SpaceX launches 59 payloads, including Spaceflight’s latest breed of orbital tug
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from its Florida launch pad. (SpaceX via YouTube) A new type of controllable orbital transfer vehicle built by Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. made…
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory partners with U.S. Space Force to train cybersecurity workers
Students who participate in CHIRP will spend a week at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducting realistic cyber experiments in facilities such as PNNL’s Cybersecurity Operations Center….
NRO strikes multibillion-dollar deals with BlackSky, Maxar and Planet for spy satellite imagery
An artist’s conception shows one of BlackSky’s satellites in orbit. (Black Sky Illustration) Three satellite imaging companies are in line to receive billions of dollars from the…
‘Touchdown Starliner!’ Boeing’s space taxi lands in New Mexico after first robotic trip to space station
A ground crew checks out Boeing’s Starliner capsule after its landing. (NASA via YouTube) Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space capsule landed safely amid the sands of New Mexico…
Moondust buster? NASA funds far-out research projects, including four in Washington state
An artist’s conception shows astronauts at work on the moon. (NASA Illustration) How do you keep moondust from gumming up the works in NASA’s future spacesuits and…
Astronomers demonstrate how using the cloud can rev up the race to find asteroids
This visualization shows trajectories of asteroids found using ADAM (in green). Earth’s orbit is represented by a blue arc closer to the sun. (B612 Asteroid Institute /…
Blue Origin’s next suborbital spaceflight is blazing new trails for getting a ticket to ride
The crew for Blue Origin’s NS-21 mission: Victor Vescovo, Victor Correa Hespanha, Katya Echazarreta, Jaison Robinson, Hamish Harding and Evan Dick. (Blue Origin Photo) The suborbital tours…
Blue Origin’s fifth crew celebrates firsts (and seconds) after suborbital space trip
Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship lifts off from its Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Blue Origin sent the first Mexican-born woman and the first crypto-crowdfunded…
Immerse yourself in life aboard the International Space Station at ‘The Infinite’ VR experience
Visitors to “The Infinite” walk around an exhibit space at the Tacoma Armory that contains a full-scale VR version of the International Space Station. In the foreground,…
Stratolaunch lands its mammoth airplane early after a flight test that didn’t meet all of its objectives
Stratolaunch’s twin-fuselage Roc airplane gets ready for its sixth flight test. (Stratolaunch Photo) Stratolaunch says the sixth flight test of its super-sized Roc carrier airplane ended earlier…