Satellite News

On Episode 108 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the long-awaited crew flight test of Boeing’s Starliner commercial spacecraft.

Although it is still more than 18 months from its closest approach to Earth and the sun, comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS already has social media buzzing, with optimistic articles being written about how it could be a spectacular sight.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is about to make its first launch May 6 with NASA astronauts on board. Unlike SpaceX, however, Boeing has not yet announced any private missions.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a European satellite-navigation mission today (April 27). It will be the record-tying 20th liftoff for this particular booster.

These supernova remnants are moving at extraordinary speeds only visible to us in long-term timelapses.

A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket Lab will lead to the creation of a spacecraft to enhance national security supporting space domain awareness.

The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that’s been circling Earth since 2009.

Space telescopes detect on average one gamma-ray burst per day, adding to thousands of bursts detected throughout the years, and a community of volunteers are making research into these bursts possible.