Satellites
A New Solution to the Space Junk Problem. Spacecraft with Plasma Beams to Force Space Junk to Burn Up
A Japanese-Australian team is developing a new way to remove space junk from orbit and sending it harmlessly towards Earth.
A Japanese Company is About to Test a Tiny Space Elevator… in Space
A team of Japanese engineers recently constructed a scale-model of a space elevator, which will be sent to the ISS…
Look at all the Aerosols Pushed into the Atmosphere, from Fires, Volcanoes and Pollution. Even Sea Salt Thrown into the Air from Hurricanes
Using the Goddard Earth Observing System Forward Processing (GEOS FP) model, NASA recently released a visualization that showed all the…
Look at This Adorable Pen-Sized Booster, Perfect for Tiny Satellites
The Fenix propulsion system, a pen-sized thruster designed by Italian tech company D-Orbit, could revolutionize the way CubeSats operate in…
The Aurora Station Will be the First Luxury Hotel in Space
Aurora Station will be the first luxury hotel in space. The station will be open for business in 2022.
This is the COOLEST! Everything that’s Orbiting the Earth Right Now
Okay, if you've got some spare time, check out this amazing website called Stuff in Space. It's a simulation of…
Launching Rockets from Balloons is About to be a Thing, But We Need a Better Name than “Rockoons”
A new company is developing a hybrid rocket-balloon system to launch microsatellites cheaply from high altitude.
Tiangong 1 Falls, Blue Moon Rises and Mars Takes Aim At Saturn
Skywatchers have a busy weekend ahead. The Chinese space station is expected to burn up in the atmosphere, the Moon…
SpaceX Launches the First of Thousands of Space Internet Satellites, but Didn’t Quite Catch the Fairing
After a few delays, SpaceX launched the first of its planned constellation of internet satellites, but failed to recover the…
Some of The Last Glaciers in The Tropics. They’ll be Gone in About a Decade
Images released by NASA's Earth Observatory show how ice loss in the tropics is advancing, and how glaciers there will…