Satellite News

SpaceX just signed a contract modification with the U.S. Space Force that allows two upcoming GPS satellite launches to use Falcon 9 rockets with preflown first stages — a first for national-security missions.

The bathroom on the International Space System is getting a major upgrade with a new, high-tech, compact space toilet to be delivered next week.

The first vacuum Raptor — the in-space version of Starship’s Raptor engine — blazed up in a debut test at SpaceX’s development facility in McGregor, Texas.

On Sept. 25, 2008, China’s space program launched its third human spaceflight mission, Shenzhou 7. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

The OSIRIS-REx probe is scheduled to pull off NASA’s first-ever asteroid-sampling operation on Oct. 20, snagging precious dirt and gravel from a carbon-rich space rock called Bennu.

Unusual flashes of gamma rays could reveal that what appear to be giant black holes are actually huge wormholes, a new study finds.

A high-tech pioneer for NASA’s moon-orbiting Gateway space station is being readied for liftoff early next year.

A cosmetics company is providing a new look for NASA with the launch of a first-of-its-kind, commercial use for the International Space Station. Estée Lauder is paying NASA to launch bottles of its nighttime skincare serum to be photographed in orbit.