Space weather can be a silent threat, its effects often invisible until disaster strikes. Yet, as humanity grows more ...

Many believed that perhaps the Soviet Union would ultimately triumph in the Space Race to the Moon. But while NASA’s Apollo ...

With satellite mega-constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink deploying thousands of spacecraft, monitoring their health has become an enormous challenge. Traditional methods can’t easily scale to handle ...

As satellites, spacecraft and supporting ground systems become foundational to global navigation, defense and commerce, the ...

A Russian satellite crash landed in a field south west of Moscow earlier this month while carrying some unusual cargo: about 1,500 flies, 75 mice, seeds, a bunch of microbes, and various cell tissues.

Video clips circulating online show flaming debris crashing into open fields as dense orange fumes rise into the air, with ...

Introduction -- Fire onboard: Apollo 1 -- Death in a fireball: Soyuz 1 -- Nerves like wire rope: Gemini 6A -- Emergency landing in the Pacific: Gemini 8 -- Death at supersonic speed: X-15 -- Odyssey ...

Update for 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17: The Cygnus XL overcame its thruster issue and is now on track to rendezvous with the space station on Thursday (Sept. 18) at 7:18 a.m. EDT (1118 GMT), according to ...