Space – Page 39 of 88

SpaceX reorganizes Starlink satellite operation, reportedly with high-level firings

SpaceX says it has reorganized its satellite development operation in Redmond, Wash., to accelerate design and testing of the elements… Read More

Why in the universe is a blockchain company buying the assets of a formerly high-flying asteroid miner?

After months of financial uncertainty, the Planetary Resources asteroid-mining venture says its assets have been purchased by the Brooklyn-based ConsenSys… Read More

Farewell, Kepler: NASA’s planet-hunting probe runs out of gas, but mission goes on

NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting telescope now belongs to the ages, with its fuel completely spent and its instruments shut down — but… Read More

Air Force sets up $100,000 VQ-Prize contest for space awareness visualization

The U.S. Air Force is looking for a few good apps to visualize satellites and other objects in Earth orbit —… Read More

Hubble is back at work after breakdown

The Hubble Space Telescope is doing science again, three weeks after going out of service due to a gyro failure.… Read More

Who will get to Mars first? Oddsmakers favor SpaceX and Blue Origin over NASA

If sending humans to Mars is a race, which team is favored to win? Bookies give the nod to Elon… Read More

Crowdfunding campaign lets you snag simulated moon dirt — but handle with care

Wanna buy some fake moon dirt? Off Planet Research, which manufactures loads of the stuff, is making it available for… Read More

SpaceX is reportedly looking for a $500M loan — and a few good Seattle baristas

Bloomberg News is quoting unnamed sources as saying that SpaceX is seeking to borrow $500 million in the leveraged loan… Read More

It’s a first: Virgin Orbit fits LauncherOne rocket under the wing of Cosmic Girl jet

What do you get when you cross a Boeing 747 with a rocket launcher? You get something like what you… Read More

After encountering glitches, Hubble and Chandra space telescopes make recoveries

Things are looking up for two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Both… Read More

Space Force plan moves forward amid heightened talk about final-frontier fights

The National Space Council today pushed forward recommendations to raise the profile of military space activities, at first through a… Read More

Pale Red Dot: NASA’s MarCO probe snaps first picture of Mars taken by a CubeSat

Mars looks like nothing more than a reddish speck in a picture captured by one of NASA’s twin MarCO spacecraft,… Read More

The moon and meteors light up the night

Saturday night’s all right … for skywatching: Tonight’s mostly clear skies over Western Washington should provide a good opportunity to… Read More

Bye-bye, BepiColombo: Rocket’s red glare kicks off a marathon mission to Mercury

A mission to the planet Mercury got off to a flashy start with tonight’s launch of an Ariane 5 heavy-lift… Read More

Seattle space leaders make their pitch to lawmakers for a new rocket test facility

REDMOND, Wash. — One of Congress’ leading Democrats, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, met with leaders of the Seattle area’s space… Read More

12-pound lunar meteorite known as ‘The Moon Puzzle’ sells at auction for over $600K

A lunar meteorite discovered in a Northwest African desert in 2017 has sold at auction for $612,500, Boston-based RR Auction… Read More

NASA puts out the call for science and technology payloads made for the moon

NASA is following up on its plan to purchase rides on commercial lunar landers by soliciting ideas for the scientific… Read More

12 years after her trip to space, Anousheh Ansari takes over as the CEO of XPRIZE

In 2004, Iranian-American entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari helped fund the $10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. In 2006, she… Read More

Boeing and ISS National Lab award $500,000 to boost cancer research in orbit

For the fifth year in a row, Boeing and the International Space Station’s U.S. national laboratory are partnering to pay… Read More

Rocket Lab picks Virginia’s Wallops Island for U.S. launch site, adding to N.Z. pad

Rocket Lab officially unveiled its plan to build a commercial launch site at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Wallops… Read More

Paul Allen’s passing leaves unfinished business on Stratolaunch’s space frontier

Seattle billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen’s death comes just as his Stratolaunch space venture is counting down to the first flight… Read More

50 years after Apollo moonshots, will rivalry with China spark a new space race?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An American rivalry with China could stoke a new space race in the years ahead, prominent members of… Read More

Chandra X-ray telescope is back at work: Engineers trace glitch to 3 seconds of error

NASA’s 19-year-old Chandra X-ray Observatory has been returned to its normal pointing mode after a data glitch forced a five-day… Read More

Attention, Earthlings: Jeff Bezos wants everybody to watch this classic video about settling off planet

Jeff Bezos loves to talk about space. And in a talk about just that on Monday, he encouraged anyone who… Read More

Chandra X-ray telescope experiences a glitch; Hubble troubleshooting continues

Even as experts worked on ways to get the Hubble Space Telescope back doing science, another one of NASA’s Great… Read More

Review: ‘First Man’ and ‘The First’ focus on the moon, on Mars … and on families

Two big-name dramatic productions — “First Man” in theaters, and “The First” on Hulu — are putting the glorious past… Read More

Paul Allen’s giant Stratolaunch plane gets closer to first flight with 80 mph taxi test

The world’s biggest airplane, built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems, is one step closer to making its first… Read More

Russian rocket malfunctions during launch to space station; crew makes safe landing

An American and a Russian spaceflier are in good shape after they were forced to abort their trip to the… Read More

NASA watchdogs blame SLS rocket snags on Boeing missteps and poor oversight

NASA’s Space Launch System, the rocket that’s being designed to send astronauts to the moon and Mars, seems likely to… Read More

Blue Origin resets schedule: First crew to space in 2019, first orbital launch in 2021

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, is now planning to send its first… Read More