In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. It was the first satellite in Earth's orbit. Or was it? For over a hundred ...

A Rocket Lab Electron successfully placed a BlackSky high-resolution imaging satellite into orbit on a June 2 launch.

In 1998, a photograph was taken from the International Space Station ... The object became known as the Black Knight Satellite. Some conspiracy theorists believe it dates back to Nikola Tesla's ...

What goes up, must come down — unless you’re sending things into space, of course, which creates some complications. After more than 60 years of satellite launches and space exploration ...

The satellite captured the image on Oct 24, and NanoAvionics released it on X on Wednesday, Oct 30. "Whether this impact was from a micrometeoroid or a piece of space debris, the collision ...

Space company SpinLaunch is trying to re-invent the system for launching craft off of our world and into space. The goal is to use their centrifuge-like launch mechanism to catapult objects like ...

With 2D cameras and space robotics ... on each satellite in a swarm. Similar to a mariner of old navigating the high seas with a sextant, the field of known stars in the background is used as ...