Space – Page 83 of 93

Feb 5, 2016, 1:45 PM

Apollo 14 moonwalker (and UFO seeker) Edgar Mitchell dies at the age of 85

Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has died at the age of 85 after a months-long illness, according to reports that emerged… Read More

Feb 5, 2016, 9:02 AM

Boeing-built GPS satellite goes into orbit

The last GPS Block IIF satellite built by the Boeing Co. was sent into orbit for the U.S. Air Force today,… Read More

Feb 4, 2016, 4:43 PM

Weird! New Horizons probe spots islands of water ice floating in nitrogen slush

There’s plenty of evidence that Pluto is a frozen water world, with mountains of ice that rise more than 10,000… Read More

Feb 4, 2016, 10:51 AM

NASA finishes huge mirror for James Webb Space Telescope, due for 2018 liftoff

NASA has put the 18th and final piece of the puzzle into place for the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope’s… Read More

Feb 3, 2016, 2:36 PM

Abort, retry, fail? Astronaut pokes fun at Windows XP during space training in Russia

Moscow, we have a problem: Russia’s cosmonaut training center in Star City might need to upgrade its Soyuz spacecraft simulators… Read More

Feb 3, 2016, 12:57 PM

NASA puts Pluto and its heart on a valentine

Say it with Pluto? After NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft spotted a heart-shaped region on Pluto, you had to know it… Read More

Feb 3, 2016, 8:05 AM

Tiny nation, big ambitions: Luxembourg wants to be the NASA of asteroid mining

Luxembourg intends to one day become a major hub for deep-space commercial operations. The country announced Wednesday it plans to… Read More

Feb 2, 2016, 5:35 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket venture provides glimpses of its road ahead

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, is lifting the curtain just a bit on its future… Read More

Feb 2, 2016, 4:25 PM

NASA’s giant rocket will carry solar sail, a lunar flashlight and more mini-satellites

NASA says it’ll send 13 miniaturized satellites – including a pop-up solar sail and a “lunar flashlight” – beyond Earth… Read More

Feb 1, 2016, 4:45 PM

‘The Age of Aerospace’: Boeing sponsors TV series looking back at 100 years of high-flying history

This year marks the Boeing Co’s 100th anniversary, and the company is using the centennial as an opportunity not only… Read More

Feb 1, 2016, 3:35 PM

Check out real X-Files from the CIA and FBI

The FBI denies having a secret collection of X-Files like the ones that Mulder and Scully are investigating in “The X-Files”… Read More

Jan 30, 2016, 9:00 AM

UW researchers trace a connection between the moon and the rain

When the moon is high in the sky, its gravitational pull warps the atmosphere enough to reduce rainfall ever so… Read More

Jan 28, 2016, 5:36 PM

Map reveals that there’s more water ice on Pluto

A color-coded map from NASA’s New Horizons mission shows where Pluto’s frozen water is concentrated, just in case we need… Read More

Jan 28, 2016, 4:06 PM

SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to go into space by 2021 and start Mars missions by 2025

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he has his heart set on going into space himself, perhaps in the next four… Read More

Jan 28, 2016, 5:40 AM

30 years after the Challenger shuttle tragedy, the loss and legacies linger

It’s been 30 years since the loss of the shuttle Challenger and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, but its impact is… Read More

Jan 26, 2016, 10:41 AM

NASA’s backing fuels more interest in SNC’s Dream Chaser mini-space shuttle

NASA’s decision to use Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station… Read More

Jan 22, 2016, 8:04 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin does it again: Used rocket goes into space and lands intact

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent up its New Shepard suborbital spaceship on another flight test to outer-space… Read More

Jan 22, 2016, 4:55 PM

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ribs space billionaires amid Blue Origin buzz

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture may have done another flight test, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is making… Read More

Jan 22, 2016, 10:47 AM

SpaceX shows how its Dragon 2 spaceship hovers

A newly released video shows SpaceX’s Dragon 2 capsule pulling off a valuable trick: firing its thrusters to hover above a landing… Read More

Jan 22, 2016, 6:56 AM

The return of ‘The X-Files’ brings real-life UFO sleuths out of the shadows

UFOs are back in style, thanks in part to the return of “The X-Files” to television this weekend, almost 14 years… Read More

Jan 20, 2016, 5:02 PM

Nudge ’em or nuke ’em: Asteroid defense plans take shape in U.S. and Russia

What should the world do about the potential threat of a catastrophic asteroid collision? This month NASA established the Planetary… Read More

Jan 20, 2016, 11:04 AM

‘Planet Nine’? Astronomers boost the case for a large, unseen Planet X

For decades, astronomers have gone back and forth over whether a “Planet X” exists on the edge of our solar… Read More

Jan 19, 2016, 5:46 PM

Stephen Hawking: Mad scientists could kill us all – that’s why we need space colonies

British physicist Stephen Hawking says we need to colonize other worlds because humanity will almost certainly face a disaster on… Read More

Jan 19, 2016, 10:05 AM

Ride a balloon to space? $15M deal gives a lift to World View spaceport in Tucson

World View Enterprises’ plan to send tourists from Spaceport Tucson into the stratosphere in a balloon-borne capsule won a $15… Read More

Jan 17, 2016, 7:30 PM

SpaceX rocket launches satellite, but tips over during sea landing attempt

Less than a month after SpaceX’s first successful rocket landing, billionaire Elon Musk’s company tried to do it again today –… Read More

Jan 16, 2016, 3:49 PM

‘Alien megastructure’ revisited: Oddly dimming star poses new mystery

He’s not saying it’s aliens – but an astronomer has raised new questions about KIC 8462852, the strange star that stirred… Read More

Jan 15, 2016, 10:05 AM

Not again! Astronaut’s leaky helmet forces early end to spacewalk at space station

Today’s spacewalk at the International Space Station was called off early when NASA astronaut Tim Kopra reported a small bubble of… Read More

Jan 14, 2016, 6:22 PM

Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle will join NASA’s space cargo fleet

NASA says it will add Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space glider to its cargo-carrying lineup of robotic spaceships as… Read More

Jan 14, 2016, 5:03 PM

Bill would create Washington state space exploration center to boost fledgling industry

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill is in play in Washington state Legislature to get the state government deeply involved in… Read More

Jan 13, 2016, 10:34 AM

Dawn’s latest close-ups should shed more light on Ceres’ mysterious bright spots

For years, scientists puzzled over the bright spots that shine like alien headlights from the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet… Read More