York Space Systems has successfully demonstrated on-orbit maneuvering with satellites it built for the Space Development Agency (SDA), the company announced Sept. 27. The Denver-based aerospace ...

Amazon’s Hall-effect thruster fires up with a krypton glow during testing. (Amazon Photo) A month after the launch of its first prototype Project Kuiper satellites, Amazon reports that the spacecraft ...

U.S. Space Command operators need a way to maneuver satellites, its leader said Monday—even as questions linger about the military utility and cost of refueling satellites on orbit. If the Space Force ...

A U.S. X-37B space plane is slated to test a new way of rapidly changing its orbit, part of the Space Force’s quest for fuel-sipping maneuverability. The spacecraft will experiment with aerobraking, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a 100-pound thrust Gemini ...

The X-37B military spaceplane has successfully completed its seventh mission after spending 434 days in orbit, marking another significant achievement for the U.S. Space Force. The spacecraft, known ...

The US military’s robotic mini-space shuttle dropped out of orbit and glided to a runway in California late Thursday, ending a 434-day mission that pioneered new ways of maneuvering in space. The ...

Fino Mornasco, Italy, January 3rd, 2023: D-Orbit, the space logistics and orbital transportation company, launched Second Star to the Right, the seventh commercial mission of ION Satellite Carrier ...

The International Space Station is going a just tiny bit faster today, after receiving an orbital boost from SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. SpaceX's 31st commercial resupply mission lifted off Nov. 4, ...

In the early morning of November 24, 2020, the Chang’E 5 lunar probe was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center and successfully executed a 23-day journey of lunar sample return (LSR) mission.