The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

Another day, another ambitious company emerges to harness the power of the Sun from Earth's orbit. Okay, it's not quite that common an occurrence, but there are indeed a number of firms giving this a ...

United States-based space solar startup Overview Energy has announced its emergence from stealth mode to work on the next phase of commercialization. Based in Ashburn, Virginia, the company was ...

A Long March 3B lifts off from Xichang, sending Shijian-25 on its way to orbit, Jan. 6, 2025. Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China’s experimental Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites have separated in ...

A little more than a century ago, the US Army Air Service came up with a scheme for naming the military’s multiplying fleet of airplanes. The 1924 aircraft designation code produced memorable names ...

China has insisted that its constellation of satellites in geosynchronous orbit is a peaceful project. It is anything but. China is committed to competing with the United States for dominance in space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX successfully launched a Spanish communications satellite Thursday night after the launch was pushed back. SpaceX stated said this was the 22nd and final ...

PARIS—True Anomaly next year aims to achieve key milestones to underpin the defense space startup’s growth strategy, including the first demonstration of its Jackal rendezvous and proximity operations ...

Northrop Grumman is developing the Space Force's Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability, which will track activity in geosynchronous orbit. The Space Force’s deep-space radar hit a testing milestone in ...

DARC is designed to track multiple small moving objects in geosynchronous orbit — all around the globe, 24 hours a day. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

China's space program took a major stride this past week as two of its satellites seemingly docked together in what could have been the country's first high-altitude attempt at refueling a satellite ...

Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling. China’s Shijian-21 ...