SAN FRANCISCO – Italy’s Azimut Group invested $128 million in italian space logistics specialist D-Orbit, directly and by buying out an existing investor.

A new listing of the 50 most concerning pieces of space debris in low-Earth orbit is dominated by relics more than a quarter-century old, primarily dead rockets left to hurtle through space at the end ...

A private spacecraft carrying NASA instruments to the surface of the moon in preparation for astronauts to return in the years ahead has reached lunar orbit about a month into its spaceflight.

A research team from the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and Yinhe Hangtian has achieved a major advance in orbit ...

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The malfunction, the first since 2016, ended a streak of more than 300 successful launches for the Falcon 9 rocket. By Kenneth Chang The second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sustained a rare but ...

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about ...

There have been all kinds of wild ideas to get spacecraft into orbit. Everything from firing huge cannons to spinning craft at rapid speed has been posited, explored, or in some cases, even tested to ...

Reaching orbit around Earth is an incredibly difficult feat. It’s a common misconception that getting into orbit just involves getting very high above the ground — the real trick is going sideways ...

Starlink is a satellite internet service operated by SpaceX, providing connectivity to millions, especially in remote areas. Thousands of Starlink satellites have been launched into orbit, ...

Working from computer screens in chilly rooms, the force has emerged as a vital part of America’s war machine amid increased competition from China and Russia. It looked more like a satellite ...

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket achieved orbit on its long-awaited first launch Jan. 16, although the company failed in its attempt to recover the first stage. New Glenn lifted off at 2:03 ...