Satellite News

Intelligent aliens will soon have a space here on Earth where they can share how they made it through their technological adolescence.

With three crewed launches under its belt, SpaceX has now flown astronauts representing not only NASA, but also the European and Japanese space agencies. But there’s a glaring absence: Russia.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday evening (April 28) and nailed a landing at sea to top off a successful mission.

China launched a module called Tianhe to Earth orbit tonight (April 28), kicking off the construction of the nation’s new space station.

Europe’s Vega rocket returned to flight late Wednesday (April 28), delivering to orbit Europe’s most advanced Earth observation satellite to date.