Space – Page 30 of 88

Astrobiology takes the spotlight: Saturn’s moon Enceladus may offer a ‘free lunch’

The sea that lies beneath the icy surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, could provide even more fuel for… Read More

Jeff Bezos explains how going to the moon is harder now than it was for JFK in 1962

Back in 1962, President John F. Kennedy said he chose to have Americans go to the moon not because it… Read More

Watchdogs issue warning about NASA’s SLS moon rocket plan, but Boeing CEO stays the course

The federal government’s watchdog agency says getting NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket off the ground is likely to take… Read More

Tethers Unlimited wins five NASA awards to develop new types of space gizmos

NASA today awarded up to $45.4 million for 363 aerospace projects proposed by small businesses and research institutions — including… Read More

$400 million? Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture is up for sale, sources say

Sources say Vulcan Inc. is looking to sell Stratolaunch, the space venture founded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen,… Read More

Museum of Flight rounds up ‘Summer of Space’ goodies for Apollo 11 anniversary

Want a little space history in your beer? Or soda pop? Or chocolate? Seattle brands are banding together to mark… Read More

Satellite consultant outlines a way-out plan to turn space junk into lunar treasure

What can be done with the thousands of dead satellites orbiting Earth? Some commercial ventures are hatching plans to get… Read More

Lockheed Martin studies how to use a cloud of satellites for space missions

More and more computing is being done in the cloud, but so far, the cloud-based approach hasn’t been applied in… Read More

SpaceX launches Radarsat constellation, with booster returning for foggy landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rose out of California’s coastal fog today to send three radar-sensing satellites into orbit for… Read More

Bigelow aims to sell rides to space station on SpaceX Dragon ships for $52M a seat

Just days after NASA laid out its ground rules for commercial travel to the International Space Station, Nevada-based Bigelow Space… Read More

Xplore and Arch Mission plan to send humanity’s archives to moon and beyond

Seattle-based Xplore and the Arch Mission Foundation are teaming up on what sounds like “Mission: Impossible”: a plan to send… Read More

Breakthrough Watch and ESO kick off the search for more planets at Alpha Centauri

The European Southern Observatory and the billionaire-backed Breakthrough Watch program say they have achieved first light with a new observing… Read More

How AWS Ground Station is taking its giant leap for satellite links in small steps

LAS VEGAS – Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company has gotten so big that it has to branch out… Read More

With a single tweet, President Trump stirs tumult over NASA’s plans to go to the moon

President Donald Trump put the space community on edge today with a tweet that downplayed NASA’s plans to send astronauts… Read More

Boeing drone subsidiary Insitu is cutting jobs due to increased competition

Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing that develops and manufactures drones, said it made a round of layoffs this week to… Read More

NASA finally gets down to the business of commercializing space station operations

NASA today laid out its initial batch of ground rules for future commercial activities on the International Space Station, including… Read More

Jeff Bezos explains Amazon’s bet on Project Kuiper satellites — and copes with an onstage protest

LAS VEGAS — For the first time in public, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explained the rationale for his risky Project… Read More

Racer, rocketeer … and tour guide? Jimmy Shane shows off Blue Origin’s crew capsule at re:MARS

LAS VEGAS — One of the big attractions at this week’s Amazon re:MARS conference is a mockup of the crew… Read More

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship splashes down

A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today, bringing two tons of scientific experiments and… Read More

BlackSky revs up satellite operations and teams up with HawkEye 360 and NRO

Seattle-based BlackSky is ramping up commercial operations of its satellite-based geospatial intelligence platform, thanks to newly announced deals with the… Read More

NASA picks first commercial ventures to deliver scientific payloads to the moon

Update for 6 p.m. PT July 31: One of the commercial ventures selected to deliver science experiments to the moon’s… Read More

Lego launches a 1,087-piece Apollo 11 lunar lander model, astronauts included

That’s one giant heap of Lego bricks: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Lego… Read More

Russian cosmonauts send out a birthday tribute to the world’s first spacewalker

Two Russian cosmonauts took care of a host of scientific and maintenance chores on the exterior of the International Space… Read More

Blue Origin, Boeing and other ventures lay out ideas for commercial space stations

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has laid out a plan for building a commercial habitat for future… Read More

50 years after first lunar landing, Apollo moonshots inspire a new blast of books

In the 50 years since Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong left humanity’s first bootprint on the moon, that “one small… Read More

Sightings of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites spark awe — and astronomical angst

SpaceX’s unorthodox card-dealing launch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites has led to into an unusual viewing opportunity for skywatchers —… Read More

SpaceX reports raising a billion dollars for Starlink and Starship space projects

On the heels of a successful 60-satellite launch, SpaceX says it has raised more than $1 billion for its Starlink… Read More

Boeing bounces back with successful test of Starliner space taxi’s propulsion system

Boeing has successfully run the propulsion system for its CST-100 Starliner space taxi through the same test it failed almost… Read More

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket deals out a deck of 60 Starlink internet satellites

After two postponements, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket executed a mission that dealt out 60 Starlink broadband data satellites into… Read More

NASA says Maxar will build the first big piece for Gateway station in lunar orbit

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine today announced that the first major component for a future mini-space station in lunar orbit will… Read More