The Latest Breaking News on Space

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet-beaming satellites to be used in UK trials

The new technology will be put to the test at three remote locations in the Lake District and Snowdonia National Park

Wales Online · Dec 1, 2022

BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers

The night sky is a shared wilderness. On a dark night, away from the city lights, you can see the stars in the same way as your ancestors did centuries ago. You can see the Milky Way and the constellations associated with stories of mythical hunters, sisters and journeys.

The Conversation · Dec 1, 2022

Elon Musk’s satellites to be part of UK trial to get internet to remote areas

The Starlink technology uses more than 3,000 low Earth small orbit satellites to beam broadband signals

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

NASA cancels greenhouse gas monitoring satellite due to cost

NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

China launches three astronauts to Tiangong space station

The team will complete China’s first-ever crew handover in orbit on board the Tiangong space station, state media says.

Al Jazeera · Nov 29, 2022

Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission

Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday at China's space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth orbit after the NASA-led International Space Station.

Reuters · Nov 29, 2022

China launches 3 astronauts to complete space station

China has launched a rocket carrying three astronauts to complete construction of space station

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Nasa’s Artemis 1 Orion capsule breaks record

Nasa's Artemis 1 Orion capsule has broken a record.

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2022

NASA’s Artemis I mission just beat a 52-year-old spaceflight record

NASA's most dramatic return to the Moon since Apollo is now halfway done. The Artemis I Orion capsule has now reached its farthest distance from Earth.

Inverse · Nov 29, 2022

NASA's Orion spacecraft reaches record-breaking distance in space exploration mission

NASA's Orion spacecraft reaches 432,000km from Earth — the farthest distanced scheduled on its Artemis I mission and the farthest any other spacecraft built for humans has travelled.

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022