Satellite News

The full moon of December, called the Full Cold Moon, will arrive on Dec. 29 and there are plenty of planets to see with it.

NASA’s quest to put boots back on the moon will likely get less urgent after President-elect Joe Biden takes office next month.

Arianespace will launch a Russian-built Soyuz rocket carrying the CSO-2 Earth observation satellite for the French space agency CNES today, Dec. 28, and you can watch it live here.

SpaceX launched two crewed missions to the space station and sent a prototype of its Starship Mars vehicle high into the Texas skies this year, among other milestones.

While 2020 was a difficult year around the world with the challenges that have come with the coronavirus pandemic, space continued to reach new heights.

On Dec. 29, 1777, Captain James Cook observed an annular solar eclipse. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

On Dec. 28, 2000, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft discovered auroras on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

As you drive down the road leading to Jodrell Bank Observatory, a sign asks visitors to turn off their mobile phones, stating that the Lovell telescope is so powerful it could detect a phone signal on Mars.