With every rocket we launch into the Earth’s orbit, we’re trapping ourselves on our own planet. Wait, how could sending ...

A new FCC filing suggests most of SpaceX’s orbiting data center satellites will be moved to graveyard orbits and become space ...

1968: An expended second stage Saturn V rocket is jettisoned minutes after lift-off, once its Apollo spacecraft has left the earth’s atmosphere on its way to the moon. (Photo by... Nearly half the ...

Aug. 5 could see the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 crash into the moon. Here’s why — and what damage it might cause.

A low Earth orbit (LEO) between 400 and 2,000 km altitude is ideal for imaging and surveillance satellites and internet ‘mega-constellations’ such as Starlink. Unfortunately, these days it’s also ...

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An increase in lunar missions is likely to leave behind more debris on and around the moon. Purdue University engineer Carolin Frueh studies how pieces of spacecraft, such as the shimmering multilayer ...