Satellite News

Three people launched toward the ISS today (Sept. 11) aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, bringing the total number of people in Earth orbit to 19 — a new record.

The European Space Agency’s Salsa satellite safely deorbited on Sunday (Sept. 8) over a hand-picked region of the South Pacific Ocean.

SpaceX has given us a detailed look at their stylish and innovative new extravehicular activity suit ahead of it being worn during the Polaris Dawn mission’s first-ever private spacewalk.

SpaceX’s historic Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission carried a variety of NASA experiments to orbit. Here’s a quick look at the research and its goals.

It’s unlike any Lego space shuttle we’ve had before, but the upcoming ‘Over the Moon’ set is certainly eye catching.

The cause of mysterious methane spikes on Mars may be a strange form of alien life — or it may just be interesting chemistry. Either way, something odd is happening on the Red Planet.

Was Ceres born in the main asteroid belt, or did it migrate there from the outer solar system? The answer is buried in data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft.

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three astronauts toward the International Space Station today (Sept. 11), and you can watch the action live.