Satellite News

Bacteria successfully extracted resources from rocks in microgravity and at simulated Mars gravity, suggesting that “biomining” has real potential to aid off-Earth settlement, a new study reports.

NASA will hold a teleconference today, Nov. 10, to discuss plans for a Mars sample-return mission. Listen live here.

On Nov. 10, 2013, Europe’s GOCE satellite fell to Earth. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

The icy Jupiter moon Europa is an astrobiological beacon, quite literally glowing in the deep darkness far from the sun, a new study suggests.

After nearly 11 months without a rocket launch, ISRO is back in action. The space agency successfully launched 10 satellites to orbit Saturday (Nov. 7), including a new Earth observation satellite.

NASA and SpaceX will hold a press conference later today (Nov. 10) to discuss the upcoming launch of SpaceX’s Crew-1 astronaut mission, which is slated to liftoff on Nov. 14.

China’s lunar rover helped animators add what Walt Disney once called the “plausible impossible” to the new animated film “Over the Moon.”