We have launched all manner of satellite and machinery into low-Earth orbit. But what goes up must come down. Most often, these items burn up in the atmosphere upon re-entry, which isn’t good for air ...

We all know that climate change is affecting Earth, but did you know it is also causing problems in space? Scientists, ...

December 16, 2024: In September satellite images revealed a large crater at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome next to a silo that was apparently used to test a Sarmat ICBM/InterContinental Ballistic Missile ...

Was it Robert Heinlein, author of Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, who said that “everything was theoretically impossible till it was done”? Whoever it was, thinkers and ...

All these problems mean the end of a long Russian history with space stations. The Mir space station was the last Russian built space station and remained occupied for over twelve years. In 2001 the ...