Browsing: Spaceflight & Orbital

“Spider-Noir,” Prime Video’s new antidote to superhero fatigue arrived on May 27 and the spirited show is currently enjoying a wave of enthusiastic reviews from both…

WASHINGTON — NASA directed astronauts on the International Space Station to shelter in a Crew Dragon spacecraft after Russian cosmonauts planned to perform repairs the agency…

NASA’s X-59 jet has finally gone supersonic.The X-59, a long-nosed demonstrator designed to help develop the tech required for “quiet” supersonic flight, notched the milestone on…

MILAN – Italian ground segment operator Leaf Space unveiled a new space connectivity service May 27. The technology, named TreeNet, aims to make space communications more…

A computer rendering of the configuration of the International Space Station as of May 17, 2026. Six spaceships are parked at the space station including the…

A meteor streaks across the sky above the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Kitt Peak National Observatory in southern Arizona. (Image credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics…

TAMPA, Fla. — Apex has raised more than $200 million to expand in-house satellite production capabilities, announcing a funding round June 5 it says nearly doubled…

An artist’s rendering of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lunar lander on the surface of the Moon. Graphic: Blue Origin In the wake of the…

A gorgeous new portrait of an ancient star cluster reveals an unexpected imperfection: a visible gap in the brightness of its stars.The stunning image, taken by…

WASHINGTON — Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has completed assembly of its latest spacecraft for launch later this year, incorporating lessons from a failed mission last year.…