Four microsatellites will study how the sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, imparts energy and mass to the solar wind during NASA’s PUNCH mission. (SwRI Illustration) Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers ...

Observations from the U.S. military’s Space Surveillance Network show the Prox-1 satellite deorbiting more than 24 times faster than before deploying the tape. Credit: Tethers Unlimited. WASHINGTON — ...

Water deficit resistance in plants has long been a topic of interest for cultivating reliable crops. Some plants can alter their above-ground structure to lock in moisture, while others develop deep, ...

Tethers Unlimited, a small but innovative space technology company with about 85 employees based in Bothell, has been acquired by a company that’s focused on garnering high-tech space contracts from ...

Bothell-based space engineering company Tethers Unlimited has secured a contract to prepare for a test in Earth orbit of its technology for robotic, in-space manufacturing of satellite components. The ...

Wayne County has saved millions of dollars on jail costs by releasing prisoners on tethers. Some people released on tethers are charged with murder, rape, armed robbery and arson. Oakland and Macomb ...