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SLS returns to Vehicle Assembly Building

NASA decides to roll its moon rocket back to shelter as Hurricane Ian nears Florida

With Hurricane Ian bearing down on the Florida coast, NASA has decided to move its multibillion-dollar Space Launch System moon… Read More

Launch team members at Launch Control Center

NASA ‘encouraged’ by tanking test for SLS moon rocket, but launch plan is still in flux

NASA says it achieved all its objectives during today’s launch-pad rehearsal for fueling up its giant Space Launch System rocket… Read More

Orbital Reef space station wins a key role in Hollywood movie even before it’s built

The commercial space station that Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has a hand in building, known as Orbital Reef.… Read More

Space Shorts: German rocket company will launch orbital tugs for Spaceflight Inc.

Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Factory Augsburg, a German launch startup, say they’ve signed a memorandum of understanding that calls… Read More

Starlink antenna and Azure Stack Edge device set up in forest

Microsoft Azure ramps up access to cloud computing via SpaceX’s Starlink satellites

With SpaceX’s help, Microsoft is taking the next step toward merging cloud computing with available-anywhere satellite connectivity. Today Microsoft announced… Read More

You can weigh in on spaced-out designs for Smithsonian’s Bezos Learning Center

The design selection process for the Bezos Learning Center planned at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum may… Read More

Uncrewed Blue Origin suborbital research mission cut short by launch anomaly

A booster misfire caused an early end today for an uncrewed suborbital space mission launched by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin… Read More

For Apple and other companies, satellites plus cellphones add up to a new frontier

Today’s big iPhone reveal adds Apple to the list of companies aiming to combine the power of satellite communications with… Read More

NASA scrubs second try to launch moon rocket due to persistent hydrogen leak

NASA called off today’s attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket due to a hydrogen leak encountered during the… Read More

NASA reschedules moon rocket’s launch for Saturday as it checks data from first try

One day after the first launch of NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket had to be scrubbed due to an… Read More

Problem with rocket engine forces NASA to reschedule first launch of moon rocket

A plumbing issue on a rocket engine has forced a postponement in the first launch of NASA’s most powerful rocket… Read More

Find out how to watch NASA’s mammoth moon rocket lift off, and why it’s a big deal

Update: NASA scrubbed the initial launch attempt for Artemis 1 due to a problem with an engine on the Space… Read More

Illustration: Orion engine firing during lunar flyby

While NASA gets set for its first Artemis moon mission, Aerojet is working ahead

REDMOND, Wash. — When NASA’s Space Launch System rocket sends an uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond the moon and back for… Read More

T-Mobile's Mike Sievert and SpaceX's Elon Musk at Starbase

T-Mobile’s coverage will get a big boost from SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, starting with texts

T-Mobile subscribers will be getting a satellite upgrade to their wireless service, thanks to a newly announced partnership that takes… Read More

T-Mobile and SpaceX get set to announce ‘something special’ for Starlink connectivity

FOLLOW-UP: T-Mobile’s coverage will get a big boost from SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, starting with texts The CEOs of SpaceX and… Read More

Blue Origin carries the first Egyptian and Portuguese spacefliers on suborbital trip

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent six more crew members on a suborbital space ride, including the first Egyptian… Read More

It’s a date: Blue Origin gets set to launch space crew that will mark milestone for Portugal and Egypt

Update: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s aiming to launch its next suborbital space mission on Aug. 4,… Read More

Seattle nonprofit aims to expose underrepresented youth to space industry careers

From Boeing to Blue Origin, the Seattle region is a bustling aerospace hub. Now a Seattle-based nonprofit wants to help… Read More

Space Launch System rocket at Launch Complex 39B

NASA announces a challenging schedule for inaugural launch of its SLS moon rocket

If all goes according to plan, NASA could launch its heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket on its first flight around… Read More

Azure Space graphic of Earth and satellites

Microsoft’s Azure Space strengthens its partnerships with final-frontier pioneers

Microsoft doesn’t build rockets. It doesn’t build satellites, and it doesn’t have a launch pad. So what does Microsoft’s Azure… Read More

After flying with SpaceX, citizen astronaut Chris Sembroski joins Blue Origin as engineer

Seattle-area data engineer Chris Sembroski got his first taste of space last year during an orbital trip in SpaceX’s Crew… Read More

Liftoff! Pacific Northwest National Lab’s microbe study could blaze a trail for future farmers on Mars

An experiment that’s on its way to the International Space Station focuses on a subject that’s as common as dirt,… Read More

Feast your eyes on the first course of a celestial smorgasbord from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope

A day after NASA showed how far the James Webb Space Telescope could dive into the cosmic frontier, scientists released… Read More

Deep-field image from James Webb Space Telescope

Biden unveils first image from Webb Space Telescope, expanding the space frontier

President Joe Biden got in on today’s celebration of the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a… Read More

Next-generation Virgin Galactic mothership

Virgin Galactic announces deal with Boeing subsidiary to build next-gen motherships

Virgin Galactic says it will partner with Aurora Flight Sciences, a Virginia-based Boeing subsidiary, to design and build next-generation motherships… Read More

Jeff Bezos at Blue Origin and in "Star Trek Beyond"

How the Star Trek saga blazed new trails for space exploration — with a hand from superfan Jeff Bezos

Over the course of five decades, advances in space science and exploration have changed the Star Trek saga — but… Read More

Microsoft and Xplore team up with NOAA to demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations

What do you do with an aging weather satellite? If you’re the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, you turn to… Read More

How ‘Big Data’ could help SETI researchers intensify the search for alien civilizations

Could far-off aliens be sending out signals telling us they exist? If so, how would we know where to look?… Read More

Stratolaunch ascends to new heights with successful test of world’s biggest airplane

Stratolaunch says its mammoth carrier airplane rose to its highest altitude yet during its seventh flight test over California’s Mojave… Read More

Stratolaunch lands its mammoth airplane early after a flight test that didn’t meet all of its objectives

Stratolaunch says the sixth flight test of its super-sized Roc carrier airplane ended earlier than planned when the team ran… Read More