Space – Page 83 of 93

Feb 26, 2016, 5:41 PM

Pluto’s polar canyons get their close-up

The heart-shaped region along Pluto’s equator has been the darling of NASA’s New Horizons mission, but it’s the north polar… Read More

Feb 25, 2016, 8:21 PM

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly: I could spend another year in space, but I’m ready to come home

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is getting ready to come home after spending a longer stretch in orbit than any other American in… Read More

Feb 25, 2016, 3:50 PM

SpaceX holds up on SES-9 satellite launch (and rocket landing) just before liftoff

For the second day in a row, SpaceX scrubbed the launch of the SES-9 telecommunications satellite as well as the… Read More

Feb 23, 2016, 2:37 PM

Ape … in … space! Watch Scott Kelly’s primo prank on International Space Station

Leave it to Scott Kelly, NASA’s record-holder for longest continuous time spent in space, to go big and go home:… Read More

Feb 22, 2016, 8:56 PM

Get in touch with the stratosphere through Microsoft’s Pegasus II balloon mission

How high can the Internet of Things go? Microsoft Research plans to extend the IoT into the stratosphere with its… Read More

Feb 22, 2016, 6:29 PM

Moon stamps make a full-moon debut

Now you can moon your mail carrier … not in the scatological sense, but in the philatelic sense. To celebrate… Read More

Feb 22, 2016, 5:25 PM

Apollo 10’s moon music mystery revisited

Where did the weird, outer-spacey music that Apollo 10’s astronauts heard on the far side of the moon come from?… Read More

Feb 20, 2016, 12:09 PM

18,300 applicants face 1-in-2,000 chance of being picked for astronaut job at NASA

You think it’s hard to get into Harvard? Try making an impression when you’re among the record-high group of 18,300 people… Read More

Feb 20, 2016, 9:53 AM

HoloLens in space: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly dons Microsoft’s holographic headset

Microsoft this morning posted an initial picture of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly wearing the company’s HoloLens holographic headset on the International… Read More

Feb 19, 2016, 3:25 PM

VSS Unity: Virgin Galactic christens a reborn SpaceShipTwo, with assist from Stephen Hawking

MOJAVE, Calif. – Sixteen months after Virgin Galactic’s first SpaceShipTwo rocket plane was lost amid tragedy, the second SpaceShipTwo was christened… Read More

Feb 19, 2016, 10:44 AM

New Horizons imagery backs up the claim that Charon, Pluto’s biggest moon, once had an ocean

Scientists say the patterns of ice in canyons on Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, look as if some the frozen water was… Read More

Feb 16, 2016, 5:20 PM

First spectral analysis of a super-Earth’s atmosphere shows it’s not super for life

For the first time, astronomers have conducted a spectral analysis of a distant super-Earth’s atmosphere – and the results show… Read More

Feb 12, 2016, 3:20 PM

Scientists dissect Pluto’s heart, for geology’s sake

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the scientists behind NASA’s New Horizons mission are sharing a map that brings a different perspective… Read More

Feb 11, 2016, 2:22 PM

Hanford’s scientists finally spill gravitational-wave secrets – but they still can’t tell all

HANFORD, Wash. – Physicists here had to keep mum for nearly five months about the gravitational-wave breakthrough they helped make, but… Read More

Feb 11, 2016, 8:44 AM

Gravitational waves found! LIGO experiment watches two black holes smash together

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After more than a decade of looking, scientists say they’ve detected the gravitational waves given off when two… Read More

Feb 10, 2016, 4:30 AM

Spaceflight’s online price list makes it easier for the feds to buy a launch

Federal agencies can now buy a satellite launch as easily as they buy pencils, thanks to a new arrangement with… Read More

Feb 9, 2016, 9:45 AM

NASA packs a big vision for space exploration into smaller $19 billion budget

Christmas has come and gone, and so has a bump in NASA’s spending plan: The agency’s proposed $19 billion budget… Read More

Feb 8, 2016, 6:17 PM

Super Thursday: LIGO schedules the big reveal about its gravitational wave quest

It looks as if scientists have chosen Thursday as the day to announce a potentially Nobel Prize-winning discovery: the first… Read More

Feb 8, 2016, 2:02 PM

Killed by a meteorite? Indian bus driver V. Kamaraj’s death may be a first

Death by meteorite is a common theme in science-fiction movies, but in real life, the chances of being done in by a falling… Read More

Feb 7, 2016, 10:57 AM

Why haven’t we found aliens? Here’s the bad news, and the good news

It’s a question that goes back decades: If other civilizations have arisen beyond Earth over the course of billions of… Read More

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