Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage ...

A Space.com report examines how a tiny piece of space debris cracked a Chinese crew capsule window, triggered an emergency mission, and highlights growing risks from debris, weak global rules, and lim ...

Francesco Cacciatore is a self-proclaimed skeptic. Yet after spending two decades in the European aerospace industry and hitting, as he put it, a “crisis,” he made an undeniably optimistic bet: he ...

Varda Space Industries' W-3 capsule landed at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia on May 13. Credit: Varda Space Industries Varda Space Industries, Anduril and LeoLabs recently teamed up to use ...

Genesis Space Flight Laboratories launches its Microgravity Research Rideshare Program, making it easier and more affordable ...

Denver-based Lux Aeterna announced plans Dec. 17 to land its debut reusable satellite at the Koonibba Test Range in South ...

China’s three Shenzhou-20 astronauts returned to Earth on Nov. 14 from the Tiangong space station, landing at the Dongfeng site in Inner Mongolia after a suspected debris strike rendered the original ...

In the 1970s, America’s first space station allowed three crews of astronauts to conduct hundreds of experiments. Skylab, however, is mostly remembered for the frenzy surrounding its return to Earth ...

The vehicle is the second entirely Varda-made vehicle and carries a government payload. EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Varda Space Industries announced today that their fifth ...

The historic orbiting laboratory's days are numbered. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The International Space Station just ...

Varda Space Industries is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for successfully launching a first-of-its-kind in-orbit manufacturing spacecraft and returning it to Earth, bringing home a batch of ...