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China launched three classified remote sensing satellites on Friday (Aug. 19), which are joining three earlier sets of Yaogan 35 series reconnaissance satellites in orbit.

Intelsat said Aug. 19 it has lost control of its Galaxy 15 satellite after it was likely hit by a geomagnetic storm. The post Intelsat working to regain control of Galaxy 15 satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.

Rocket Lab is launching the first-ever private mission to Venus. Europe is considering space-based solar power. A new method to detect exoplanets. More evidence about the Moon's origins. Webb's largest every image. All t...

At 6:28 a.m. EDT on Aug. 21, 1972, NASA's Copernicus satellite, the heaviest and most complex space telescope of its time, lit up the sky as it ascended into orbit from Launch Complex 36B at what is now Cape Canaveral Sp...

Two fundamental factors affect all astrophotography – timing and location. If a camera happens to be at the right place at the right time, it can capture images that have never been seen before. And with the proliferat...

One of the beauties of modern-day space telescopes is that the data they produce, which is eventually wholly released to the public, contains useful information about much more than their primary mission objective. Other...

Researchers from TalTech have devised a cost-effective method for producing lightweight, flexible solar cells on the Moon! The post Artemis Astronauts Could Rely on Solar Cells Made out of Moon Dust appeared first on Uni...

For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that's also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky.

NASA is requesting information from industry on its capabilities and interest in developing a spacecraft that would deorbit the International Space Station at the end of its life. The post NASA asks industry for input on...

The European Space Agency will ask its member states to fund a preparatory space-based solar power program at a major meeting later this year.

Firefly Aerospace is ready to get back to space, the company said, after completing a static fire test before sending its Alpha rocket into space again next month.

The twin probes, launched in 1977, made groundbreaking discoveries about the solar system and inspired future space missions.