Spacecraft
Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026
This comes after Starlink said in December that one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space, creating a "small" amount of debris and cutting off communications with the spacecraft.
NASA releases images of comet 3I/ATLAS, rejects alien spacecraft 'rumors'
Chinese astronauts' return delayed to Earth after debris hits spacecraft
How the world won’t be destroyed: NASA found a solution to a worrying problem
Out of this world clean-up: First commercial sweeping satellite launched
As Earth's orbit gets dangerously polluted, one space start-up is looking to clean it up by launching the world's first commercial space-sweeping satellite.
Russia has begun spaceplane project, says Soviet shuttle designer
"The goal has now been set and the development of a multi-use civilian complex with an orbital plane is in full swing," Olga Sokolova was quoted as saying in comments posted on Molniya's website.
NASA completes major test on rocket that could take humans back to moon
It was a much-sought-after victory for Boeing after multiple setbacks.
SpaceX Starship rocket prototype nails landing... then blows up
For Musk, the billionaire SpaceX founder who also heads the electric carmaker Tesla Inc, the outcome was mixed news.
As a child, she beat bone cancer. Now she's headed into space
Arceneaux relates how she spent a difficult yet meaningful year in hospital undergoing chemotherapy, and then surgery that replaced part of her femur with a prosthesis.
Uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully enters Mars orbit
The robotic probe initiated and completed a 15-minute burn of its thrusters, the China National Space Administration said in a statement.
Branson's Virgin Galactic cuts short key test flight
"Pilots and vehicles back safe and sound," the company said.
SpaceIL teases a possible second Moon landing attempt
A video was published on SpaceIL's Twitter with the text "Ready to get excited again?"
China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks
If the mission is completed as planned, it would make China the third nation to have retrieved lunar samples after the United States and the Soviet Union.
SpaceX launch of crew on first 'operational' mission delayed by weather
NASA officials signed off on Crew Dragon’s final design earlier this week, ending a nearly 10-year development phase for SpaceX under the agency’s public-private crew program.
