Space – Page 45 of 88

SpinLaunch raises $40M from Airbus, Google and others for space catapult

A stealthy Silicon Valley startup called SpinLaunch says it’s raised a total of $40 million from a high-profile array of… Read More

Tech titan Nathan Myhrvold revisits NASA asteroid argument in peer-reviewed paper

Nathan Myhrvold is back, and this time he’s got peer review on his side. Two years ago, the Seattle tech… Read More

Spacewalkers install HD video cameras to monitor future SpaceX and Boeing trips

News Brief: NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold installed new high-definition video cameras on the exterior of the International… Read More

Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm

NASA has had to put its power-starved Opportunity rover into an induced coma on Mars, but that drastic maneuver — plus… Read More

Axiom Space offers space station vacations starting in 2020, for $55 million

How much would you pay for a 10-day stay in low Earth orbit? Houston-based Axiom Space has set a $55… Read More

NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned

News Brief: NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars has lost touch with its handlers back on Earth, probably due to a… Read More

Amazon Studios’ boss recounts Jeff Bezos’ dinnertime push to save ‘The Expanse’

The head of Amazon Studios confirms that the plan to announce the rescue of “The Expanse” was cooked up while… Read More

Spaceflight strikes deal with Rocket Lab for three satellite launch extravaganzas

Seattle-based Spaceflight has partnered with Rocket Lab for three launches over the next year, including one of the first launches… Read More

Space station veterans give Pope Francis his own flight suit (with cape)

Pope Francis now has the right kind of suit for experiencing heaven in this world. During a visit to the… Read More

Aloha! Three new crewmates welcomed aboard space station, Hawaiian-style

News Brief: The orbital welcoming committee wore Hawaiian shirts when three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station… Read More

Juno mission to Jupiter gets an update

News Brief: NASA has updated its plans for the Juno mission to Jupiter to support science operations through mid-2021, adding 41 more… Read More

How can you drink Champagne in zero-G? Winemaker builds a bottle to find out

Will future spacefliers be able to drink a bit of celebratory bubbly in zero gravity? Leave it to a French… Read More

NASA’s Curiosity rover tracks down organic molecules and methane on Mars

The latest evidence for methane and other organic chemicals on Mars isn’t the smoking gun for life on Mars that… Read More

An international trio heads for the space station after picture-perfect Soyuz launch

News Brief: Three spacefliers from three different countries are on their way to the International Space Station for a nearly… Read More

Tethers Unlimited delivers tiny but powerful satellite transmitter for Army

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it’s delivered the first flight unit of a K-band radio transmitter that’s designed for use… Read More

NASA’s New Horizons probe wakes up from its robotic slumber for post-Pluto flyby

The mission operations team for NASA’s New Horizons probe has awakened the spacecraft from its robotic hibernation, and now it’ll… Read More

NASA’s chief talks about handing over space station to commercial consortium

For months, the White House has been talking about transitioning the International Space Station to commercial control by 2025, and now… Read More

Night launch: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends SES-12 telecom satellite into orbit

News Brief: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent the SES-12 telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight in a no-drama night launch.… Read More

One trio comes home from the space station just as another gets set to launch

News Brief: The hatch to the International Space Station’s Rassvet module has a lot in common with a revolving door… Read More

Space Force? Space Corps? Space Guard? Experts study ways to patrol final frontier

Two months after President Donald Trump said the United States may create a new military branch to focus on national… Read More

The way we think of black holes just might be in for a radical change … again

After decades’ worth of mystery, it feels as if physicists are finally closing in on the nature of black holes,… Read More

Blue Origin gets in on NASA studies for resource utilization on moon and Mars

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among 10 teams that will share about $10 million in NASA… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Malala Yousafzai tweet cute over ClickHole’s Starman parody

https://twitter.com/ClickHole/status/1001887654294773760 Billionaire Elon Musk hasn’t exactly had a smooth week in press relations, but today brought a string of feel-good… Read More

Science of ‘The Expanse’: TV show sticks to space realities (with one big exception)

LOS ANGELES — The sci-fi saga known as “The Expanse” has attracted a huge fan following in part because it… Read More

Tethers Unlimited delivers 3-D printer and recycler combo to NASA for space station

Tethers Unlimited Inc. says it’s delivered a combination 3-D printer and plastic recycler to NASA for testing on the International… Read More

TLDR: Starbucks stores close for racial bias training

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo fires up rocket for another step toward spaceflight

Virgin Galactic sent its VSS Unity space plane skyward for a second supersonic rocket-powered test flight today, bringing the company… Read More

Podcast

Jeff Bezos: ‘We will have to leave this planet … and it’s going to make this planet better’

LOS ANGELES – Deep thinkers have been saying for generations that we have to get off this rock and head for the… Read More

GJ273 star system with radio transmission

How do we get our message across to the extraterrestrials? The answers are evolving

LOS ANGELES — Last year, scientists sent a binary-coded message telling the aliens what time it was. Next year, it’ll… Read More

Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin space venture go all in on moon settlements

LOS ANGELES — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture will work with NASA as well as the… Read More