Space – Page 82 of 88

Science journal gives New Horizons mission to Pluto its day in the sun

The first peer-reviewed scientific paper about the New Horizons probe’s July flyby past Pluto lays out puzzling evidence that suggests the… Read More

Minecraft, Microsoft and more: These kids have lots of feedback for the Head of Xbox

GeekWire invited dozens of kids and their parents to our offices in Seattle recently for a special video series that… Read More

New Horizons’ Pluto pictures reveal a weird blue glow – and water ice!

The latest pictures from NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto reveal for the first time that the backlit dwarf planet… Read More

Israeli-based SpaceIL gets set for 2017 moon race with Spaceflight’s help

Israeli-based Team SpaceIL has signed up to launch a robotic lander to the moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket… Read More

Mars orbiter shows why ‘The Martian’ movie trek would be even riskier

Marooned astronaut Mark Watney takes a harrowing trek from Mars’ Acidalia Planitia to Schiaparelli Crater in “The Martian,” which took the… Read More

This photo archive of Apollo astronauts’ pics on Flickr will blow your mind

This has to be one of the most impressive photo archives on earth — Project Apollo Archive is thousands of photos taken by Apollo astronauts… Read More

Looking to improve air travel, Boeing donates $7.5M to establish new data analytics lab at Carnegie Mellon

Big data is changing nearly every industry, from agriculture to automobiles. Now, Boeing is placing a big bet to improve… Read More

Former astronaut: NASA ‘certainly not dead, but they are lost at the moment’

Former NASA astronaut Ed Lu, who logged more than 206 days in space over his career, said there are a… Read More

Red planet vs. blue planet: Lori Garver looks ahead to Mars and the future of space

If we want to send astronauts to Mars, we better find a way to do it within 10 years. And if we want… Read More

Moon Express and Rocket Lab make deal for lunar landings in 2017

Moon Express says it has reserved three lunar lander launches from a startup called Rocket Lab starting in 2017, with… Read More

Spaceflight buys a whole rocket from SpaceX for small satellites

In the first deal of its kind, Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s buying a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will be… Read More

Destination Phobos: ‘Humans Orbiting Mars’ report goes public

The nonprofit Planetary Society has laid out a detailed blueprint for sending astronauts to the Martian moon Phobos in 2033 and then… Read More

NASA veteran Lori Garver on space: The ‘endless’ frontier for commercial ventures

Former NASA official Lori Garver’s resume is filled with highlights from politics and government service – going back to John Glenn’s… Read More

Mars mystery solved? Dark streaks linked to salty water trails

For years, scientists have puzzled over dark streaks that appear and disappear on the surface of Mars – and now they’re… Read More

Inspired by ‘Back to the Future,’ this machine turns food waste into energy

Many people in the Northwest separate out their table scraps, wilted leaves and old fruit, carting them off eventually to… Read More

Supermoon Sunday! How to make the most of the total lunar eclipse

Sunday’s super-sized total lunar eclipse is special for a couple of reasons, but it’s extra-special for places like Seattle, where… Read More

Reality check on ‘The Martian’ movie from a real astronaut: ‘Nerds rock’

“The Martian” isn’t due to hit theaters until Oct. 2, but the highly anticipated man-vs.-Mars movie is already sparking some… Read More

NASA study: Flying air taxis could be as cheap as an Uber ride, and faster

Taking a ride on a flying air taxi could become as cheap as taking an Uber ride, and get you… Read More

GeekWire Summit is one week away! Check out the agenda for our biggest event ever

We’re one week away from the GeekWire Summit, our biggest event ever and a must-attend conference for anyone interested in… Read More

Boeing’s new CEO sees Amazon and Facebook as competitors (and potential partners)

Two months into his job as the Boeing Co.’s president and CEO, Dennis Muilenburg says Amazon and Facebook are emerging… Read More

Jeff Bezos confirms big Blue Origin space facility in Florida, unveils new rocket

Updated throughout with details of announcement. Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Jeff Bezos, confirmed plans this morning to build… Read More

Podcast

Interview: Seattle girls launch a balloon spacecraft to the edge of space, and NASA takes note

Our guests on the GeekWire radio show this week are Rebecca Yeung, 10, and Kimberly Yeung, 8 — two sisters from Seattle… Read More

These Seattle girls plan to launch a hand-built spacecraft into the upper atmosphere this weekend

A new aircraft is being tested this weekend in central Washington. But this one wasn’t built by Boeing or Amazon. Nope. The… Read More

Blue Origin’s rocket-landing patent canceled in victory for SpaceX

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has capitulated to Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a dispute over a Blue Origin patent covering… Read More

Boeing’s new laser gun incinerates drones in 15 seconds

Drones are everywhere these days — straying onto the White House lawn and disrupting wildfire operations. Now, Boeing has developed… Read More

Asteroids loom as the new Klondike for Seattle region’s space industry

Seattle could profit from the rush for resources in outer space much as it did during the Klondike Gold Rush of… Read More

Pluto, we have a problem: Some geographical names may not fly on official maps

Some of the best-known names on Pluto — ranging from the Sputnik plains to the Hillary and Norgay mountains and the… Read More

Dwarf planet Ceres’ puzzling ‘pyramid’ mountain gets close-up from NASA’s Dawn probe

NASA’s mission to that other dwarf planet, Ceres, has delivered a fresh bird’s-eye view of one of the asteroid’s most… Read More

Jeff Bezos set to announce big news about Blue Origin’s Florida launch plans

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is heading to Cape Canaveral next month to make a “significant announcement regarding the emerging commercial launch… Read More

Six small steps that could add up to giant leaps for spaceships

SPOKANE, Wash. — Is there a better way to power a spaceship? The basic tools of the rocket trade have been refined… Read More