Oxford Space Systems and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) today announced the successful in-orbit deployment of ...

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

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than a decade. The orbiter, one of three zooming around Mars' atmosphere, had been working as expected before it ...

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

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

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Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors.