Satellite News

NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm on 20 October 2020 and briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023.

Mynaric has been selected by Telesat to supply multiple units of its CONDOR optical inter-satellite link terminals to DARPA’s Blackjack Track B programme.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft will return to Earth tonight (Oct. 21) to bring home a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts from the International Space Station and you can watch it live here.

NASA will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) to provide an update on the agency’s historic first OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample attempt. You can watch it live here.

New satellite imagery of California reveals not just the extent of its wildfire damage, but the depth of the loss.

One of the greatest legacies of the International Space Station is the diversity it brought to the astronaut corps, former space shuttle commander Pam Melroy will discuss with a virtual audience Saturday (Oct. 24).

If you’re looking for more space in your life, look no farther: The stars have aligned to bring your four separate space events today (Oct. 21).

You watch Rocket Lab’s next Electron launch and a Soyuz crew return to Earth today. Here’s how and when to watch.