A new way to move around Earth’s outer atmosphere could soon get a field test. The Spanish company Kreios Space plans to launch into orbit the world’s first satellite that…
On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission. Luna 24 was a robotic sample return mission and the third of its kind. It lifted off…
Every total solar eclipse is different. While the silhouette of the moon passing across the sun barely changes, the moment our natural satellite covers the entire solar disk, something spectacular…
We’re just a few short days away from the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse, when millions will watch as the moon glides across the face of the sun, hiding its…
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California’s scenic central coast. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base…
Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency will adapt what they had been working on for NASA’s lunar Gateway into applications for a planned lunar base, albeit with few specifics.…
Fans who’d grown up on the original “Star Wars” trilogy were adults when they went through the ordeal of Han, Luke and Leia dying on screen. If tears were shed…
On Episode 222 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by space writer Rich Edwards to discuss the best ways to repel space invaders. We’ve…
On Aug. 8, 1977, the Salyut 5 space station fell out of space and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. Salyut 5 was a Soviet space station and part of the…
Early risers will catch a spectacular sight in the predawn hours of Aug. 9, as the slender crescent moon shines close to the red light of Mars among the stars…
