Satellite News

Russia launched 53 small satellites into orbit on Monday (Nov. 4), including two for Iran. The 51 Russian payloads were a single-launch record for the country.

Rafael made landfall in Cuba Wednesday (Nov. 6), and NOAA’s GOES satellites have been monitoring the storm every step of the way.

Earth observation technology is set to play a larger role in how agencies respond to natural disasters and weather events.

A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising better protection for astronauts on long missions.

Intuitive Machines’ lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) is not your grandfather’s moon buggy. The company’s Moon RACER, or Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover, just made its public debut.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams is in good health aboard the ISS, despite some speculation in the media to the contrary, agency officials stress.

When the ‘God of chaos’ asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet’s gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid’s surface.

The USS Cerritos’ avian psychologist gets a taste of his homeworld.