SpaceX made space history, as four astronauts were launched into a pole-to-pole orbit not traveled by any human before them.

Planetary alignments have always been a fascinating subject, both for scientists and astrology enthusiasts alike. The idea that planets aligning in a straight line could ... Read more The post ...

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought – ...

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft made history today (1 April), as it orbited the poles of Earth for the first time in human history ...

The Moon is slowly spinning away from Earth and an expert has explained that this could have devastating effects ...

Considering how quickly things in Earth orbit tend to zip around, a fragment of a spacecraft crashing into a satellite could greatly hinder that satellite; two satellites colliding could be ...

However, instead of flying in the direction of the Earth's rotation to gain more momentum ... For one thing, a polar orbit requires more fuel than an equatorial one. In addition, the Earth's ...

The Cedar Park-based aerospace company responsible for successfully landing on the moon last month was awarded a new ...

SpaceX successfully launched Fram2, the first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles, on Monday night from the Kennedy Space ...

With the successful launch of SpaceX's Fram2 mission on Monday night, an all-civilian crew is attempting to do what professional astronauts have never tried -- orbit the Earth from pole to pole.

which allowed for a more precise calculation of Uranus's rotation period. Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, takes approximately 84 Earth years to orbit the sun. Laurent Lamy of the Paris ...

the 1st to fly over Earth's poles The Falcon 9's second stage continued into low Earth orbit and released Resilience to fly on its own just under 10 minutes after liftoff. Now, the crew will spend ...