Satellite News

The April 8 total solar eclipse may coincide with the sun’s explosive peak, meaning it might be possible to spot “giant eruptives,” coronal mass ejections and solar flares during totality. Here’s what to look for.

On Episode 103 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Space.com’s Mike Wall about last week’s third test flight of SpaceX’s Starship.

For the first time, a spacecraft has lifted off with a flight attendant aboard. Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson launched on Soyuz MS-25.

A massive column of sulfur dioxide pumped out by the erupting volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula is traveling across northern Europe. Scientists are concerned it could impact the ozone layer.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the ISS early Saturday morning (March 23), delivering several thousand pounds of fresh food and research materials to the orbital lab.

Everyone is hoping for clear skies for the solar eclipse on April 8. Here we look at past examples of when this didn’t work out and how to increase your chances of good eclipse weather.

SpaceX has moved the upper stage of its next Starship vehicle to the pad for testing ahead of a test flight, which could lift off as soon as early May.

The third launch of SpaceX’s Starship sent shock waves through the air, clearly visible in a stunning new slow motion video that captures the ignition of the spacecraft’s 33 Raptor engines.