Space – Page 28 of 88

Open Lunar Foundation comes out in the open with its plan to build a moon village

After spending five years in semi-stealth mode, a San Francisco venture called the Open Lunar Foundation is talking about its… Read More

OneWeb targets the Arctic for the kickoff of its satellite broadband service in 2020

OneWeb says it’ll start delivering broadband internet service to the Arctic via satellite in 2020, turning the “Last Frontier” into… Read More

White House lists security tech, AI, energy and space among R&D priorities for 2021

Congress hasn’t yet approved a federal budget for the fiscal year that starts next month, but the White House is… Read More

SpaceX reports a ‘bug’ in its alert system after ESA shifts spacecraft to avoid Starlink satellite collision

The European Space Agency says it performed a collision avoidance maneuver over the Labor Day weekend to head off a… Read More

NASA checks SpaceX’s potential Starship landing sites on Mars, with water in mind

NASA is helping SpaceX get a fix on potential landing sites on Mars for its Starship super-spaceship, with an emphasis… Read More

Trump ushers in U.S. Space Command, with Space Force (or Corps) in the works

President Donald Trump today hailed the revival of the U.S. Space Command to protect America’s technological assets on the final… Read More

‘They’re so inspiring’: Jeff Bezos touts Blue Origin’s space postcard campaign for kids

When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a mockup of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander in May, he also unveiled… Read More

SpaceX sweetens the deal for satellite rideshare launches, and Starlink is in on it

Three weeks after announcing that it’s getting into the rideshare market for launching small satellites, SpaceX slashed its prices by… Read More

Hey, kids: Name NASA’s 2020 Mars rover!

NASA says a student will provide the official name for its 2020 Mars rover, continuing a tradition that began 16… Read More

A double whammy of gravitational waves sparks a burst of black hole speculation

Two detections of gravitational waves, separated by a mere 21 minutes, set off a flurry of excitement among astronomers today.… Read More

SpaceX’s Starhopper test rocket takes one giant leap, marking new step toward Mars

A prototype rocket that looks more like a water tower took a 500-foot-high hop today in Texas, blazing a methane-fueled… Read More

Astranis reserves a ride with SpaceX for satellite that’ll boost broadband in Alaska

A California-based startup called Astranis Space Technologies has signed a deal with SpaceX for the launch of its first geostationary… Read More

Has LIGO detected its first smash-up of black hole and neutron star? Stay tuned

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, has detected mergers of black holes, and even a couple of neutron star… Read More

National Space Council meeting highlights moon and Mars plan – plus nuclear power

The latest meeting of the National Space Council provided a forum to build support for NASA’s twin-focus plan to send… Read More

ULA’s Vulcan rocket selected for launches of moon lander and mini-shuttle in 2021

United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan rocket – and Blue Origin’s next-generation BE-4 rocket engine – have been chosen to send… Read More

Rocket Lab launches four satellites for BlackSky, UnseenLabs and U.S. Air Force

Rocket Lab sent a foursome of satellites into orbit today for a threesome of customers, including the Seattle-based BlackSky Earth-watching… Read More

NASA puts Alabama center in charge of moon lander program, drawing Texans’ ire

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced today that Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will take the lead role in developing… Read More

Blue Origin protests launch contract rules as it competes with SpaceX, ULA, Northrop Grumman

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is protesting the rules of the game for awarding future national security… Read More

Rocket Lab will try helicopter recovery of rocket booster – and CEO will eat his hat

Taking a page from SpaceX’s playbook, Rocket Lab’s CEO says the company will try to recover the first-stage booster of… Read More

A rush of rockets: SpaceX Falcon 9 puts Israel’s Amos-17 telecom satellite in orbit

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a Boeing-built, Israeli telecommunications satellite called Amos-17 into geosynchronous transfer orbit today, adding to what’s… Read More

Spaceflight gets first crack at India’s new SSLV rocket – and puts up a ‘sold out’ sign

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s purchased the first commercial launch of India’s next-generation Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, or SSLV, and has… Read More

Tethers Unlimited joins forces with TriSept to test system for reducing orbital debris

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited will have its technology for deorbiting space debris put to its most ambitious test next year,… Read More

Good news, bad news for Spaceflight: Satellite rideshare market is heating up

Seattle-based Spaceflight has made a name for itself by putting together bunches of small satellites for launch on someone else’s… Read More

Jeff Bezos touts a full-power firing of Blue Origin’s next-generation BE-4 rocket engine

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is showing off a picture of his Blue Origin space venture’s BE-4 rocket engine going full… Read More

TESS probe helps scientists find potentially habitable planet, 31 light-years away

Astronomers are sharing a flood of findings from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, including the detection of a… Read More

Planetary Society hails ‘mission success’ after LightSail 2 solar sail raises its orbit

It may be “mission accomplished” for the Planetary Society’s solar sail experiment, but its privately funded LightSail 2 mission is… Read More

Blue Origin gets in on three partnerships with NASA to boost missions to the moon

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin, has been selected to participate in three partnerships with NASA to advance… Read More

First Mode celebrates first steps in space exploration – and looks ahead to the moon

One year after engineers from the Planetary Resources asteroid mining company peeled off to form their own employee-owned startup, known… Read More

One giant leap for preservation: Kent wins landmark status for Boeing’s moon buggies

King County now has three landmarks that are out of this world. Literally. Tonight, the King County Landmarks Commission unanimously… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Dragon cargo capsule to slime the space station

SpaceX has launched the same robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station for a third time, sending about… Read More