There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states that debris can reach speeds of 18,000 ...

A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a ...

The first such flight occurred in 1963, when Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was launched on a solo mission aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6, becoming the first woman in space and the only woman ...

Blue Origin credited Lauren Sanchez for bringing the mission together, saying in its press release that she is "honoured to lead a team of explorers on a mission that will challenge their perspectives ...

Pop star Katy Perry and five other women safely returned to Earth after reaching space aboard Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket. The singer was joined by Bezos's fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter ...

China will unveil the international payload cooperation list for the country's Chang'e-8 lunar probe mission at this year's ...

A Buckinghamshire-based SME is playing a crucial role in the upcoming launch of a pioneering international climate satellite. European Astrotech is key part of the European Space Agency's latest ...

Ukraine is forced to look for alternatives to Starlink in the European Union, as the risk of its disconnection remains due to ...

SpaceX plans to start off the week with two rocket launches on April 21 - and sonic booms expected with both launches.

We're closing our live coverage of Monday's rocket launch, which saw Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launch its first ...

For the first time since 1963, an all-female crew is being launched into space. The group, which includes singer Katy Perry ...

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 27 of the company's Starlink internet satellites lifted off at midnight (0400 GMT) on Monday (April 14) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.