SpaceX is seeking FCC approval for a satellite constellation of unprecedented scale intended to function as an orbital data center.

The Pentagon for decades has treated launch as the central logistical problem of military space. Once a satellite reaches ...

What everyone agrees on is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. This issue ...

A new study warns that crowded internet satellite constellations like Starlink may push low Earth orbit toward a collision ...

Jan. 31 marks the day Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket to ...

NASA lost contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter in early December and has been unable to reconnect with the vehicle. NASA plans ...

Space Aircraft Carrier? Key Points and Summary - SpaceWERX has tapped Seattle startup Gravitics to develop an “orbital carrier”—a pre-positioned, in-space launch pad that can rapidly deploy small ...

The International Space Station, where astronauts have lived and worked for 25 years, is regularly visible to Earth. Here's ...

By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Jan 29 (Reuters) - China's main space contractor vowed to develop space tourism in the next five years, state media reported on Thursday, as Beijing revs up its commercial ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

Solar Orbiter observations show that a medium-class solar flare formed through cascading magnetic reconnection events, ...