Space – Page 86 of 93

Nov 19, 2015, 1:44 PM

Jeff Bezos says next flight test of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship should come ‘very soon’

Even as Jeff Bezos celebrates past achievements in spaceflight, he’s looking forward to seeing his Blue Origin space venture make future achievements.… Read More

Nov 19, 2015, 11:56 AM

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Seattle’s Museum of Flight unwrap Apollo moon engine artifacts

Even Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos got misty-eyed at Seattle’s Museum of Flight during today’s unveiling of rocket engine parts from… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 4:28 PM

SpaceX trumps United Launch Alliance in bid for Air Force GPS-3 launch contract

SpaceX is poised to win an Air Force national security launch contract by default because its archrival, United Launch Alliance, has… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 10:55 AM

Work continues on Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch plane, but rocket plans are still under wraps

The world’s largest airplane is taking shape for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Aerospace venture, but it’s not yet clear what… Read More

Nov 13, 2015, 4:08 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin targets 2016 for suborbital research flights with drone spaceships

Blue Origin, the space venture backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is reportedly planning to start flying research payloads on… Read More

Nov 13, 2015, 8:55 AM

High-flying scientists capture mystery object WT1190F’s fiery breakup on video

Scientists flying on an instrument-laden jet captured great video views of a mysterious space object known as WT1190F as it… Read More

Nov 12, 2015, 10:59 PM

Mystery object WT1190F comes down over Indian Ocean but fails to make a splash

Was it a spent Apollo rocket stage from the ’60s? A scary space rock? Whatever it was, the mysterious object known… Read More

Nov 10, 2015, 5:21 PM

Asteroid miners hail commercial space legislation that sets up property rights in space

After months of consideration, Congress is finishing up work on legislation that establishes legal rights for U.S. citizens to own… Read More

Nov 10, 2015, 3:28 PM

Astronomers spot most distant known world in the solar system: V774104

Astronomers say they’ve identified the most distant celestial object in our solar system – a speck of light more than three times… Read More

Nov 9, 2015, 10:59 AM

Ice volcanoes on Pluto? NASA’s New Horizons probe spots ‘weird’ mountains

Scientists with NASA’s New Horizons mission say that at least a couple of the miles-high mountains on Pluto look as… Read More

Nov 7, 2015, 9:18 PM

Trident missile launch sparks UFO freakout in Los Angeles and on Twitter

An unannounced Trident missile launch lit up the skies over Los Angeles on Saturday night, setting off a hail of… Read More

Nov 5, 2015, 5:07 PM

‘Alien megastructure’ update: SETI telescope detects no sign of E.T., but search goes on

The SETI Institute says it hasn’t detected any alien radio signals coming from a star whose light seems to be dimming… Read More

Nov 5, 2015, 2:04 PM

After missing out on NASA’s next cargo contract, Boeing focuses on space taxis

Boeing says it’s out of the running for NASA’s next contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, but… Read More

Nov 5, 2015, 11:46 AM

Veteran journalist Alan Boyle joins GeekWire as aerospace and science editor

One of the most fascinating stories in technology and science these days is the emergence of a new space industry.… Read More

Nov 5, 2015, 11:00 AM

NASA’s MAVEN orbiter reveals how solar storms blasted away Mars’ atmosphere

Scientists studying Mars’ atmosphere say solar storms probably played a big role in transforming the Red Planet from the warm, hospitable… Read More

Nov 4, 2015, 8:06 AM

Want to be an astronaut? Here’s your chance – NASA says it’s recruiting

NASA is opening its doors to recruit a fresh batch of astronauts – and by the time the candidates finish training, they… Read More

Nov 3, 2015, 3:20 PM

Symphonic SpaceFest: ‘Origins’ concert sets the Big Bang and astrobiology to music

The Big Bang never looked, or sounded, so good: The piece de resistance for this week’s SpaceFest in Seattle is… Read More

Nov 2, 2015, 11:00 AM

How NASA is remodeling the International Space Station, 15 years after moving in

Today marks the 15th anniversary of that first moving-in day for spacefliers living on the International Space Station – and like many… Read More

Nov 1, 2015, 4:05 PM

What surviving on Mars can teach you about building a startup to last

It’s rare that a story about survival set on another planet can provide guidance on how to build an enduring… Read More

Oct 31, 2015, 3:16 PM

Three reasons why Seattle’s big on space ventures, plus three frontiers to watch

What is it about Seattle that’s led some folks to call it the “Silicon Valley of space,” and how far… Read More

Oct 27, 2015, 5:16 PM

SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell signals go-slow approach for Seattle satellite plan

It’s been nine months since SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, announced plans to put up a constellation of 4,000 satellites to provide… Read More

Oct 23, 2015, 1:58 PM

Hurricane Patricia looks scary from space: Satellites track storm as it menaces Mexico

Even the International Space Station’s commander is worried about Hurricane Patricia, the strongest storm ever tracked by the National Hurricane… Read More

Oct 23, 2015, 10:17 AM

Kerberos unleashed at last: Pluto’s dog-bone moon poses another mystery

NASA’s New Horizons probe has finally filled out its family portrait of Pluto and its moons – and Kerberos, the last… Read More

Oct 22, 2015, 7:00 PM

Why this futurist, sci-fi writer, and former astronaut are optimistic about the future

What happens when a futurist, a sci-fi writer and a former astronaut get together to talk about the future? We… Read More

Oct 21, 2015, 3:43 PM

Filing: Planetary Resources raises $12M as prospects look up for asteroid mining business

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has raised $12 million in funding, according to an SEC filing on Wednesday. The company, which is backed… Read More

Oct 19, 2015, 5:33 PM

Alien megastructures? SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array targets weirdly winking star

One of the premier telescope arrays in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, is focusing its antennas on an… Read More

Oct 19, 2015, 1:41 PM

See Earth every day from a million miles away, thanks to NASA’s EPIC website

Today NASA paid off on its promise to launch a website featuring daily images from the Deep Space Climate Observatory… Read More

Oct 15, 2015, 11:00 AM

Science journal gives New Horizons mission to Pluto its day in the sun

The first peer-reviewed scientific paper about the New Horizons probe’s July flyby past Pluto lays out puzzling evidence that suggests the… Read More

Oct 9, 2015, 2:59 PM

Minecraft, Microsoft and more: These kids have lots of feedback for the Head of Xbox

GeekWire invited dozens of kids and their parents to our offices in Seattle recently for a special video series that… Read More

Oct 8, 2015, 10:03 AM

New Horizons’ Pluto pictures reveal a weird blue glow – and water ice!

The latest pictures from NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto reveal for the first time that the backlit dwarf planet… Read More