Browsing: orbit

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that had off-Earth offspring, took stock of a mortal threat, productively slept, and sought out…

NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years won’t be getting underway this month after all. It had been targeting February 6 for the…

SpaceX wants to put another million satellites in orbitThese satellites will act as AI data centers out in spaceRegulators at the FCC must now weigh up…

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data center satellites into orbit. While the FCC…

The U.S. government revealed details of a secret satellite program it used to spy on the Soviet Union at the height of geopolitical tension between the…

China is looking to take over Earth’s orbit with a staggering number of satellites, all of which serve an unknown purpose. The Institute of Radio Spectrum…

In this photo released by Roscosmos State Space Corporate on Friday, July 25, 2025, a Soyuz rocket lifts off from a launch site in Vostochny in…

Wrapping up 204 days in orbit, three Chinese astronauts flew back to Earth aboard a Shenzhou spacecraft Friday, leaving three crewmates behind on the Tiangong space…

Three Chinese astronauts were due to depart the Tiangong space station, reenter the atmosphere, and land in the remote desert of Inner Mongolia on Wednesday. Instead,…