We’ve already seen how Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset is helping folks fight off aliens on the International Space Station and… Read More

May 23, 2016, 9:16 PM

India’s space shuttle prototype executes test flight and makes a splash landing

India’s space agency says it put its winged space shuttle prototype, known as the RLV-TD, through a successful first test flight today.… Read More

May 20, 2016, 9:49 AM

Mega-tsunamis on Mars? Sediments show signs of giant waves from ancient ocean

Liquid water is almost non-existent on modern Mars, but scientists say sedimentary deposits show signs that tsunami waves as high as… Read More

May 19, 2016, 3:50 PM

Holy Hubble! See a super-sized Mars get bigger than it’s looked for a decade

For the next couple of weeks, Mars will look bigger than it’s looked in a decade! And no, this is… Read More

May 18, 2016, 5:56 PM

Video: ‘Star Trek’ shows its age – and agelessness – in EMP Museum’s 50th-anniversary exhibition

From several yards away, the bridge of the Starship Enterprise looks as if it was beamed down from the 23rd century… Read More

May 18, 2016, 10:59 AM

NASA’s chief agrees with author of ‘The Martian’: The first Mars crews will steer robots from orbit

The first humans to reach Mars almost certainly won’t go down to the surface, but will manage fleets of rovers… Read More

Terry Virts on International Space Station for 'A Beautiful Planet'

May 17, 2016, 5:53 PM

‘A Beautiful Planet’: Astronauts and space moviemakers reflect on film’s final frontier

“A Beautiful Planet” is a 3-D visual feast for the eyes, but the astronauts who filmed the IMAX space extravaganza made… Read More

May 16, 2016, 2:14 PM

More frontiers lie ahead as International Space Station makes its 100,000th orbit

The International Space Station registered its 100,000th orbit around the planet today, providing NASA with a news hook for looking at what… Read More

May 13, 2016, 3:37 PM

MSNW’s magnetoshell aerobraking system gets in on NASA’s way-out research fund

A system that would use magnetic fields to ease a spacecraft into orbit after an interplanetary journey has won a… Read More

May 12, 2016, 5:47 PM

Dwarfy McPlanetface? The icy world known as 2007 OR10 cries out for a name

Observations made by NASA’s Kepler space telescope suggest that the icy world known as 2007 OR10 is bigger than astronomers thought… Read More

May 11, 2016, 4:18 PM

Boeing’s Starliner schedule for sending astronauts into orbit slips to 2018

A top Boeing executive said today that the company plans to start sending crews into orbit aboard its CST-100 Starliner… Read More

May 11, 2016, 1:42 PM

SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down, returning Scott Kelly’s samples

A month after delivering an expandable prototype habitat and other goodies to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule splashed down… Read More

May 10, 2016, 2:17 PM

1,284 new worlds! Kepler mission doubles its tally of planets in one fell swoop

The scientists behind NASA’s Kepler mission are using statistics to put their campaign to identify new planets into overdrive: New software… Read More

May 10, 2016, 9:43 AM

Blue Origin and SpaceX revisit their latest rocket landings in must-see videos

Will seeing a spaceship land on its feet ever get old? The novelty is still there in newly released videos… Read More