Elon Musk and former Google executive Greg Wyler have a plan to build hundreds of small satellites, and as of today it looks like they will be built in Seattle. The Seattle SpaceX… Read more »
A Tuesday test of SpaceX’s reusable launch system was aborted at the last minute due to a problem with the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. Multistage rockets shed stages as they… Read more »
Stuck in space without a part you desperately need? That’s not such a big deal anymore, thanks to a 3D printer that arrived at the International Space Station last month. 3D… Read more »
Methane, in small quantities, is a constant on Mars. The scientists behind the Curiosity rover have seen that for years now. But a paper published Tuesday details that NASA is seeing something… Read more »
An astronaut installed Made in Space’s printer this morning. It will print a series of test parts before being replaced by a permanent machine next year. Read more »
The European Space Agency was able to collect quite a bit of data from the comet’s surface, and will spend years analyzing exactly what it means. The Rosetta spacecraft is still… Read more »
Philae is safely on the surface, despite a hiccup during landing that caused its harpoons to fail to fire into the comet to anchor it. The first photos show a rocky… Read more »
SpaceX is getting into the satellite business. CEO Elon Musk confirmed via tweet that the rocket company is in the early stages of creating a large fleet of micro-satellites, and there… Read more »
Google subsidiary Planetary Ventures signed a 60 year lease with NASA to restore and run the historic airplane hangars. What exactly it will do with the campus is not yet known. Read more »
Sources told the Wall Street Journal that Musk is working with Google’s former satellite executive to build a factory that could pump out small satellites. Read more »