You’re allowed to play with your food when you’re on the International Space Station! NASA/Chris Williams NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway (bottom left), Jessica Meir (middle left), and Chris Williams (bottom
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Earth photobombs a satellite deploying its giant reflector | Space photo of the day for May 14, 2026
ViaSat’s ViaSat-3 F2 satellite fully deployed its reflector with Earth in the background. (Image credit: ViaSat) Earth watched on as a communications satellite deployed its big reflector more than 22,000
“What’s that bright light in the sky?” a friend messaged me the other evening. “Venus,” I replied, without thinking about it. There was a pause, then: “How can you tell?
WASHINGTON — AST SpaceMobile may launch some of its direct-to-device satellites on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket to expand the launch options for its constellation. In a May 11 earnings
This was the Psyche spacecraft’s view of Mars on May 3, 2026. But Mars is about to get much larger from its point of view! The Psyche mission will fly
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee advanced a spending bill May 13 that rejects many of the cuts to NASA proposed by the administration. The committee voted 32-28 along party
With the proliferation of Earth observation satellites in orbit, the increasing sophistication of sensors and surging demand for imagery and geospatial intelligence across a growing number of sectors, it is
HELSINKI — China has added a new batch of satellites to the Qianfan megaconstellation, while the commercial Zhuque-2E made a return-to-flight featuring numerous improvements. The Zhuque-2E methane-liquid oxygen rocket lifted
Skylab, America’s first space station, launched on May 14, 1973. Its highly publicized crash back to Earth – during which it dropped huge chunks of hardware into the Indian Ocean
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