The company will also look at making design additions to its BlueBird satellites to prevent them from reflecting too much ...

There is more space junk in Earth's orbit now than ever before. And this growing problem is creating an increasingly hazardous environment for operational spacecraft and satellites. Space junk ...

Lionel Messi's Inter Miami have been dealt a transfer blow, as their target Marcos Rojo is on the verge of signing a new deal with current club Boca Juniors. The defender notably spent seven years ...

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 ...

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The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 satellite pair are in orbit, but commissioning so one can create solar eclipses for the other is still incomplete. However, three weeks after launch ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is attempting to mate two satellites in the near vacuum of space, both of which would travel at a velocity ten times the speed of a bullet - a tough ...

Inter Miami's sixth Major League Soccer (MLS) season cannot come soon enough. The club and superstar Lionel Messi are looking to bounce back after their shocking elimination in the first round of ...

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 ...

Now in its closest orbit yet, Parker will pass just 3.8 million ... "The radiation can damage astronauts, it can knock out satellites and even have effects on the ground, for example, on the ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --Shortly after midnight on Monday, SpaceX launched a new round of 21 Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit, 13 of which can contact cell phones directly. The Falcon 9 rocket ...