Suppose the galaxy’s oldest secrets were readable not in the glare of faraway stars, but in a brief, cold visitor whizzing ...

The hypothetical SR-72 “Darkstar” is not an obsolete concept in the age of spy satellites but a necessary complement to them.

The payload Russia's military chose to launch on the Angara A5 is unusual. The rocket deployed its primary passenger, Kosmos ...

Orbital mechanics can be a bit counter-intuitive. We have to slow down an orbiting space craft to convert kinetic energy for gravitational energy. The orbital altitude is raised at its highest point ...

The Axiom Mission 4 crew, including India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on ...

Thanks to its airplane-shaped folding, the paper plane is statically stable in the vacuum-like upper reaches of space. It ...

The July 2025 full 'Buck Moon' will give stargazers an opportunity to appreciate several distinct quirks of orbital mechanics ...

Unfortunately, orbital mechanics are nothing if not exacting, and an engine burn that ends a minute early might as well never have happened at all.

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And soon, a group of scientists can say they have. A UK-led space mission will see astronomers blot out the Sun by using a ...

MECH_ENG 395: Orbital Mechanics VIEW ALL COURSE TIMES AND SESSIONS Description Orbital Mechanics is a fundamental discipline concerned with the motion of objects under the influence of gravitational ...