A Boeing-built satellite has collapsed in orbit. The satellite, which is officially known as Intelsat 33e, is just one of many that Intelsat uses to power communications around the world.

NASA has announced that an airplane-sized “city killer” asteroid will skim past Earth today — one of four “hazardous” space rocks to graze our orbit in less than 12 hours. Dubbed 2002 ...

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 ...

Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. HELSINKI — China launched a new communications satellite towards geostationary ...

The robotic X-37B has been in a highly elliptical, undisclosed orbit for 10 months since launching on its seventh mission on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in late December last year. The space ...

Georgians are voting in a parliamentary election that many citizens see as a make-or-break vote on the opportunity to join ...

Now, as the crewmembers near the end of their six-month-long stay in orbit, they've taken a look at where they came from. "Hello, I'm astronaut Ye Guangfu. Today, please follow my camera as we are ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

The moon's distance from Earth changes depending on where it is in its elliptical orbit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

SpaceX is planning to launch its Starship mega rocket into orbit and then catch it in mid-air as it falls back to Earth, keeping it intact for future missions. This comes after a SpaceX feud with ...