SpaceX notched a number of other milestones during this very busy year. For example, the company pulled off its 500th rocket ...

Diamondback’s exterior provides radiation shielding as well as protection from micrometeoroids and extreme thermal cycling.

Specifically flagged by the UNEP are air pollution from launch emissions, spacecraft emissions in the stratosphere, as well ...

Google’s idea of putting a data center in orbit sounds like the ultimate flex of cloud computing, a way to chase cooler ...

This year's sum of 109 launches shattered the short-lived annual record of 93 liftoffs set last year. That number was ...

Space energy group Aetherflux has announced that its first orbital data center will be commercially operational by the first quarter of 2027. Termed the “Galactic Brain” project, the data center will ...

An orbital emergency in 2025 linked to space debris highlights gaps in tracking, rising launch activity, and growing risks to human spaceflight and Earth’s orbital environment ...

SpaceX completed 167 orbital launches in 2025 using Falcon 9 rockets, setting a new annual record and accounting for about 85% of U.S. launches ...

Space ventures face technical and economic risks many times that of most terrestrial ventures. Around 6% of launches fail.

"A single collision could have catastrophic long-term consequences," the authors explain, and we would not have long to avoid ...

The CRASH Clock is a new metric for measuring the risks of satellite congestion in low-Earth orbit. Its calculations are ...