Articles about NASA – Page 2 of 24

NASA gives Blue Origin $34.7M to work on technology for making solar cells on moon

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won $34.7 million in funding from NASA to support the development of a… Read More

Seattle-area Space Summit features NASA leader and hints at new manufacturing institute

Sen. Maria Cantwell and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson met Wednesday at the Washington State Space Summit to hash out what’s… Read More

Bill Nelson announces award to Blue Origin

NASA chief to visit Blue Origin for summit recognizing Seattle’s place in space

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will visit Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture in Kent, Wash., to get a firsthand look… Read More

Blue Origin spacefliers in suborbital New Shepard capsule

Blue Origin will work with NASA on orbital transportation system for astronauts

NASA says it will collaborate with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on the development of new space transportation capabilities… Read More

Illustration: Lunar power beaming system

NASA awards millions to boost technology innovations created by small businesses

NASA’s latest round of small-business grants will support aerospace-related technologies ranging from a new kind of spacecraft docking mechanism to… Read More

SpaceX sends Axiom’s crew, including two Saudis, to do research on space station

SpaceX and Axiom Space teamed up today to send four spacefliers — including the first Saudi woman in orbit —… Read More

Seattle Seahawks legend, NASA astronaut, ‘Love is Blind’ star share wisdom at the GeekWire Awards

Teamwork. Culture. Empowerment. Those were prevailing themes at the 2023 GeekWire Awards Thursday evening in Seattle, where we celebrated the… Read More

Blue Origin participates in a new round of collaborations with NASA on space tech

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among 12 companies chosen to collaborate with NASA on new technologies… Read More

Illustration: Orion engine firing during lunar flyby

Aerojet Rocketdyne wins $67M contract for Orion thrusters built in Seattle area

Aerojet Rocketdyne says it’s received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion… Read More

NASA’s economic impact report card for Washington state highlights Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture leads the list of NASA’s Washington state contractors in a newly released analysis of… Read More

Illustration: ESCAPADE probes orbiting Mars

Blue Origin wins an order from NASA for launch of Mars magnetosphere mission

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won its first NASA order for a New Glenn rocket launch, with Mars… Read More

Illustration: Nuclear thermal rocket in space

NASA joins forces with DARPA on effort to demonstrate nuclear rocket for Mars trips

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has taken on NASA as a partner for a project aimed at demonstrating a… Read More

Boeing wins $425M in NASA backing to demonstrate super-fuel-efficient airplane

NASA says it’ll give Boeing $425 million over the next seven years for the development and flight testing of a… Read More

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope scores big at America’s premier astronomy meeting

It’s not yet clear whether the Seahawks will be in the Super Bowl, but Seattle is in the spotlight this… Read More

Illustration: Flying boat in Titan's skies

NASA provides funding for way-out space proposals, including a flying boat for Titan

NASA says it’ll distribute up to $2.45 million to 14 teams in support of experimental projects that would be right… Read More

From Artemis to Webb, take a look back — and a look ahead — at the year’s top trends in aerospace

A few years from now, we just might look back at 2022 as Year One for a new age in… Read More

NASA calls an end to Mars InSight lander mission, with Aerojet getting in on tributes

Four years after engineers cheered the landing of the robotic InSight spacecraft on Mars, NASA today declared an end to… Read More

NASA’s round-the-moon odyssey comes to successful end with Orion splashdown

NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule passed its final exam today, surviving a fiery atmospheric re-entry and splashing down in the Pacific… Read More

Orion's view of lunar surface with a crescent Earth in the distant background.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft zooms around the moon and sets a course for splashdown

NASA’s Orion capsule fired its main engine for three and a half minutes today during a close approach to the… Read More

Orion capsule watches the moon eclipse Earth at farthest point of Artemis odyssey

Halfway into its 25.5-day uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, NASA’s Orion capsule today recorded a weird kind of Earth-moon eclipse, reached… Read More

NASA’s Orion capsule goes into a far-out orbit around the moon, setting a record

NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule successfully executed an engine burn to enter an unusual type of orbit around the moon on… Read More

NASA’s Orion capsule circles the moon, capturing views that’ll make you feel giddy

NASA’s Orion capsule rounded the moon today, marking a crucial milestone in a weeks-long Artemis 1 mission that’s preparing the… Read More

Third time’s the charm: NASA launches SLS mega rocket on Artemis 1 moon trip

NASA succeeded spectacularly in the third attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket on an uncrewed round-the-moon mission that’s… Read More

DART probe hits bull’s eye on an asteroid and strikes a blow for planetary defense

Ten months after NASA’s DART spacecraft was aimed at a mini-asteroid, the probe hit the bull’s eye today in a… Read More

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

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