Blue Origin just sent its New Glenn rocket to orbit on its maiden flight. Liftoff occurred just after 2 a.m. ET. • The company did not succeed in its secondary goal of recovering part of the ...

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...

The launch vehicle, named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, successfully reached orbit after its second-stage engine cutoff. The mission update from Blue Origin highlighted this ...

So much junk is filling Earth's orbit that collision avoidance has become a busy business. "We're talking about the dead satellites, the rocket bodies, the fairings, the wrenches, the gloves ...

Credit: Astroscale TAMPA, Fla. — The British government is funding a group of in-orbit servicing ventures to help develop ground rules for their planned rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO).

Related: Wild solar weather is causing satellites to plummet from orbit As of January 2025, there are 6,912 Starlink satellites in orbit, of which 6,874 are working, according to Astronomer ...

The Falcon 9's upper stage successfully deployed the 21 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. This was the 16th flight for this particular first stage booster, according to a mission ...

And while risks to astronauts may be a top concern, congestion in orbit is also hazardous to satellites and space-based technologies that power our everyday lives — including GPS tools as well ...

London’s river transport is about to get a green upgrade with fully electric ferries. Orbit Clipper, the UK’s first fully electric, zero-emission cross-river passenger ferry, will launch on ...

Now in its closest orbit yet, Parker will pass just 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface. It will be within the corona, the super-heated outer atmosphere that's visible from Earth as bright ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The first attempt by Jeff Bezos’s private space company, Blue Origin, to launch a rocket into orbit will ...