Browsing: Spaceflight & Orbital

Is the Milky Way even bigger than we thought? New observations have revealed that our galaxy’s spiral arms could stretch farther and wider than we previously…

TOKYO — SpaceX launched the latest in its Transporter series of rideshare missions July 7 as industry concerns about the program’s future reach what one rival…

A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. File Photo: SpaceX A SpaceX…

The U.S. just celebrated its 250th birthday, and Americans living off the planet had a great view of some of the parties down below.”The International Space…

TOKYO — Blue Origin is continuing to develop its Blue Moon lunar landers, with seven vehicles in production, while recovering from the New Glenn pad explosion…

Silent neutron stars at the center of supernova blast sites may actually be whispering softly, following the detection of faint radio emissions coming from one such…

WASHINGTON — NASA is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on an effort to attract capital to invest in companies producing critical space components.…

A new rover prototype is teaching NASA scientists how to design robots that can think for themselves and navigate terrain that would leave old rovers stuck…

WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has selected Airbus Defence and Space to start work on the successor to a wind-monitoring satellite. ESA announced July 2…

A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for launch in this file photo. Image: SpaceX. Two semiconductor fabrication test beds will hitch a sub-orbital ride on the…