Space

Yes, There’s a Need for an ‘Astronaut Experience Manager’

Nick Kolakowski, 

March 12, 2018

Are you on the job hunt and looking for something, shall we say, a little different? Blue Origin, the spaceflight company started by Amazon founder Jeff …

Is Earth Weighed Down By Dark Matter?

Kevin Fogarty, 

January 4, 2014

Earth may have a dark-matter corset weighing it down… or that might just be a shadow.

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Lockheed Martin Signs on to Private Mission to Mars

Kevin Fogarty, 

December 10, 2013

Mars One hired Lockheed Martin, which designed the Phoenix Mars lander, to build it a lander for an unmanned mission in 2018.

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Deep-Skin Dedication to Spacecraft Engineering

Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, 

November 22, 2013

Terrance Yee loves space, so much so that the 45 year old spacecraft engineer, who lives in San Diego with his wife of 21 years and …

Two Weeks Left to Apply for Mars Crew

Susan Hall, 

August 13, 2013

The prospect of joining the first team to colonize Mars has proven to be so wildly alluring that more than 100,000 people have applied for a …

Bill Gates Promotes Vaccine Projects, Swipes at Google

Nick Kolakowski, 

August 8, 2013

The Microsoft co-founder doesn’t think projects to bring the Internet to underserved countries matters as much as providing basic healthcare.

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Money in Space: PayPal Prepares for Orbital Tourists

Susan Hall, 

July 5, 2013

When space tourism really takes off, PayPal wants to be ready. After all, you’ll need some way to pay for your zero-g hotel, those out-of-this-world meals …

Is It Time for Servers in Space?

Mark Hachman, 

April 26, 2013

The “Server Sky” concept envisions wafer-like servers communicating via microwaves, and maneuvering by sunlight.

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Nicole Sharp: Taking Fluid Dynamics to a Whole New Level

Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, 

April 19, 2013

Nicole Sharp is a wind tunnel jockey. “What’s that?” you ask. The short answer involves crawling around in wind tunnels big enough for a human to …

Joseph Shoer: Space Battles and Imaginary Worlds

Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, 

March 15, 2013

Joseph Shoer is a 28-year-old guidance, navigation and control engineer for a major commercial spacecraft company. He has a B.A. in physics with honors from Williams …