Space – Page 79 of 88

Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle will join NASA’s space cargo fleet

NASA says it will add Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space glider to its cargo-carrying lineup of robotic spaceships as… Read More

Bill would create Washington state space exploration center to boost fledgling industry

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill is in play in Washington state Legislature to get the state government deeply involved in… Read More

Dawn’s latest close-ups should shed more light on Ceres’ mysterious bright spots

For years, scientists puzzled over the bright spots that shine like alien headlights from the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet… Read More

Space ventures get shout-outs in State of the State Address – and State of the Union

Even though they happened far from the Evergreen State, last year’s Pluto flyby and the rocket landings accomplished by Blue… Read More

SpaceX rehearses Falcon 9 rocket launch – and relives last month’s rocket landing

SpaceX fired the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket on its California launch pad on Monday evening, marking a seemingly… Read More

Video inspired by ‘The Martian’ tackles real-life mystery: How to sleep in space

How do you get your Z’s in zero-G? Sleeping in space is one of the subjects tackled in a new video series from… Read More

David Bowie, 1947-2016: No longer a space oddity, now hailed by science heroes

Rock superstar David Bowie, who died of cancer over the weekend at the age of 69, became famous as a… Read More

New Horizons team shares new X-Files from Pluto

If “X-Files” are defined as data about weird and alien phenomena, NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto has X-Files galore. And this… Read More

SpaceX plans Falcon 9 rocket landing on Pacific drone ship after Jan. 17 launch

SpaceX is planning something completely different for its next rocket-landing trick: After launching the U.S.-European Jason 3 satellite on a Falcon… Read More

NASA’s newest women astronauts get the Glamour treatment: Want to join them?

That’s one small step for NASA’s women astronauts, one giant leap for Glamour magazine. Women have had a hard time… Read More

Planetary Resources shows off hardware that’s 3-D printed from real asteroid metal

A palm-sized prototype spacecraft is the first geometric object to be 3-D printed from asteroid metal, Redmond-based Planetary Resources says.… Read More

Get a 360-degree view of that monster dune on Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover

The 16-foot-high sand dune that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been skirting around on Mars looks even more imposing in… Read More

If elected, Hillary Clinton vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of the UFO mystery

If the truth about UFOs is out there, Hillary Clinton says she’ll be on it as president. When the Democratic… Read More

Stephen Hawking will help Virgin Galactic roll out second SpaceShipTwo on Feb. 19

More than a year after the first SpaceShipTwo rocket plane was destroyed in a fatal test flight, Virgin Galactic says… Read More

Postal Service geeks out with space stamps for Pluto, planets, the moon and Star Trek

For the first time since 1991, Pluto and the solar system’s eight bigger planets are getting their own postage stamps… Read More

Billionaire Space Club pits Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos vs. Richard Branson vs. Paul Allen and more

When Jeff Bezos welcomed SpaceX to the rocket landing “club” last week, it set off a round of twittering over… Read More

The Year in Aerospace: New horizons in 2015, from drones to dwarf planets

New Horizons is the name of the Pluto mission that reached its climax in 2015, but the name also provides… Read More

Speculation mounts over Elon Musk’s plan for SpaceX’s Mars Colonial Transporter

In the wake of SpaceX’s successful rocket landing, some of the company’s most ardent fans are guessing at the shape… Read More

Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Watch this hilarious animated recap of their great space race

History was made earlier this week when Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket, and then successfully returned it… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Alan Boyle’s guide to the year in space, and what’s next for the universe in 2016

It was a big year in space: Historic rocket launches; revelations from distant planets; an unprecedented glimpse of the surface of Pluto; evidence… Read More

Ceres as you’ve never seen it before: NASA’s Dawn orbiter delivers closest close-ups of dwarf planet

Earlier this month we started seeing some of the closest views yet of Pluto, and now it’s time for close-ups from… Read More

NASA holds up InSight lander mission to Mars due to leaky seismic instrument

NASA says it’s putting off next year’s scheduled launch of its InSight lander mission to Mars until at least 2018,… Read More

For the first time in 27 years, U.S. produces plutonium-238 to power space missions

After a 27-year gap, the U.S. Department of Energy has resumed producing plutonium-238, the radioactive fuel that powers NASA’s Curiosity… Read More

SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch – and lands in Florida!

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in six months today, and then brought the first-stage booster… Read More

Spacewalkers free up jammed rail car, get set for Russian cargo delivery

Two NASA spacewalkers executed a quick fix at the International Space Station today, moving a stuck rail car to clear… Read More

SpaceX postpones Falcon 9 launch by a day to maximize chances for landing

SpaceX has delayed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with 11 Orbcomm telecommunication satellites for a day, to wait… Read More

SpaceX gets set for Falcon 9’s return to flight – and Florida landing attempt

SpaceX is planning to launch its Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in nearly six months on Sunday, and… Read More

New Horizons probe sends more amazing pics of Pluto and a tiny moon called Nix

The hits just keep on coming from NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto: This week’s stunners include views of the… Read More

‘Star Wars’ tech: Latest threat suggests the bad guys have perfected plasma physics

Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore a significant element of the new movie. Stop… Read More

Hubble Space Telescope salutes ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ with cosmic lightsaber

Leave it to the scientists behind the Hubble Space Telescope to capitalize on the craziness over “Star Wars: The Force… Read More