Satellite News

Ask the average person to name the US politician who earned the title “Mr. Space,” and Lyndon B. Johnson is not likely to be the first reply. A look back at LBJ’s space legacy 50 years after his death.

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin married for the fourth time on Friday (Jan. 20) to Romanian chemical engineer Anca Faur, who is executive vice-president of one of Aldrin’s companies.

The Earth’s protective ozone layer is recovering thanks to the successful implementation of the Montreal Protocol. But new threats are emerging that might set back the efforts, scientists say.

Lucy is producing enough power to perform its mission despite undeployed slice of solar array.

Mercury will reach its highest altitude of its Jan.–Feb. 2023 morning apparition on Tuesday, Jan. 24. From New York City, it will reach 14 degrees above the horizon in the southeast sky.

Researchers can use vortices in protoplanetary disks to weigh and date exoplanets.

On Monday (Jan. 30), the moon will cross in front of Mars, causing an occultation or eclipse of the planet.

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently announced a new mission of its science program: a small telescope orbiting the Earth dubbed Arrakhis.