Satellite News

2024 will be a very good year to watch for the Perseids, because bright moonlight will not interfere.

The European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite sent back its first images; they should be able to help scientists better study Earth’s energy balance.

Astroscale’s ADRAS-J spacecraft snapped a striking image of a rocket body floating lifeless above a blue-and-white Earth, with the sun’s glare reflecting off of it.

Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space on two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of 91. Engle’s first flights into space on the X-15 preceded his launching on the space shuttle.

China aims to launch its first planetary defense mission by 2030, to showcase the skills needed to nudge a dangerous asteroid away from Earth.

Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been in orbit for more than a month, and it remains unclear when the spacecraft and its two astronauts will return to Earth.

The remarkable aurora in early May this year demonstrated the power that solar storms can emit as radiation, but occasionally the sun does something far more destructive.

HBO released a new trailer and poster for its new original documentary, “Wild Wild Space,” which explores how private companies are jockeying for the lead in low Earth orbit.