Satellite News

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.

Space sustainability company Astroscale has launched a free computer game that allows players to test their space debris catching skills in a simulation based on the company’s real mission.

This months’ full moon falls on Aug. 19 and it will be the only full moon of August 2024. So how can we call it a “Blue Moon?”

Preliminary evidence for gases that could be biosignatures have been found in the atmosphere of Venus, but even if these biosignatures are real, does it necessarily imply life?

A preview of IDW’s upcoming “Star Trek: Lower Decks” comic book series.

On its way to the moon, the design for an exercise device took to the skies above Montreal for a parabolic flight. The July series of experiments evaluated health tech for astronauts, too.