On Saint Patrick's Day in 1958, the U.S. Navy launched Vanguard 1, the first solar-powered satellite and the oldest ...

America's second satellite, Vanguard 1, was launched into space on March 17, 1958. And though it only blasted off some six months after the Soviet's Sputnik satellite, Vanguard 1 still remains in ...

Once unfathomable, the milestone of a single company having 10,000 satellites operating overhead signals that the era of mega ...

The inReach Mini 3 Plus is a small, black device with a safety red antenna and SOS button. There are five hardware navigation buttons and the dedicated SOS button under a protective cover.

It seems improbable that a satellite designed to monitor polar ice sheets and floating sea ice could accurately measure a disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. But that is just what ESA's CryoSat ...

This image released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Oct 31, 2024 shows the first X-ray all-sky map obtained by China's Einstein Probe astronomical satellite. [Photo/Chinese Academy of ...

Scientists discuss satellite climate data, lake health, and the challenges of communicating science in a skeptical public ...

NASA has disqualified one of the two proposals for a large astrophysics mission, a decision the project’s leader blames on ...

On the evening of Jan. 31, 1958, the United States orbited its first satellite -- Explorer 1. The effort was part of the nation's participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY), a peaceful ...

This reentry is notable because it poses a higher risk to the public than the US government typically allows. The risk of ...

Satellite images show damage near vital equipment on sites in at least five countries. March 1 March 1 Satellite imagery shows smoke rising from a building at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

The world's first commercial space telescope has released its first image as it begins its journey to help track nearby stars ...