A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

The company now plans to extend into on-orbit servicing and refueling missions, end-of-mission disposal, and cross-orbit ...

Launched in 1958 and silent since the Johnson era, Vanguard 1 is the oldest human-made satellite still orbiting Earth — and a ...

There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states that debris can reach speeds of 18,000 ...

There are a lot of satellites, and a lot of trash, around our planet — and the quantities are only going to get higher.

SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission Monday (March 31), sending a crew of four spaceflight rookies into an orbit never before flown by astronauts. The crew is riding aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon ...

We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we now have a massive orbital junk problem. The ...

the crew will be the first to view Earth’s poles from low-Earth orbit. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch will place the Dragon into a 90-degree circularized orbit, the highest of any human mission yet.

Ahead of the crew is 3-5 days aboard the Dragon in low-Earth orbit, where they will seek to become the first humans to make a spaceflight over Earth’s poles. With lightning flashing in the ...

What he saw gave him chills. After launching, the refueled craft will travel to a region called geostationary orbit, which is a unique place around Earth where spacecraft orbit at same rate Earth ...