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On Dec. 19, 2018, the Indian Space Research Organisation launched the GSAT-7A communications satellite into orbit atop a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle. See the launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in phot...

As the Commerce Department works on plans to take over civilian space traffic management responsibilities, the U.S. Air Force is making more data available on the positions of military satellites.

DoD spokesman: "The intent is to ensure DoD leverages commercial space technology and accelerates the development and delivery of new capabilities."

If you thought the government shutdown meant you could work in secrecy today, Santa, think again.

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says a redesigned test vehicle for the company's next-generation reusable launch system could be ready for initial flights early next year. SpaceNews.com

On Dec. 24, 1968, Bill Anders orbited the moon as lunar module pilot with the Apollo 8 crew on humanity's first voyage to another world.

December is the month of the winter solstice, which a large part of mankind associates with such celebrations as Nativity festivals.

A look back at the highlights of 2018 for Europe in space

Holiday decorations glimmer under our roofs this season, and so, too, do celestial formations light up our largest home -- the universe.

The astronauts of Apollo 8 rode the chariot of history to take the first pictures of Earth from space fifty years ago.

Chances are good that you've never seen Earth in its entirety, on a planetary scale, with your own eyes. Chances are also good that you have seen a photograph of precisely that -- like this very image, the first of its k...

George H.W. Bush's presidency came at a key turning point in NASA's history and ultimately contributed to the success of the International Space Station, NASA leadership and today's space policy.

On Christmas Eve 1968 people worldwide stepped back from the throes of crises and recognized themselves as citizens of a tiny, fragile planet --

ESA's technical centre in the Netherlands has begun running a pulsar-based clock. The 'PulChron' system measures the passing of time using millisecond-frequency radio pulses from multiple fast-spinning neutron stars.

The cereal-box sized GomX-4B - ESA's biggest small CubeSat yet flown - has completed its mission for the Agency, testing out new miniaturised technologies including: intersatellite link communication with its GomX-4A twi...

The cereal-box sized GomX-4B - ESA's biggest small CubeSat yet flown - has completed its mission for the Agency, testing out new miniaturised technologies including: intersatellite link communication with its GomX-4A twi...

This festive NASA Hubble Space Telescope image resembles a holiday wreath made of sparkling lights....