Photo: STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP (Getty Images) With space debris becoming an increasingly common threat in orbit, a change in aerospace design could be necessary. A wooden satellite designed by Japanese researchers …
Photo: Kongsberg NanoAvionics Space might be a vacuum, but it certainly isn’t empty. Kongsberg NanoAvionics revealed on Wednesday that one of its MP42 satellites was struck by a tiny unidentified …
A satellite made by Boeing has broken up in orbit after experiencing an “anomaly” that resulted in its total loss, operators reported Monday. The service provider, Intelsat, said the satellite …
There are a few basic things in life that should be free for everyone: water, education and sunlight. Sadly, there’s now a Californian startup hoping to monetize the latter with …
Photo: VCG (Getty Images) A second player has officially entered the race to pack low Earth orbit with communications satellites. Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) launched its first set of …
There’s an awful lot of junk floating around in space, with recent estimates suggesting there could be more than 25,000 objects in orbit around the Earth right now. We don’t …
Image: NASA I have become convinced that the truly incredible quantity of junk being launched into space on a regular basis will become one of the world’s greatest problems within …
Earlier this year, the peace of a Florida neighborhood was shattered when a chunk of junk from the International Space Station crashed through a home. This was followed in May …
(NewsNation) — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were forced to take shelter on Wednesday after a decommissioned Russian-owned satellite broke up in space, causing more than 100 pieces of debris …
(WJET/WFXP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched its historic GOES-U satellite Tuesday evening. The GOES-U satellite soared into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at 5:26 …