Space – Page 44 of 88

To the moon? Israel’s SpaceIL says SpaceX will launch team’s lunar lander this year

News Brief: SpaceIL, an Israeli team that was once a competitor in the now-defunct Google Lunar X Prize, says it will have… Read More

Fifty years after Apollo, the Peanuts gang signs up again to give NASA a boost

Eighteen years after their creator died, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang are rising again to… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft unveils Surface Go, Demi Lovato to headline Amazon concert, new record for same-day delivery in space

Today’s featured stories Microsoft unveils $399 ‘Surface Go’ with 10-inch display and USB-C port to take on lower-cost iPads and… Read More

RBC Signals teams with India’s Antrix for space communications beyond Earth orbit

Seattle-based RBC Signals has forged an agreement with Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization, to widen… Read More

Rocket engine scores ‘perfect 10’ in 10-day test for Phantom Express space plane

A rocket engine built from spare space shuttle parts — and the team behind the engine — passed a grueling 10-day,… Read More

Russian cargo ship sets a new record for same-day delivery to space station

News Brief: A robotic Russian Progress cargo craft today was sent on a “fast-track” trajectory that got it to the… Read More

How a snafu over swarming satellites led Spaceflight to sharpen its launch policy

When India’s PSLV rocket launched a host of satellites into orbit in January, one big piece was missing: the Federal… Read More

NASA’s Kepler probe suspends planet hunt to download data as fuel runs near empty

News Brief: NASA has hit the pause button on observations by its most prolific planet-hunting probe, the Kepler space telescope,… Read More

Virgin Galactic signs onto a deal to bring spaceflights to future spaceport in Italy

Virgin Galactic and a pair of Italian companies today signed a framework agreement aimed at bringing Virgin Galactic’s launch system… Read More

Blue Origin targets moon landing by 2023 as an early step toward lunar settlement

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, is laying out a plan to support the creation… Read More

NASA’s Dawn probe snaps close-ups of Ceres’ formerly mysterious white spots

The once-mysterious bright spots shining on the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres are getting their closest close-ups from NASA’s… Read More

SpaceX’s science-laden Dragon cargo spaceship hooks up with space station

News Brief: Three days after its launch, SpaceX’s robotic Dragon cargo capsule is now attached to the International Space Station.… Read More

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sends AI robot pal and other experiments to space station

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, sending an AI-enabled, sphere-shaped robot… Read More

Simulated moon dirt is turning up some real challenges for future lunar missions

RENTON, Wash. — When commercial ventures start setting up shop on the moon, they may well run into nasty clouds of… Read More

Virgin Orbit gets set to start flight tests of its LauncherOne air-launch system

RENTON, Wash. — British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit venture is getting ready to put its LauncherOne rocket system through… Read More

That’s no starship … or asteroid: Hubble hints that interstellar object is a comet

News brief: Observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories indicate that the cigar-shaped interstellar object known as… Read More

After review, NASA resets Webb Telescope launch for 2021 with $9.66B price tag

NASA says the launch of its flagship James Webb Space Telescope is being rescheduled for no earlier than 2021, with… Read More

Why SpaceX and Boeing can sell spots on commercial space taxis to private travelers

RENTON, Wash. — When NASA’s Phil McAlister worked out the contracts with SpaceX and Boeing to ferry astronauts to and from… Read More

Buzz Aldrin shares latest space vision even as questions swirl about his state of mind

Buzz Aldrin wants people to know that he has some cool new ideas about how to get to the moon… Read More

Amid departures, Planetary Resources is holding out hope for an asteroid mining comeback

It’s been months since Planetary Resources had to scale back its asteroid aspirations because a fundraising campaign came up short —… Read More

Spaceflight launch services company adds Virgin Orbit and Cosmic Girl to its lineup

Seattle-based Spaceflight has a new product to offer customers who want to get small satellites up and running: Virgin Orbit’s… Read More

‘The Expanse’ co-author Daniel Abraham tells the inside story about sci-fi books, TV … and politics

There’s more to Daniel Abraham than “The Expanse.” To be sure, the science-fiction saga about our future fractious solar system… Read More

SpaceX wins $130 million Air Force launch contract, marking a first for Falcon Heavy

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $130 million firm-fixed-price contract to SpaceX for the launch of its classified AFSPC-52… Read More

NASA puts out the call for partners to build the first piece of Gateway space station

NASA has laid out its plan for acquiring the first piece of its successor to the International Space Station, an… Read More

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe closes in on asteroid Ryugu – and captures close-ups

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a dumpling … It’s a “Star Trek” Borg cube … It’s the asteroid Ryugu!… Read More

White House lays out updated plan for detecting (and deflecting) killer asteroids

The White House has issued an updated plan that lays out the roles played by NASA and other federal agencies… Read More

Stamps and Blue Origin toys pay tribute to Sally Ride, 35 years after space milestone

The first American woman in space, Sally Ride, is the subject of serious and playful memorials today, 35 years after… Read More

President Trump directs Pentagon to create ‘separate but equal’ Space Force

President Donald Trump today directed the Department of Defense to create a Space Force as the sixth branch of the… Read More

Hey, kids: Put a rocket in space and win a million dollars in Base 11 Space Challenge

News Brief: Students from colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada are being recruited for the Base 11 Space… Read More

NASA’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson, hangs up her space helmet

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for most cumulative time in space, is retiring after 22 years… Read More