Satellite News

Of all of the monthly meetings between the moon and Venus this year, this one is by far the closest. The only caveat is that the pair won’t be very high, as the dynamic duo sets just one hour after the sun.

STEM advocate and space enthusiast Emily Calandrelli will fly to suborbital space with Blue Origin. She shares her story, and her excitement, with Space.com.

We talk to Benedek Lampert, a talented Lego photographer who has created some very realistic images of the NASA Artemis Space Launch System, amongst others.

On Episode 122 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Dale Skran and Isaac Arthur about the realistic prospects for space settlement.

From thunderstorm sprites to volcanic plumes, and city lights to meteors, the world appears a different place from 250 miles (400 kilometers) up.

SpaceX will launch Northrop Grumman’s robotic Cygnus freighter toward the International Space Station this morning (Aug. 3), and you can watch it live.

Canadarm2 launched in 2001 before companies made their own cargo craft. Now well-versed in the technique, the Canadian robot arm will catch Cygnus no earlier than Aug. 5.

New research using Apollo mission samples has determined that the impact of meteorites on the lunar surface is primarily responsible for generating the moon’s thin and nebulous atmosphere.