In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...

A space probe called Kosmos 482 sent to explore Venus by the U.S.S.R. in 1972 but marooned in Earth orbit ever since is about ...

Low Earth orbit (LEO) is on the verge of a major expansion in crewed operations, but the proliferation of space debris could ...

The thousands of satellites operated by companies from Starlink to Telesat will eventually burn up in the atmosphere when ...

Amazon is preparing to launch its debut batch of satellites into orbit as it seeks to establish its own internet service for ...

Amazon has officially begun building its broadband internet service in orbit with the delivery of the first batch of its ...

Amazon plans to deploy a constellation of 3,236 satellites to provide high-speed internet to remote and underserved areas.

The spacecraft was designed to survive falling through Venus's atmosphere. 53 years after launch, it's coming back.

Low-Earth orbit is getting particularly crowded ... he wondered. With stakes this high, the question becomes: “Who’s gonna move? Are we going to sit there and see who blinks first?” ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. It’s too ...

First full high res images #Cosmos482 landing capsule, the intended Venera spacecraft that is stuck in Earth orbit for 53 years and soon will reenter. Angular comparison to Starlink satellite bus ...

“The risks involved are not particularly high, but not zero ... Venus’ orbit and left the spacecraft in an elliptical Earth orbit, according to NASA. The spacecraft broke apart into ...