Space – Page 84 of 93

Jan 12, 2016, 7:22 PM

Space ventures get shout-outs in State of the State Address – and State of the Union

Even though they happened far from the Evergreen State, last year’s Pluto flyby and the rocket landings accomplished by Blue… Read More

Jan 12, 2016, 10:52 AM

SpaceX rehearses Falcon 9 rocket launch – and relives last month’s rocket landing

SpaceX fired the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket on its California launch pad on Monday evening, marking a seemingly… Read More

Jan 12, 2016, 12:01 AM

Video inspired by ‘The Martian’ tackles real-life mystery: How to sleep in space

How do you get your Z’s in zero-G? Sleeping in space is one of the subjects tackled in a new video series from… Read More

Jan 11, 2016, 5:51 PM

David Bowie, 1947-2016: No longer a space oddity, now hailed by science heroes

Rock superstar David Bowie, who died of cancer over the weekend at the age of 69, became famous as a… Read More

Jan 8, 2016, 4:42 PM

New Horizons team shares new X-Files from Pluto

If “X-Files” are defined as data about weird and alien phenomena, NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto has X-Files galore. And this… Read More

Jan 8, 2016, 10:14 AM

SpaceX plans Falcon 9 rocket landing on Pacific drone ship after Jan. 17 launch

SpaceX is planning something completely different for its next rocket-landing trick: After launching the U.S.-European Jason 3 satellite on a Falcon… Read More

Jan 7, 2016, 5:19 PM

NASA’s newest women astronauts get the Glamour treatment: Want to join them?

That’s one small step for NASA’s women astronauts, one giant leap for Glamour magazine. Women have had a hard time… Read More

Jan 7, 2016, 1:48 PM

Planetary Resources shows off hardware that’s 3-D printed from real asteroid metal

A palm-sized prototype spacecraft is the first geometric object to be 3-D printed from asteroid metal, Redmond-based Planetary Resources says.… Read More

Jan 4, 2016, 6:01 PM

Get a 360-degree view of that monster dune on Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover

The 16-foot-high sand dune that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been skirting around on Mars looks even more imposing in… Read More

Jan 4, 2016, 3:40 PM

If elected, Hillary Clinton vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of the UFO mystery

If the truth about UFOs is out there, Hillary Clinton says she’ll be on it as president. When the Democratic… Read More

Jan 4, 2016, 1:17 PM

Stephen Hawking will help Virgin Galactic roll out second SpaceShipTwo on Feb. 19

More than a year after the first SpaceShipTwo rocket plane was destroyed in a fatal test flight, Virgin Galactic says… Read More

Dec 30, 2015, 9:01 PM

Postal Service geeks out with space stamps for Pluto, planets, the moon and Star Trek

For the first time since 1991, Pluto and the solar system’s eight bigger planets are getting their own postage stamps… Read More

Dec 30, 2015, 7:35 AM

Billionaire Space Club pits Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos vs. Richard Branson vs. Paul Allen and more

When Jeff Bezos welcomed SpaceX to the rocket landing “club” last week, it set off a round of twittering over… Read More

Dec 29, 2015, 9:32 AM

The Year in Aerospace: New horizons in 2015, from drones to dwarf planets

New Horizons is the name of the Pluto mission that reached its climax in 2015, but the name also provides… Read More

Dec 28, 2015, 4:33 PM

Speculation mounts over Elon Musk’s plan for SpaceX’s Mars Colonial Transporter

In the wake of SpaceX’s successful rocket landing, some of the company’s most ardent fans are guessing at the shape… Read More

Dec 26, 2015, 7:08 AM

Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Watch this hilarious animated recap of their great space race

History was made earlier this week when Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket, and then successfully returned it… Read More

Dec 24, 2015, 11:30 AM

GeekWire Radio: Alan Boyle’s guide to the year in space, and what’s next for the universe in 2016

It was a big year in space: Historic rocket launches; revelations from distant planets; an unprecedented glimpse of the surface of Pluto; evidence… Read More

Dec 22, 2015, 4:29 PM

Ceres as you’ve never seen it before: NASA’s Dawn orbiter delivers closest close-ups of dwarf planet

Earlier this month we started seeing some of the closest views yet of Pluto, and now it’s time for close-ups from… Read More

Dec 22, 2015, 2:17 PM

NASA holds up InSight lander mission to Mars due to leaky seismic instrument

NASA says it’s putting off next year’s scheduled launch of its InSight lander mission to Mars until at least 2018,… Read More

Dec 22, 2015, 10:58 AM

For the first time in 27 years, U.S. produces plutonium-238 to power space missions

After a 27-year gap, the U.S. Department of Energy has resumed producing plutonium-238, the radioactive fuel that powers NASA’s Curiosity… Read More

Dec 21, 2015, 5:42 PM

SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch – and lands in Florida!

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in six months today, and then brought the first-stage booster… Read More

Dec 21, 2015, 10:09 AM

Spacewalkers free up jammed rail car, get set for Russian cargo delivery

Two NASA spacewalkers executed a quick fix at the International Space Station today, moving a stuck rail car to clear… Read More

Dec 20, 2015, 3:17 PM

SpaceX postpones Falcon 9 launch by a day to maximize chances for landing

SpaceX has delayed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with 11 Orbcomm telecommunication satellites for a day, to wait… Read More

Dec 19, 2015, 4:01 PM

SpaceX gets set for Falcon 9’s return to flight – and Florida landing attempt

SpaceX is planning to launch its Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in nearly six months on Sunday, and… Read More

Dec 18, 2015, 4:05 PM

New Horizons probe sends more amazing pics of Pluto and a tiny moon called Nix

The hits just keep on coming from NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto: This week’s stunners include views of the… Read More

Dec 18, 2015, 9:08 AM

‘Star Wars’ tech: Latest threat suggests the bad guys have perfected plasma physics

Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore a significant element of the new movie. Stop… Read More

Dec 17, 2015, 12:54 PM

Hubble Space Telescope salutes ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ with cosmic lightsaber

Leave it to the scientists behind the Hubble Space Telescope to capitalize on the craziness over “Star Wars: The Force… Read More

Dec 16, 2015, 1:19 PM

Congress’ omnibus bill gives NASA a Christmas bonus: a bigger $19.3 billion budget

The 2,009-page omnibus bill that’s been crafted by Congress for the current fiscal year boosts NASA’s budget to $19.3 billion, which is $756… Read More

Dec 16, 2015, 11:23 AM

It’s a first: Hubble scientists successfully predict supernova’s ‘instant replay’

Astronomers traced one of the weirder twists in relativity to determine when they’d see an “instant replay” of a distant supernova, and… Read More

Dec 15, 2015, 5:27 PM

Space station gets its first ‘official’ British astronaut (plus an American and Russian)

Today the International Space Station’s crew welcomed aboard its first “official” British astronaut, Tim Peake, just hours after he blasted… Read More