Using a high-energy X-ray system, they turned the satellite effectively transparent, revealing fuel and gas tanks, hidden ...

When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight. Discovery flew to space 39 times, ...

Astronomers have long been concerned about reflections from satellites showing up in images taken by telescopes and other ...

An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications ...

After the International Space Station is decommissioned, China and possibly Russia will have active space stations in low Earth orbit. America will not.

The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering and human ingenuity. Hubble is comparable in size and weight to a large school bus, but its contributions to science and astronomy could fill ...

In the vast silence of space, where every second counts and precision isn't just a luxury—it's survival—astronauts have long turned to their wrists for more than telling time. They've relied on ...

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Discover how non-destructive X-ray methods reveal the interior of the EURECA satellite, impacting future reusable space ...

A computer-generated image of the football-field-sized International Space Station. Editor at Large The last time no representative of the human race was in space Bill Clinton was in his final year in ...

Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, with millions of pieces orbiting the Earth, and humans need to figure out ...