A Cold War Spy Satellite Named After Farrah Fawcett Just Blew Apart in Orbit
An American spy satellite unexpectedly shattered into pieces, creating a cloud of debris in low-Earth orbit. The U.S.…
Chinese Satellite Breaks Apart in Rare Orbit That Could Hold Debris for Centuries
A reconnaissance satellite suffered an unidentified anomaly and broke apart into pieces. Now, those fragments are trapped in…
Chinese reconnaissance satellite breaks up in rare retrograde orbit
HELSINKI — A Chinese satellite launched into an unusual orbit early this year has suffered an apparent fragmentation…
NASA tests first-of-its-kind spacecraft that navigates without GPS
NASA’s Starling mission has demonstrated a first-of-its-kind navigation system that lets a spacecraft determine its position in orbit…
Huge space radars to track tiny objects could be assembled by robots
Space is becoming increasingly crowded, and tracking the objects orbiting Earth is becoming a harder engineering problem. NASA…
Satellite docking tech: Aule Space tests orbital servicing system at Isro
In a development that could mark a shift in how India approaches the growing problem of space debris…
A SpaceX Rocket Is About to Punch a New Crater Into the Moon
The Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA This Wednesday, at around 06:35:37.5 UTC, a…
Astronomers Are Building an ‘Artificial Retina’ to Protect Telescope Images From Satellites
Artistic depiction of the solution scientists are proposing for solving satellite glare during astronomical observations. A telescope can…
Suspected space junk washes up on north Queensland beach
Authorities are trying to determine how to safely contain a growing cluster of mysterious space debris that keeps…
NASA plans to crash the ISS into the Pacific Ocean: Experts raise concerns for marine ecosystems’ health |
As the International Space Station (ISS) approaches the end of its operational life, NASA is preparing for one…
Thousands of Nanosatellites Are Now Orbiting Earth and This Is Just Getting Started
Image credits: NASA. Sending a satellite into space used to be a massive undertaking. Satellites were often the…
More than 33,000 objects now crowd Earth’s orbit in debris crisis
Earth’s orbit is becoming increasingly crowded with dangerous space debris, and engineers warn the problem could keep worsening…