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Russia on Sunday carried out its first space launch of the year, using its commercial Proton rocket to send a British satellite into orbit.

Japan on Sunday successfully launched a back-up spy satellite, its aerospace agency said, after cancelling an earlier lift-off due to bad weather.

Mars is often referred to as the Red Planet. But its signature color is only skin-deep - or, I should say, dust-deep. Beneath its rusty regolith Mars has many other hues and shades as well, from pale greys like those fou...

During a Jan. 26 media briefing at the Johnson Space Center, Administrator Charlie Bolden, other NASA officials and representatives from Boeing and SpaceX discussed key development activities, test plans and objectives f...

Lightning illuminates the area it strikes on Earth but the flash can be seen from space, too....

The color scale in this image from the Planck mission represents the emission from dust, a minor but crucial component that pervades our Milky Way galaxy....

Successful launch provides on-orbit insurance for radar portion of four-satellite constellation. The post Japan Launches Spare IGS Radar Recon Satellite on H-2A appeared first on SpaceNews.com.

The IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, installed on its payload adapter, is being prepared for launch, at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 27 January 2015....

A timelapse of planet Earth in infrared light, showing the fluid motion of water vapor in the atmosphere....

Arianespace will launch the SES-12 telecommunications satellite for SES of Luxembourg aboard an Ariane 5 rocket in the fourth quarter of 2017 under a contract announced by the satellite operator Jan. 22. The post SES Tap...

I am a big fan of Brad Goldpaint's astrophotography. His images of the night sky are crisp and clear, vivid and astonishing. He also creates amazing time-lapse videos, which I've featured on this blog many times. Now, in...

NASA on Saturday launched a new Earth-observing satellite that aims to give scientists high-resolution maps showing how much moisture lies in soil in order to improve climate forecasts.

Troy Bradley might have been exhausted and a bit dehydrated, but the words printed on his T-shirt said it all: "Failure is not an option."

@AstroSamantha: Good night from #space!...

This photo was taken by the Expedition 8 crew aboard the International Space Station on 25 November 2003. It shows hazing conditions over the pan-Himalayas in Nepal....