After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to altitudes not visited by any astronaut since the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and ’70s. By Kenneth ...

Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News Additional test firings of Starliner's 28 thrusters are planned before the all-important descent from orbit.

The thrusters on the Crew Dragon spacecraft fired for about 8 minutes to push the farthest point of the spacecraft’s orbit outward by another 125 miles or so. Polaris Dawn was now flying higher ...

“[DRO] Satellites A, B, and L have been powered on and are operating stably in orbit, with their working status normal,” the slide reads. The mission is not critical to China’s immediate ...

This means TOI-1408 b completes an orbit in just 4.4 Earth days. This size and proximity to its star classifies TOI-1408 b as a "hot Jupiter," but remarkably, its newly discovered companion is ...

SpaceX launched a new batch of its Starlink internet satellites into orbit with a rocket that, in a rarity for the company, made its maiden voyage on the flight. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted ...

And new spacecraft could soon have the capabilities to link up or engage with other satellites in orbit for repairs or refueling. Some of these spacecraft are already operating and serving ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. SpaceX launched a new batch of its Starlink internet satellites into orbit with a rocket that ...

Polaris Dawn plans to not only orbit Earth higher than any astronauts have in more than 50 years but to also feature the first private spacewalk. The mission was originally scheduled to launch ...

In his paper, Loeb proposes how an advanced civilization could rely on the latter process by engineering a black hole that would orbit its home planet. This black hole would be very small ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Tuesday morning. The rocket lifted off at 9:20 a.m. from Space Launch ...

The debris scattered by the spacecraft on impact also played a role in the disturbed equilibrium between the moon and its asteroid, shortening Dimorphos' orbit around Didymos. Interestingly ...