What actually happens to a spacecraft during its fiery last moments? That's the key question for the European Space Agency's Draco mission, planned for 2027.

In open session, the panel will hold discussions with Jamie Favors, NASA Heliophysics Division and Sabrina Savage, NASA Heliophysics Division. Further details and a link to a livestream for the event.

A rocket blasts off from a launchpad into a cloudy sky. A recent surge in space pollution is largely coming from the increasing launch of megaconstellations, such as SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, ...

The UK government is making provisions for an emergency alert due to concerns about an out-of-control Chinese rocket falling from space. Officials are keeping an eye on the debris from the Zhuque-3 ...

GOLDEN, CO — The surge in megasatellite constellations is creating problems beyond amplifying the Earth-circling space debris, according to new research. Reentering spacecraft and rocket stages may ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a groundbreaking plasma tunnel to simulate the extreme ...

Space exploration has always carried extreme risk, and some pioneers paid for progress with their lives. While only a handful of people have died beyond Earth’s atmosphere, many more were lost during ...

On this list, you'll find some weird incidents on Earth, a bit of Russian space drama and, of course, that little interstellar comet managed to sneak in. When you purchase through links on our site, ...