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SpaceX launches Formosat-5 satellite, then lands booster on Pacific drone ship

SpaceX chalked up another successful satellite launch and booster landing today, putting Taiwan’s Formosat-5 Earth observation satellite into orbit in… Read More

Seattle’s space sisters get great views (and learn lessons) from eclipse balloon flight

Not everything turned out the way pre-teen sisters Rebecca and Kimberly Yeung expected when they sent their Loki Lego Launcher… Read More

Elon Musk reveals SpaceX’s spacesuit: ‘This actually works’ … and also looks really cool

The spacesuit designed to be worn aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule turns up the coolness dial for spaceflight, as befits a… Read More

Totality Awesome: Epic photos of the solar eclipse from an Idaho mountaintop

Ketchum, ID – Normally it is a powder day that brings the masses to Sun Valley for skiing, but today… Read More

Did you miss totality? Relive the solar eclipse’s climax in this 3-minute video

MADRAS, Ore. – Some skywatchers spend thousands of dollars on telescopes, cameras and other hardware to document a solar eclipse. John… Read More

Total eclipse dims the sun over the U.S., bringing delicious darkness

MADRAS, Ore. – The spectacle that skywatchers made years’ worth of plans to see finally happened today, darkening the sky… Read More

Solar eclipse traffic and weather: Oregon feels the calm before totality

MADRAS, Ore. – Traffic to Oregon’s total eclipse zone has been surprisingly light over the past couple of days, but… Read More

NASA science aircraft using Seattle as base during mission to capture first video of eclipse

The Museum of Flight in Seattle is no stranger to unique aircraft, and Monday’s total solar eclipse is attracting a… Read More

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Don’t panic, but be ready: Last-minute guide to the all-American solar eclipse

It’s prime time at last for the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse, America’s first coast-to-coast dose of totality in 99… Read More

Google Lunar XPRIZE teams get more time and more cash incentives for moon shots

The Google Lunar XPRIZE finalists now have $4.75 million more to shoot for with the moon missions they’re planning, and… Read More

SpaceX sends a supercomputer and lots more science experiments to space station

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has sent a robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station with three tons of… Read More

How love for a girl and fast boats led hydroplane champ Jimmy Shane to build rockets at Blue Origin

Jimmy Shane piloted the Miss HomeStreet hydroplane to a victory in the Seafair Cup today in Seattle. Now he’ll head… Read More

From 1979 to 2017: How we’ve changed since the Northwest’s last total solar eclipse

When the daytime sky darkens on Aug. 21, it’ll be the first time in more than 38 years that a… Read More

Worlds collide! Rocket engineer adds a Seafair tribute to Blue Origin on racing boat

The worlds of rocketry and hydroplane racing crashed together in Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Twitter feed today, and it’s all… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo plane glides through a ‘dry run’ for blastoff

Virgin Galactic said its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane today executed a successful gliding flight test that was “essentially a dry run… Read More

As solar eclipse approaches, Seattle’s Space Sisters prepare for their most ambitious launch yet

Most famous spacecraft are born inside sprawling, high-tech facilities, but the Loki Lego Launcher that brought 10-year-old Kimberly and 12-year… Read More

As eclipse nears, astronomers issue warning about fake solar glasses

The country’s top astronomical organization says it’s alarmed by reports that potentially unsafe eclipse glasses are flooding the market in… Read More

If you bring it, they will come: Crowds mob Blue Origin spaceship at Oshkosh air show

Even Jeff Bezos was impressed when Blue Origin’s suborbital space booster and capsule mockup went on display at the EAA… Read More

Seattle science educator Dennis Schatz celebrates his asteroid – and the eclipse

The Pacific Science Center’s senior adviser, Dennis Schatz, has achieved a kind of fame that so far has eluded the… Read More

Explore Mars like an astronaut: Mars 2030 VR experience lifts off

Mars 2030, a virtual reality experience that simulates living and working on the Red Planet, launched today for the HTC… Read More

Why asteroids loom as a future space frontier for mining and manufacturing

It’s been 55 years since satellite communications became the first commercial space frontier, and space tourism is looming as the… Read More

Here comes the sun’s corona: What eclipse chasers will see during totality in August

Skywatchers will see a rare celestial sight during the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse: the sun’s shimmering outer atmosphere, known… Read More

Oregon’s prime solar eclipse zone braces for the agony and the ecstasy of totality

MADRAS, Ore. – If there’s one thing central Oregon has in abundance, it’s open space. And that’s a good thing for… Read More

Three spacefliers join International Space Station’s crew after a quick six-hour trip

Three fresh crew members arrived at the International Space Station today aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft today, just six hours… Read More

6 little words: Elon Musk targets November for Falcon Heavy rocket’s maiden launch

SpaceX’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, says he’s aiming to launch the first test flight of his company’s Falcon Heavy rocket… Read More

Got eclipse glasses? Here’s how to get ’em

All of the continental United States and Canada will witness a solar eclipse on Aug. 21, but you’ll need eye… Read More

Breakthrough Starshot tests smallest space probes for interstellar mission

Breakthrough Starshot says it’s been testing prototype interstellar spacecraft no bigger than postage stamps in orbit for the past month,… Read More

United Launch Alliance agrees to deliver Astrobotic’s lander to the moon in 2019

In two years, it will be the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, and Astrobotic Technology wants to… Read More

All along eclipse ‘zone of totality,’ small towns make big bets to cash in on total darkness

(I’ve just spent a month driving back and forth across America, with Rusty, as I do every summer, visiting small… Read More

Blue Origin crew capsule and recycled New Shepard rocket debut at Oshkosh airshow

The Experimental Aircraft Association kicked off its annual AirVenture airshow today in Oshkosh, Wis., and Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket… Read More