Satellite News

The full moon of February, called the Snow Moon, occurs Saturday, Feb. 27, 3:17 a.m. EST (0817 GMT).

China successfully sent three reconnaissance satellites into orbit Tuesday (Feb. 23), according to media reports.

NASA commemorated Mary Jackson, one of the agency’s “Hidden Figures,” today (Feb. 26) during a ceremony renaming the agency’s headquarters after her.

Virgin Galactic won’t be launching tourists to space this year after technical tweaks delayed the company’s upcoming test flight by more than two months.

Richard Garriott thought he would have been there and back by now.

Veteran astronaut Garrett Reisman was reviewing the script for an episode of “For All Mankind” when he came across a familiar name — his own.

On Feb. 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

NASA’s Perseverance rover has landed in a rich scientific hunting ground, if its first good look around is any guide.