Satellite News

The spacecraft that ferried India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander-rover duo to the moon has returned home to Earth orbit.

Twenty-five years ago, Bob Cabana was at space shuttle Endeavour’s controls when he fired thrusters to dock a U.S.-built node with a Russian module, giving birth to the International Space Station.

The third flight of SpaceX’s giant Starship vehicle could involve a propellant-transfer demonstration, according to NASA officials.

The ESA satellite Copernicus Sentinel-2 caught an image of the new volcanic island “Niijima” on Nov. 27, showing the island off the coast of Japan forged in fire in Oct. is still rising from the sea.

During NASA astronaut Frank Rubio’s year in space, a dwarf tomato he harvested floated away from him. International Space Station astronauts retrieved the tomato’s remains 8 months later.

A unified approach of quantum physics and astrophysics may have brought scientists closer to understanding the “glitches” experienced by ultradense dead stars called neutron stars.

The Australian Space Agency has named its first lunar rover Roo-ver, which will launch to the moon as early as 2026 in partnership with NASA’s Artemis program.

SpaceX aims to launch 23 Starlink internet satellites tonight (Dec. 6) on the company’s 90th orbital mission of 2023.