Elon Musk recently called for the ISS to be deorbited "as soon as possible." Experts say the station provides vital research, ...

For example, Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system. It’s so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths. So it ...

Elon Musk has made unfounded claims that two NASA astronauts were left on the space station for "political reasons" after ...

Two space debris-related events that occurred this week point to how routine rocket launches can leave their mark on Earth.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit ...

Boeing informed its employees working on NASA's Artemis program that it was preparing for as many as 400 layoffs connected to the giant rocket under ... of the Earth to Earth orbit, and a Starship can ...

Researchers calculated both the odds of falling rocket debris disrupting air travel, but also colliding with an aircraft ...

According to SpaceX, it is targeting Tuesday, January 21 for a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit ... SpaceX's previous rocket launches were captured flying across ...

The launch was the fourth of five that Rocket Lab is conducting to build out Kinéis' 25-nanosatellite constellation in low Earth orbit ... missions — 14 orbital flights with Electron and ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

While most debris from space missions burns up upon re-entry into the upper atmosphere, some pieces are still seen streaking through altitudes where aircraft fly, and even reaching the ground.

While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft is very low, the research highlights that the potential for uncontrolled space rocket junk to disrupt flights ... set up a 'keep out' zone for ...