Space – Page 24 of 88

Amazon Web Services enlists AI to help NASA get ahead of solar superstorms

If the sun throws out a radiation blast of satellite-killing proportions someday, Amazon Web Services may well play a role… Read More

Next-gen telescope project honors astronomer Vera Rubin and billionaire backer Charles Simonyi

The next great ground-based astronomical observatory, previously known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, has been named after the late… Read More

Dynetics teams up with Sierra Nevada Corp. for NASA’s big lunar lander competition

Alabama-based Dynetics says it’s leading a team of companies proposing a crew-carrying lunar lander for NASA, in competition with other… Read More

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa signs on for reality-TV dating game with moon trip as the prize

What do you get when you cross “The Bachelor” with “Survivor,” and then throw in a round-the-moon trip? You might… Read More

NASA kicks off a new space tradition with glitzy astronaut graduation ceremony

Over the course of six decades, NASA has celebrated the selection of its astronauts in groups ranging from the Mercury… Read More

NASA and Boeing lay out time frame for reviewing Starliner’s flawed flight and planning next steps

NASA says it’s working with Boeing to set up an independent investigation team to review last month’s less-than-perfect maiden flight… Read More

WOW! Virgin Galactic’s next SpaceShipTwo rocket plane reaches ‘Weight on Wheels’ milestone

The rocket plane that’s due to become Virgin Galactic’s second commercial suborbital spaceship can now stand on its own two… Read More

Mighty Mice splash down aboard SpaceX Dragon cargo ship after zero-G study on space station

A troop of muscle-enhanced mice was among more than 3,500 pounds of experiments and equipment that came back to Earth… Read More

NASA’s TESS probe chalks up its first Earth-sized planet in habitable zone, plus a ‘Tatooine’ planet

Astronomers report that NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has detected its first Earth-sized planet lying in its parent… Read More

SpaceX launches third batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites, reviving concerns

SpaceX sent a fresh batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites into orbit tonight on a Falcon 9 rocket, executing a… Read More

Blue Origin takes one giant leap across the street to space venture’s new HQ in Kent

KENT, Wash. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space effort now officially has more space. To be precise, 232,885 square feet… Read More

Tech’s extraordinary decade: What mattered most in the past 10 years of innovation

What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn,… Read More

Year in Aerospace: Looking back at Boeing’s troubles, looking ahead to commercial triumphs

2019 was a tough year for the aerospace industry — a year when a control system flaw caused the second… Read More

NASA’s Christina Koch adds onto the world endurance record for women in space

Every day for the next six weeks, NASA astronaut Christina Koch will be setting a new women’s record for continuous… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Interview with Outlook product chief; comic convention; and more

— How did Outlook’s mobile app reach 100 million users since launching in 2015? Hear from Outlook Mobile team leader… Read More

How the cloud helps lift ‘The Expanse’ and other science fiction epics out of this world

It used to take a cast of thousands to create cinematic extravaganzas, but now the job can be done with… Read More

Boeing’s Starliner space taxi makes flawless landing after flawed flight

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi made a flawless automated landing in New Mexico today, marking the end of an orbital… Read More

NASA and Boeing trace roots of Starliner’s bad timing — and prepare for landing

NASA and Boeing say they’ve learned more about the timing glitch that kept Boeing’s uncrewed CST-100 Starliner space taxi from… Read More

President Trump signs the Space Force into existence under the Air Force’s wing

Amid military fanfare, President Donald Trump signed a defense authorization bill into law to create the U.S. Space Force as… Read More

Apple is reportedly working on a secret satellite communications project

Apple has joined SpaceX, OneWeb, Amazon and other companies in targeting the market for satellite internet services, Bloomberg News reported… Read More

Boeing’s Starliner space taxi fails to reach its intended orbit for first space station trip

Boeing’s Starliner space taxi blasted off for the first time today on an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station,… Read More

SpaceX seeks to block Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite broadband program from skipping a regulatory hurdle

A space battle is brewing over access to a limited slice of radiowaves between several companies that want to launch… Read More

Not so far, far away: How the Star Wars galaxy falls short of the real-life search for planets

Over the past 42 years, filmgoers have seen exotic worlds come to life in a succession of Star Wars movies… Read More

‘Super-puff’ planets add a cotton candy flavor to the search for alien worlds

Readings from the Hubble Space Telescope have shed light on a bizarre class of alien planets that have the density… Read More

Amazon is moving Project Kuiper satellite operation to huge Redmond facility

Amazon announced today that its Project Kuiper satellite operation has outgrown its current office space, and will move into 219,000… Read More

Rocket Lab begins construction of a second launch pad at its New Zealand complex

Just days after officially opening its Virginia launch pad, Rocket Lab announced today that it has started construction of yet… Read More

SpaceX launches a double-duty telecom satellite and doubles down on rocket reusability

SpaceX sent a dual-payload telecommunications satellite to orbit today, recovered the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster at sea, and narrowly… Read More

Map of water ice on Mars shows where NASA (and SpaceX) are likely to send their first astronauts

A newly published survey pinpointing where Martian water ice is likely to lie close to the surface could serve as… Read More

Hubble image shows distant galaxy photobombing an interstellar comet as it swings around the sun

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped the best images to date showing the interstellar comet known as 2I/Borisov, and one… Read More

Rocket Lab’s Virginia launch pad opens for business, with Air Force as first customer

Rocket Lab today celebrated the opening of a launch complex on the Virginia coast, half a world away from its… Read More