Satellite News

China launched a new rainfall-monitoring satellite on Saturday (April 15) after a dispute with Taiwan over airspace closure issues.

Rocket Lab plans to launch a mission with a pre-flown engine later this year, taking a big step toward its goal of rocket reusability.

Imagery from satellites operated by Maxar Technologies has provided insight into the damage caused by fighting between rival military factions in Sudan.

In a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 19, the director of the Pentagon’s new UFO office shot down hopes that the U.S. government has evidence that aliens have visited Earth.

China’s Shenzhou 15 astronauts have completed the fourth and final spacewalk of their six-month-long mission.

A company behind a NASA mission is capping off its first six months with an experimental cider. Advanced Space and Stem Ciders are releasing CAPSTONE, a hoppy cider celebrating a spacecraft.

SpaceX is working “around the clock” on a variety of issues ahead of the first planned space launch of its huge Starship vehicle, Elon Musk said.

A museum dedicated to the history of Texas aviation now has a “space” devoted to flight even higher than the state’s skies. The Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston opened its Space Gallery.