The James Webb Space Telescope is not circling our planet the way most people imagine a satellite does. Instead, NASA parked ...

Space telescopes have always been defined as much by their rockets as by their mirrors. When every kilogram to orbit costs a fortune, engineers are forced into intricate origami, exotic materials, and ...

Owing to the chaotic and non-integrable nature of three-body dynamics, the conventional Keplerian elements are rendered inadequate for cataloging cislunar space objects. Currently, there has been a ...

SpaceX has announced it will reconfigure its Starlink internet satellite constellation by lowering the orbit of more than 4,400 satellites throughout 2026, shortly after Beijing said the project posed ...

SpaceX may have launched 10,000 Starlink satellites into orbit, but now it's got big competition. As in literally, physically big. Texas-based AST SpaceMobile has just launched the largest satellite ...

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti receives funding from NASA and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He teaches space systems engineering and mission design and management at the University ...

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(CNN) — Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Amazon multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its towering New Glenn rocket on a mission that marked its first major test. Carrying a pair of ...

Spectacular launch (and landing!) for New Glenn! But here's what I don't get about this launch; what is the advantage of going into a loitering orbit for a year versus just waiting until the planets ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WWSB) - A mission to find clues as to why Mars lost its once-dense atmosphere billions of years ago lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday. The New Glenn ...