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.…
Rocket Lab Just Unveiled a Game-Changing Technology Worth Watching
Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB), a developer of reusable orbital rockets, recently secured at $397 million contract from the…
China discloses rare metal that powers its unique spy satellite the US cannot build
A new study in China’s Journal of Microwaves has disclosed the technology behind the world’s only geosynchronous radar…
Did Rocket Lab Accidentally Launch a Rocket to Orbit?
Rocket Lab’s latest mission, named Curveball, has earned its title. The company launched a mysterious payload on its…
SpaceX stacks first Starship V3: The world’s tallest rocket is ready for launch
Something made space enthusiasts stop scrolling on Saturday, May 9. Three photographs of the tallest rocket ever built,…
The Hubble Is Inexorably Falling to Earth
For years now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has had its fair share of brushes with death. The groundbreaking…
They Wanted to See Earth, but They Captured Starlink Instead: Here’s the Image That Wasn’t Meant to Be Seen
They Wanted to See Earth, but They Captured Starlink Instead: Here’s the Image That Wasn’t Meant to Be…
NASA Puts 21-Year-Old Spacecraft on Pause to Keep It From Crashing Into Earth
NASA is racing to save an aging space telescope before it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. To do…
Elon Musk Is Convinced He Can Turn Low-Earth Orbit Into a Gigantic Data Center
Orbital data centers are the latest big tech craze, promising to provide near-limitless power and capacity to support…
Earth’s Lower Orbit Could Rapidly Collapse, Scientists Warn
If you thought humanity already had its hands full with climate change, think again. With satellites and space…
The International Space Station is coming down and it will be crashed into the most isolated place on Earth |
The International Space Station is approaching its final years in orbit, and planning for its controlled return to…
Chinese risk study finds space solar power stations could accidentally zap satellites
As China pushes to take the global lead in building space-based solar power stations, a new study warns…