Satellite News

SpaceX plans to launch 52 of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit early Wednesday morning (May 31), and you can watch the action live.

A new video shows the three astronauts of China’s Shenzhou 16 mission entering the Tiangong space station on Tuesday (May 30).

Recently released footage gives new, highly detailed looks at the first-ever launch of a fully stacked Starship vehicle, which SpaceX conducted last month.

The four astronauts of the private Ax-2 mission are scheduled to return to Earth in their SpaceX Dragon capsule tonight (May 30), and you can watch the action live.

A massive new sunspot is visible without using a telescope or binoculars, but you’ll still need to protect your eyes when observing it.

The total number of people in Earth orbit is now at a record high, though only for a short time. With Monday’s (May 29) launch of China’s Shenzhou 16 mission, the population in orbit grew to 17.

A private company has plans to test a revolutionary new heat shield that folds and unfolds like origami, and it could conduct a test flight aboard a SpaceX rocket later this year.

Europe’s JUICE spacecraft is now in its full flight configuration, six weeks after the flagship mission launched for Jupiter.