Earth Orbit

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  New 'Quasi-Moon' Discovered in Earth Orbit May Have Been Hiding There for Decades

  Astronomers have identified asteroid 2025 PN7 as a possible quasi-moon of Earth, trailing our planet for nearly 70 years. At just 62 feet wide, it is the smallest and least stable quasi-satellite detected so far. Researchers believe advanced observatories like the Vera Rubin Observatory could uncover more hidden companions in Earth-like orbits

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  NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts Will Double as Test Subjects for Deep Space Health Research

  NASA’s Artemis II mission will send astronauts beyond low Earth orbit as both scientists and volunteer test subjects. The crew will conduct health, radiation, and lunar studies, providing vital data to protect future explorers. Results will guide safety protocols for lunar and Mars missions, advancing human readiness for long-duration deep space ...

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  NASA Tracks Newly Discovered Bus-Sized Asteroid as It Flies Past Earth

  A newly discovered asteroid, 2025 QV5, about the size of a school bus, will safely pass Earth today at a distance of 500,000 miles, roughly twice as far as the moon. NASA’s JPL notes it will not return this close again until September 2125. Scientists are tracking its path to refine orbital predictions and future flybys.

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  SpaceX Expands Starlink with 28 Satellites in Latest Falcon 9 Mission

  SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on August 31, 2025, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The deployment will be expanding Starlink’s growing constellation, now totaling more than 8,200 active satellites providing global internet coverage.

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  SpaceX Starship Aces 10th Flight, Takes Major Step Toward Reusability

  SpaceX’s Starship rocket has scored a landmark success on its 10th test flight. On Aug. 26, 2025, the 400-foot booster launched flawlessly, completed hot-stage separation, and deployed eight dummy Starlink satellites — its first-ever payload. The upper stage then re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, surviving long enough to reignite an engine and s...

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  Powerful Space Telescope Observes Interstellar Object, Finds CO2 And Water

  NASA explained that the object has been categorised as interstellar because of the hyperbolic shape of its orbital path.

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  ISRO Unveils Model Of Bharatiya Antariksh Station

  ISRO on Friday unveiled a model of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station module during the two-day National Space Day celebrations.

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  Thunderstorms, Sunrise, Himalayas: Shubhanshu Shukla Shows India From Space

  Shot aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the footage shows the Earth appearing to roll beneath the spacecraft as it orbits from south to north over the Indian Ocean along India's east coast.

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  Russia Launches Bion-M No.2 with Mice, Flies, and Seeds to Study Space Biology

  Russia’s latest resupply mission to low-Earth orbit has delivered a unique scientific cargo: 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies, microbes, cell cultures, and plant seeds aboard the Bion-M No.2 biosatellite. Over the next month, these organisms will orbit Earth, helping scientists study how microgravity and cosmic radiation affect life. Some mice are gene...

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  ISRO Working On 40-Storey-Tall Rocket To Launch 75,000 Kg Satellite

  ISRO Chairman V Narayanan on Tuesday said the space agency has been working on a rocket as high as a 40-storey building to place 75,000 kg satellite in low earth orbit.

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  NASA-ISRO Earth Observation Satellite Unfolds Giant Radar Antenna in Space

  NASA and ISRO’s joint NISAR mission has successfully deployed its 12-meter radar reflector in orbit. This unique satellite, carrying dual L-band and S-band radars, will monitor Earth’s glaciers, volcanoes, earthquakes, and ecosystems with unmatched accuracy. The milestone reflects decades of research and showcases the strength of U.S.-India spa...

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  NASA-ISRO's $1.3 Billion Satellite NISAR Deploys Its Antenna In Orbit

  In a landmark moment for global Earth science and international space collaboration, the world's most expensive civilian Earth imaging satellite-the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)-has successfully deployed its radar antenna in orbit.

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  China Advances Guowang Internet Constellation with Latest Satellite Launch

  China has launched the eighth batch of satellites for its Guowang internet constellation, lifting off on Aug. 13 aboard a Long March 5B rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Center. Operated by state-owned China SatNet, Guowang aims to deploy about 13,000 satellites in low Earth orbit to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink. Each launch so far has carried ...

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  NASA’s PUNCH Mission Completes Final Orbit Manoeuvres, Opens Early Sun Data to the Public

  NASA’s PUNCH mission has reached full operational status, enabling continuous monitoring of the Sun and solar wind from multiple vantage points around Earth. This collaborative effort complements other major solar missions and promises valuable insights into the Sun–Earth connection. Early public release of PUNCH’s science data marks an excit...

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  Ariane 6 Launches Metop-SGA1 Weather Satellite into Polar Orbit

  Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket completed its third successful launch on Aug. 12, 2025, lifting off from Kourou, French Guiana at 8:37 p.m. EDT. The mission carried Metop-SGA1, an 8,900-pound next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite operated by EUMETSAT. Placed into an 800 km polar orbit 64 minutes after liftoff, Metop-SGA1 will deliv...