NASA’s next-generation TDRS-M satellite damaged, potentially pushing back launch Houston, we may have a problem, and it could come from an antenna that was damaged on Friday during spaceflight… Read More
Congress toes a cautious line on support for commercial space partnerships WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of Congress spoke to space industry leaders on Capitol Hill last week to show their support for… Read More
By Jove! Juno orbiter snaps the greatest pictures of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot The long-awaited close-ups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot have arrived from NASA’s Juno orbiter, and they’re spectacular. Juno has been… Read More
NASA says it’s OK for VP Mike Pence to touch that hardware marked ‘Do Not Touch’ You know that viral photo of Vice President Mike Pence putting his hand on a piece of space hardware marked… Read More
Vice President Mike Pence vows return to moon and ‘boots on Mars’ in NASA speech Vice President Mike Pence, the newly minted chairman of a revived National Space Council, said today that President Donald Trump… Read More
Recycled SpaceX Dragon capsule makes history with its second splashdown SpaceX already proved it could lower the cost to space with its reusable Falcon 9 rocket, but this morning, it… Read More
Podcast Week in Geek: NASA’s super-quiet supersonic jet and Zillow battles McMansion Hell architecture blog You don’t hear many sonic booms these days, for good reason — commercial supersonic planes, which can travel incredibly fast while… Read More
President Trump signs his executive order to reactivate the National Space Council After months of foreshadowing, President Donald Trump today signed an executive order to revive the National Space Council, a move… Read More
Systima gets a piece of the action for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket When NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket starts carrying astronauts beyond Earth orbit in the 2020s, it’ll also be carrying… Read More
MSNW’s plasma thruster just might fire up Congress at hearing on space propulsion How will we send humans to the moon, Mars and other destinations in space? The chances are good that electric… Read More
NASA gives OK for design of super-quiet supersonic experimental airplane NASA says it’s cleared a significant milestone on the path to reviving supersonic passenger jet travel in the U.S. with… Read More
‘Space sisters’ plan stratospheric eclipse balloon mission: Which Lego lady should they fly? The Seattle sisters behind a series of missions to launch Lego toys into the stratosphere on high-altitude balloons are at… Read More
Are asteroids leaving the spotlight? No way, say Asteroid Day activists NASA may be closing down its grand plan to study a piece of an asteroid up close, but the researchers… Read More
NASA and Honeywell boost supersonic flight by tackling sonic boom problem The historic Concorde supersonic airliner set a record flying from New York to Seattle in just under four hours, but… Read More
NASA enlists citizen scientists to widen its view of totality during solar eclipse Scientists are gearing up to gather data from the solar eclipse on Aug. 21, but the most crucial observations can… Read More
It’s T-minus-2 months to solar eclipse: Officials brace for totality traffic jams The all-American total solar eclipse is still two months away, but federal and state agencies are already getting the word… Read More
UW researchers’ ‘kidney on a chip’ will be prepped for space station experiment A stack of card-sized gizmos that test the effects of drugs, toxins and weightlessness on human kidney cells is due… Read More
NASA’s Kepler space telescope points to 10 new planets in the habitable zone Astronomers say they’ve used NASA’s Kepler space telescope to discover 10 Earth-sized planet candidates where life could lurk. The 10… Read More
Opportunity rover’s roll on Mars eerily echoes Apollo 16’s stroll on the moon Forty-five years after the astronauts of Apollo 16 rode out on a rover to look over a crater on the… Read More
From drugs to fruit flies: What SpaceX took to the International Space Station SpaceX impressed the world yet again last week with a flawless ground landing of the Falcon 9 rocket and the… Read More
‘Mars 2030’ VR experience will allow users to explore terrain, drive rover, work in station and more Space geeks looking to take a walk 34 million miles from home without actually training to be an astronaut will… Read More
NASA introduces a dozen new astronauts with Vice President Mike Pence’s blessing More than 18,300 people applied to be part of NASA’s astronaut corps, and today NASA unveiled this year’s class of… Read More
Here’s how NASA’s shiny 2020 rover will look when it’s hunting for life on Mars The rover that NASA is getting ready to send to Mars in 2020 looks a lot like the Curiosity rover… Read More
Nerd Nite meets NASA, sparking memories for an astronaut with deep Northwest roots The High Dive is known for drawing crowds into the local music scene, but this week, music wasn’t what drew… Read More
President Trump’s budget plan gets a bad review from the science community President Donald Trump sent his budget request for the next fiscal year to Congress today, giving the science community a glimpse… Read More
NASA spacewalkers triumph over fussy bolt to finish quick space station repair job NASA spacewalkers Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer replaced a faulty computer relay box on the International Space Station today, but… Read More
NASA decides against putting crew on first SLS rocket launch, now delayed to 2019 NASA has broken the news to the White House and the world that speeding up the first crewed flight of… Read More
Google film ‘Dot of Light’ features pioneering female astronauts and dramatic views from space Three female pioneers of space exploration are the subjects of a new short film from Google. And the experiences the… Read More
Cassini orbiter survives first dive inside Saturn’s rings: 21 to go, and then the end NASA’s Cassini orbiter zoomed inside Saturn’s rings overnight for the first time in its 20-year-long flight – and lived to tell about… Read More
In video call to space station, President Donald Trump calls for speeding up trips to Mars Humans on Mars by 2024? President Donald Trump set that time frame today, almost certainly in jest, during a congratulatory… Read More
