Articles about NASA

Microsoft screenshot showing satellite image of Hurricane Harvey with prompts from Earth Copilot

Microsoft collaborates with NASA on Earth Copilot, an AI guide to our planet’s data

Microsoft and NASA have joined forces to develop Earth Copilot, a software tool that uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing… Read More

Starfish Space wins $15M NASA award for a SSPICY mission to visit dead satellites

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has won a three-year, $15 million contract from NASA for a mission aimed at doing up-close… Read More

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft wraps up its crewless journey home from space station

It wasn’t perfect, but the propulsion system that NASA worried about did its job today as Boeing’s Starliner space capsule… Read More

Workers mate sections of New Glenn's first stage

Blue Origin shifts its plans for New Glenn rocket after NASA postpones Mars mission

NASA is delaying the launch of its ESCAPADE probes to Mars, which means plans for the debut of Blue Origin’s… Read More

NASA says Boeing Starliner craft will land empty, with its crew returning months later

NASA has decided it’s too risky to have Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft return to Earth from the International Space Station with… Read More

MagniX's De Havilland Dash 7 test airplane

MagniX shows off test airplane for NASA’s hybrid electric flight demonstration project

The airplane that Everett, Wash.-based magniX will use to test its hybrid electric propulsion system for a $74.3 million NASA… Read More

AI-generated images of "Cybertruck on Mars."

Cybertrucks on Mars? Space advocates and NASA consider ideas for sample return

Tesla’s Cybertruck may look ungainly on Earth, but a pressurized version of the vehicle might be just the thing for… Read More

View of Boeing Starliner capsule docked to ISS

NASA says Boeing Starliner test crew may have to return in SpaceX capsule in 2025

Continuing concerns about the thruster system on Boeing’s Starliner space capsule may lead NASA to decide against letting astronauts take… Read More

Researcher with apparatus on zero-gravity flight

NASA awards $348,000 to Interlune to test technology for processing moon soil

Seattle-based Interlune has received a $348,000 grant from NASA to test its system for processing lunar soil on a series… Read More

Bill Anders suiting up for Apollo 8 in 1968

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ picture, dies in plane crash at 90

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped the iconic “Earthrise” photo of our planet as seen from lunar orbit, died… Read More

Boeing’s Starliner craft docks with space station after dealing with balky thrusters

Boeing’s Starliner capsule and its two-person NASA crew arrived at the International Space Station today after mission managers coped with… Read More

Third time’s the charm! Boeing’s Starliner capsule begins first crewed space mission

Two NASA astronauts were sent into space today to begin the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, making a… Read More

Atlas V with Starliner capsule on Florida launch pad

Computer problem forces another delay for first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner

For the second time in a month, the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner space capsule to the International Space… Read More

First crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner capsule rescheduled amid troubleshooting

Update: Mission managers say they are evaluating plans for the first crewed flight test of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi and… Read More

Antarctic ozone hole visualized through climate data

Climate science mission led by University of Washington wins backing from NASA

NASA has selected four proposals for climate science missions, including an effort led by a University of Washington researcher, to… Read More

Starliner atop Atlas V rocket on Florida launch pad

First crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi postponed due to valve issue

The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi was postponed today due to concerns about a valve on the… Read More

Illustration: Bifröst orbital transfer vehicle backed by NASA

New Frontier Aerospace and HyBird get in on innovation research grants from NASA

Two Washington state aerospace companies — Tukwila-based New Frontier Aerospace and Spanaway-based HyBird Space Systems — are among 95 ventures… Read More

Spectators at Gas Works Park for 2017 solar eclipse

Three options for seeing the solar eclipse, from expensive to iffy to absolutely free

After a seven-year gap, a total solar eclipse is once again due to make a coast-to-coast run across North America,… Read More

Blue Origin targets 2025 for cargo lander’s inaugural moon trip, with humans to follow

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is aiming to send an uncrewed lander to the surface of the moon in… Read More

Picture of crescent Earth from Astrobotic Peregrine lander

Astrobotic’s lunar lander falls into South Pacific after missing out on moon landing

Ten days after its launch, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander fell back to Earth, ending a trip to the moon’s orbital… Read More

Astrobotic Peregrine moon lander prepared for launch

Astrobotic rules out soft landing on moon after propellant leak dooms its spacecraft

Astrobotic says that it’s given up on its plan to put a commercial spacecraft safely on the moon’s surface, due… Read More

Peregrine lunar lander being prepared for launch

Milestone moon lander mission targets an otherworldly frontier for DNA data storage

A mission to send a commercial lander to the moon, set for launch in a couple of days, will bring… Read More

Collage showing illustrations of NIAC concepts

NASA awards funds to study deep-space interferometer and other far-out ideas

A proposal to build a far-flung set of radio antennas to measure the cosmos is one of 13 far-out concepts… Read More

Atlas V launch with Amazon Kuiper satellites

A year for gearing up: Aerospace ventures are counting down to big missions in 2024

If 2022 was packed with headline-grabbing aerospace developments — including the first pictures from the James Webb Telescope and the… Read More

Jeff Bezos and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson chat in front of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander at the company's Alabama production facility

Jeff Bezos and NASA’s administrator share a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s moon lander

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson today provided a look at coming attractions in the… Read More

Illustration: Starfish's Otter spacecraft in orbit

Starfish Space wins NASA contract to plan demonstration of orbital debris inspection

Even as Starfish Space works to get its first orbital demonstration mission back on track, the Tukwila, Wash.-based startup has… Read More

Engineer inspects OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule after touchdown in Utah

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe delivers sample of asteroid — and moves on to next target

Seven years and 4 billion miles after its launch, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully dropped off a capsule containing a… Read More

Carlos Garcia-Galan with Artemis 1 imagery

The Pacific Northwest’s Artemis workforce celebrates past and future moonshots

REDMOND, Wash. — Space industry contractors in the Seattle area had their turn in the spotlight this week during a… Read More

Illustration: DRACO nuclear-powered spacecraft

DARPA and NASA pick Lockheed Martin to demonstrate DRACO nuclear rocket

NASA and the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have selected Lockheed Martin and BWX Technologies to move forward with… Read More

Boeing and NASA partner with Alaska and other airlines on eco-friendly X-66A aircraft

Boeing and NASA say they’ll collaborate with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator… Read More