SpaceX is setting its sights on an ambitious goal: an orbital flight for its next-generation vehicle, Starship, in 2026. This announcement comes as the company gears up for the 11th test flight of ...

Spacefaring countries have for decades been sending thousands upon thousands of satellites and other objects into orbit, where they have become an integral component of modern society. From hundreds ...

SpaceWERX has tapped Seattle startup Gravitics to develop an “orbital carrier”—a pre-positioned, in-space launch pad that can rapidly deploy small maneuverable spacecraft. -Funded at $60 million, the ...

The test flight will launch from South Texas, head over the Gulf of Mexico and ultimately splash down near Hawaii. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Once upon a time, we thought that our actions were too insignificant to impact something as large as the natural environment — that it wouldn’t be possible for fishermen to exhaust a fishery, that ...

The growing congestion of Earth orbit has raised risks to satellites, space stations, and long-term space sustainability. The ...

Shijian-21 lifting off atop a Long March 3B on Oct. 24, 2021. The Shijian-21 spacecraft later successfully docked with a defunct Chinese satellite to alter its orbit. Credit: CASC Events in the Middle ...

A local resident rides his horse Texas as he checks out the SpaceX Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket on the launch pad at Starbase on April 16, 2023. Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via ...

For two years, Col. Raj Agrawal commanded the US military unit responsible for tracking nearly 50,000 human-made objects whipping through space. In this role, he was keeper of the orbital catalog and ...

The ECLIPSE trial by Ajay J Kirtane and colleagues1 represents the largest randomised investigation to date comparing orbital atherectomy with conventional balloon angioplasty in patients with ...