See the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft and Earth about 2 hours prior to splashdown in this time-lapse. Credit: NASA | time-lapse ...

Wood has entered low Earth orbit in a form rarely seen before. In December 2024, five CubeSats were released from the ...

Space junk returning to the Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, ...

For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket burned up in Earth's atmosphere.

After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This ...

The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it would extend its Mars probe mission, now in its fifth year, for an additional three, underlining the oil-rich state's space ambitions.

Scientists have detected a plume of lithium pollution in Earth’s upper atmosphere and traced it to the re-entry of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage. Using advanced LIDAR technology, researchers observed ...

Orbital Debris Assessment Report (ODAR) analysis and the observed success of commercial operators, plus the instinct to copy what worked last time, have produced modest success. Satellites are small ...

A new technical issue has emerged in Nasa's Artemis II mission, forcing the space agency to wheel the rocker back to the assembly building. The issue emerged just days after a successful countdown ...

On February 19, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster fell back toward Earth, its fiery descent slicing across Europe's night sky.

NASA is eyeing March 6 to launch four astronauts on the Artemis II mission around the moon, officials announced after ...