As Beijing prepares to tackle space debris, transparency and trust will determine whether the effort is viewed as stewardship ...

The first of these was the loss of space shuttle Columbia in February, the second fatal shuttle accident, which signaled that ...

China's new Haolong space cargo shuttle. See it launch in this animation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central ...

Tianwen-2 probe is currently at a distance of about 43 million km (26.7 million mi) from Earth. This places it in a stable ...

The latest is Novaspace’s forecast that 43,000 satellites will be built and launched between 2025 and 2034–about three times ...

SpaceX, Blue Origin, JAXA, Amazon and China all plan major October launches, including ISS cargo, Tiangong missions, and ...

Forosat-8 optical remote sensing orbiters are crucial in boosting island’s lagging space programme amid Beijing’s rapid ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to ...

Early-stage investor Space Capital said global investments in core space infrastructure climbed to a five-quarter high of $4.4 billion over the three months to the end of September, amid a breakout ...

China’s burgeoning space portfolio is prompting U.S. Space Force leaders to issue fresh warnings about Beijing’s ambitions to compete with Washington’s on-orbit enterprise. The Chinese government is ...

A new listing of the 50 most concerning pieces of space debris in low-Earth orbit is dominated by relics more than a ...