Satellite collisions in orbit could trigger a catastrophic global chain reaction, potentially halting space exploration, ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 25 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on April 26. It was the company's ...

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...

Beyond making just drones and rockets on Earth, now Anduril is ready to shoot into space.

Microbes that hitched a ride into orbit are not just surviving in space, they are changing in ways that give them startling new abilities. In the strange physics of microgravity, bacteria and viruses ...

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for over a decade. The loss of signal occurred on Dec. 6 as the orbiter passed behind Mars from Earth's perspective. MAVEN ...

Sunlight beamed from space could help solve AI’s exploding electricity problem.

Satellites and spacecraft in the vast region between Earth and the moon and just beyond—called cislunar space—are crucial for space exploration, scientific advancement and national security. But ...

On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...