Satellite News

Walt Cunningham, who tested the Apollo command module in Earth orbit, has died. America’s second civilian to fly in space, Cunningham and his Apollo 7 crewmates proved the CM was ready for the moon.

The Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft reached NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 30, ending a nine-day cross-country trek.

A newly discovered hot Jupiter exoplanet located 530 light years from Earth experiences a new year every five days and has a blisteringly hot surface temperature of around 2240 degrees Fahrenheit.

Exotic rock fragments returned to Earth from the lunar surface by Chang’e 5 in 2020 hint at diversity in volcanic activity in the moon’s distant past.

Many black hole collisions may occur in densely packed star clusters, hinting at what might cause these violent mergers.

Sometime soon, NASA will begin distributing something it has not had in 50 years: new patches, flags and other souvenirs that flew around the moon. A look ahead at the year in space collectibles.