Who is allowed to launch rockets and who is responsible for any damages? An overview of space law, national laws, and ...

Airplane passengers crossing the Indian Ocean who peered out their windows on Oct. 19, 2024, might have seen what looked like a fast-moving star suddenly flash and fade. Above their heads, a $500 ...

Space environment health score shows how healthy - or stressed - Earth’s orbit is expected to become over the next 200 years.

In a groundbreaking development for global space safety, China’s space agency directly contacted NASA to prevent a potential ...

A Starlink satellite enthralled observers early Saturday morning as it broke up and reentered Earth's atmosphere.

In a carefully orchestrated plan, NASA intends to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS), a spacecraft the size of a ...

It was as big as a bus and weighed 6 tons, but officials probably will never be able to pinpoint exactly where the massive NASA satellite plummeted to Earth. NASA scientists believe that all -- or ...

A Russian satellite crash landed in a field south west of Moscow earlier this month while carrying some unusual cargo: about 1,500 flies, 75 mice, seeds, a bunch of microbes, and various cell tissues.

Videos show UPS Flight 2976 banking left before the accident, and officials said the plane's left engine detached entirely ...

As of 10:30 a.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS [Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite] was 100 miles by 105 miles (160 km by 170 km). Re-entry is expected late Friday, Sept. 23, or early ...