The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...

The 23 satellites from the Starlink company, owned by SpaceX, will be heading to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there. Once deployed and in their orbit, they will provide internet ...

The “dogfighting” incident referenced by Guetlein involved a series of Chinese satellite maneuvers in 2024 in low Earth orbit involving three Shiyan-24C experimental satellites and two Chinese ...

Earth's curvature further increases the speed of the shadow. Geostationary weather and environmental monitoring satellites orbiting 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) from Earth tend to capture the ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

The unvarnished facts of the saga are dramatic enough: The Boeing Starliner vehicle they piloted to the orbiting laboratory ... than 24,000 songs — back to Earth before signing off Sunday.

The hefty space rock 2014 TN17 is large enough to wipe out a city, but it will pose no risk to our planet when it sails by ...

Earth observation satellites (EOSs) are spacecraft equipped with sensors to monitor Earth’s atmosphere and surface, providing data on weather, land-use patterns, vegetation, and water bodies. EOS data ...

pronounced “trim” ) satellite is the most accurate rainfall observing satellite to orbit the Earth. It carries a suite of five instruments that, when combined, allow scientists to gather a very ...