Space – Page 90 of 93

Feb 3, 2015, 9:51 AM

FAA opens way for companies to stake claims to lunar rights

Do we have the right to reserve rights to the moon? Apparently so. At least that’s the message the U.S. government… Read More

Jan 26, 2015, 11:22 AM

Watch NASA’s awesome video from space of that nasty Nor’easter that’s hitting New York and Boston

We hope you didn’t have plans to fly anywhere near the Northeast this week, as a massive Nor’easter is shutting… Read More

Jan 19, 2015, 9:51 AM

How Elon Musk plans to get to Mars, via Seattle: What the SpaceX founder said at that private event

If Seattle needs inspiration to think big, it has arrived in the form of Elon Musk. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO took… Read More

Jan 19, 2015, 9:35 AM

Report: Google in talks to invest in SpaceX, boosting Seattle-based satellite initiative

Google is close to making an investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the intent of supporting the commercial space company’s… Read More

Jan 16, 2015, 8:36 PM

Photos: SpaceX founder Elon Musk reveals new $10B ‘Space Internet’ plan at private Seattle event

Elon Musk stopped in Seattle on Friday evening, on his way to Mars. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO slipped quietly into… Read More

Jan 16, 2015, 10:18 AM

Photos: SpaceX Dragon capsule delivered to Seattle Center for private event with Elon Musk

SpaceX has officially arrived in Seattle. As shown in these photos, posted to Facebook by the Cornish College of the… Read More

Jan 13, 2015, 10:51 AM

Elon Musk: SpaceX will hire up to 1,000 people in new Seattle office

Update: SpaceX’s new Seattle-area office is in Redmond; Elon Musk to visit region this week SpaceX founder Elon Musk is… Read More

Jan 10, 2015, 8:08 AM

SpaceX rocket crash-lands on drone ship in ambitious recovery attempt

SpaceX was unsuccessful in its inaugural attempt to land the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket softly on a barge… Read More

Dec 31, 2014, 2:47 PM

Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vault

I have seen the future. And it looks a bit ratty. That was my not-so-charitable reaction when I got up-close… Read More

Nov 21, 2014, 4:29 PM

Boeing chief engineer says SpaceX ‘drives us to be better’

Boeing doesn’t mind its competition — in fact, the company welcomes it. That was the message from Ted Goetz, a chief… Read More

Nov 21, 2014, 12:53 PM

Listen to four NASA astronauts discuss the future of space flight

Can we stop asteroids from slamming into Earth? Will people live in space? Are astronauts going back to the moon?… Read More

Nov 12, 2014, 9:32 AM

Historic touchdown: European Space Agency lands probe on comet

The European Space Agency made history on Wednesday morning after it successfully landed a probe on a comet. Philae, a… Read More

Nov 6, 2014, 12:14 PM

GeekWire goes to the movies: Here’s what we thought of Christopher Nolan’s epic space drama Interstellar

GeekWire was transported to other galaxies yesterday — wandering through worm holes on a quest to save the human race.… Read More

Nov 6, 2014, 12:13 PM

Interstellar: Dramatic awe, with a science-fiction flaw

Sure, Interstellar is smart spectacle. But is it good science fiction? In short: Interstellar tries hard. Maybe a little too… Read More

Oct 31, 2014, 12:02 PM

SpaceShipTwo crashes in desert, one pilot dead, one seriously injured

It’s a rough week in the spaceflight world. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has crashed during a test flight over the Mojave Desert… Read More

Oct 29, 2014, 2:14 AM

Planetary Resources vows to press ahead after rocket explosion

Planetary Resources, the Redmond-based asteroid mining company whose first experimental satellite is presumed destroyed in the explosion of the Orbital… Read More

Oct 28, 2014, 3:44 PM

Rocket carrying Planetary Resources satellite explodes shortly after liftoff

An Orbital Sciences Antares rocket lifting off from Wallops, Va., to resupply the International Space Station exploded on liftoff a… Read More

Oct 27, 2014, 8:03 AM

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources launching first spacecraft

Update: Rocket carrying Planetary Resources satellite explodes shortly after liftoff The team at Planetary Resources has years of experience sending spacecraft into… Read More

Oct 6, 2014, 12:03 PM

SpaceX launching Seattle-area office, recruiting squadrons of Microsoft engineers

Space Exploration Technologies, the Elon Musk-owned company better known as SpaceX, has been heavily recruiting engineers from Microsoft and other companies… Read More

Sep 16, 2014, 12:02 PM

Boeing wins $4.2B NASA contract to fly astronauts to Space Station; SpaceX lands $2.6B deal

Update: The bulk of the contract, $4.2 billion, was awarded to Boeing, with a $2.6 billion portion going to SpaceX.… Read More

Sep 9, 2014, 10:29 PM

Q&A: Neil deGrasse Tyson on commercial space, technology and the best Star Trek captain

#477358915 / gettyimages.com Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and the… Read More

Sep 2, 2014, 8:12 AM

Musk vs. Bezos: SpaceX challenges Blue Origin’s rocket-landing patent

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is petitioning the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to overturn a patent awarded to Blue Origin, the space venture… Read More

Jun 24, 2014, 7:16 PM

Planetary Resources teams with Zooniverse to turn everyone into an asteroid hunter

Planetary Resources announced today that it has teamed up with Zooniverse to create Asteroid Zoo, a web app that allows… Read More

May 22, 2014, 8:52 AM

Planetary Resources plans to boost space exploration with interstellar ‘gas stations’

People heading off on an interstellar journey may soon have one of the prerequesites for a road trip: gas stations.… Read More

Mar 10, 2014, 8:43 PM

NASA and Planetary Resources offer cash bounty for asteroid detection software

Want to figure out how to save the Earth and make some cash at the same time? Thanks to a… Read More

Jan 29, 2014, 7:35 AM

Planetary Power rolls out ‘HyGen’ — the Toyota Prius of diesel generators

For the six-person crew that lived through a grueling four-month Mars simulation on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano last year, this… Read More

Dec 13, 2013, 1:50 PM

NASA chooses SpaceX for launchpad lease, passing over Bezos-backed Blue Origin

In a victory for Elon Musk and a blow to Jeff Bezos, NASA said today that it has entered negotiations… Read More

Nov 21, 2013, 3:55 PM

Planetary Resources and NASA partner to crowdsource asteroid detection

Thanks to a Seattle-area company, programmers are soon going to have a shot at using NASA data to find asteroids.… Read More

Oct 23, 2013, 8:20 AM

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is in great shape, may be in ‘astronaut training,’ says author

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is looking so fit these days that he may be prepping to go to space. That… Read More

Oct 11, 2013, 1:38 PM

Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture now employs 300 people, gearing up for commercial operations

Blue Origin, the Seattle-based space venture backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has been quietly working for the past 13… Read More