Space – Page 73 of 88

One year after Pluto flyby, New Horizons mission looks back and looks ahead

One year ago today, NASA’s New Horizons probe whizzed past Pluto and opened up a new frontier for planetary science –… Read More

NASA shows off Juno spacecraft’s first view of Jupiter and its moons from orbit

It’s not the closest close-up of Jupiter, but it’s the first view provided by NASA’s Juno probe since it went… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture gets set to pick up the pace for spaceship test flights

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, plans to accelerate its current once-every-eight-weeks schedule for flight… Read More

Pokémon Go is no-go for space station, but astronauts can fight aliens with HoloLens

Astronauts have zapped virtual aliens on the International Space Station, using Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset. So how about Pokémon Go, the… Read More

Astronomers say they’ve spotted a dwarf planet that’s farther out than Pluto

Astronomers have found an icy world that ranges far beyond the orbit of Neptune and may well rank as a dwarf… Read More

Trio gets to space station after 2-day trip

The first craft in Russia’s upgraded fleet of Soyuz spaceships reached the International Space Station overnight, delivering a trio of U.S.,… Read More

NASA’s Juno probe goes into orbit at Jupiter after nail-biting maneuver

NASA’s farthest-out solar-powered probe, the Juno spacecraft, successfully entered orbit around Jupiter tonight after a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile cruise through… Read More

Scientists explain how a giant impact created Mars’ past and present moons

Are Mars’ two moons asteroids that were captured by the Red Planet’s gravitational field, or are they the result of… Read More

NASA-funded UW researchers develop kidney-stone zapping technology

Imagine you are an astronaut, chosen for the first manned mission to Mars. After years of preparation, dozens of health… Read More

30 years in the making, ‘Voyage of Time’ trailer sends you on a cosmic trip

The video trailer for “Voyage of Time” provides a trippy taste of a movie that’s been more than 30 years… Read More

NASA extends New Horizons mission to Kuiper Belt, tells Dawn to stay at Ceres

Almost a year after New Horizons’ unprecedented flyby of Pluto, NASA has given the official go-ahead for the probe to… Read More

Juno meets Jupiter: NASA’s giant mission to the giant planet hits its climax on video

Everything about NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter is big: the destination (giant planet, duh!), the cost ($1.1 billion), the travel… Read More

Weird sand ripples on Mars tell tales about Red Planet’s past and present climate

The sands of Mars move in mysterious ways – including one way that’s not seen on Earth’s surface, but only on the… Read More

Dwarf planet Ceres’ mysterious bright spot hints at upwelling of salty water

Scientists say the brightest spot on surface of the dwarf planet Ceres has the highest concentration of carbonate minerals they’ve ever seen… Read More

Sierra Nevada Corp. is working with U.N. on global space program for Dream Chaser

Sierra Nevada Corp. says it’s working with the U.N. Office for Outer Space Affairs on an arrangement that would give… Read More

Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the Fourth of July with galactic fireworks

Kiso 5639 is just a tadpole when it comes to galaxies, but it’s a real firecracker in a picture unveiled… Read More

Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s orbital rocket factory in Florida

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today put a spotlight on the construction of a giant rocket production facility in Florida for his Blue… Read More

It’s a blast! NASA’s booster for heavy-lift SLS rocket gets final pre-launch test firing

The solid-rocket booster that’s destined to help send future NASA missions into deep space has blasted through its last full-scale… Read More

NASA considers turning Curiosity rover into a scout for water on Mars mountain

NASA says one of the Curiosity rover’s future tasks could be to check out sites on Mars that may harbor trickles… Read More

NASA picks Firmamentum to build a 3-D printer/recycler for use in space

Firmamentum, a division of Tethers Unlimited Inc. in Bothell, Wash., says it has won $750,000 in NASA funding to build… Read More

World View pivots from stratospheric tourism to ‘Stratollites’ lofted by balloons

World View Enterprises made a splash with its plans to send tourists up to the stratosphere, but now it has… Read More

5G or not 5G? Boeing joins the battle over broadband satellite spectrum

The Boeing Co. is laying out plans to put more than 1,000 satellites into low Earth orbit to provide broadband… Read More

Former NASA space station manager makes plans for commercial outpost

Former space station manager Mike Suffredini says he’s working on a plan to send up a commercial space module that could… Read More

Sierra Nevada Corp. moves ahead on NASA milestones for Dream Chaser spaceship

After years of postponements, Sierra Nevada Corp. is planning to deliver a rebuilt test prototype of its Dream Chaser mini-space… Read More

Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners go international, starting with Luxembourg

Planetary Resources says it will start ramping up an international asteroid-mining subsidiary in Luxembourg by the end of the year – and… Read More

International Space University will bring its executive course to Seattle this October

For almost 30 years, the International Space University has prepared fans of the final frontier for executive jobs at places like… Read More

NewSpace 2016: Why Seattle is emerging as a major hub for commercial space

The first NewSpace conference in Seattle opened Tuesday, a giant leap for the Seattle space scene. It is also the… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wins Heinlein Prize for space commercialization at Blue Origin

Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, has won the prestigious Heinlein Prize for his efforts to advance space commercialization at another… Read More

Spaceflight raises $18 million and acquires OpenWhere to build satellite data portal

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is moving ahead on two fronts to build an online portal for satellite imagery: It has secured $18… Read More

Youngest planet spotted around alien star

Scientists say they’ve detected a giant planet circling a star that’s only 5 million to 10 million years old, which would make… Read More