The Kremlin dismissed the head of Russia's space agency on Thursday after a tenure of less than three years scarred by the ...

At age 27 on the morning of 12 April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, was helped into his spacesuit and made his way to the ...

Rocket bodies tend to be massive and heat resistant, posing an increased risk. Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space ...

the day Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made the first crewed flight into space in 1961. The mission pilot, Shubhanshu Shukla of India, could not attend the media event, held at the popular ...

Credit: Voyager Space Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — Voyager Space, a Denver-based space ...

A decade ago humanity launched around 200 objects into space per year. Now we launch more than 2,600, with no prospects for slowing down. This rapid expansion of human activity in outer space has ...

Multinational Research Project Shows How Life on Earth Can Be Measured from Space Feb. 6, 2025 — Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth.

Credit: NOAA As the Trump 2.0 administration begins to take shape, one of the questions orbiting in the beltway space community is whether President-elect Trump will retain the National Space ...

India on Thursday became the fourth country to successfully achieve an unmanned docking in space, a feat seen as pivotal for future missions as New Delhi cements its place as a global space power.

"In 2024, we saw a 17% year-over-year spike in the average number of close approaches in low Earth orbit per satellite." An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to ...

As the new Trump administration takes the reins in the White House, there is feverish speculation about how its policies will reshape NASA's direction and priorities, as well as the wider space ...