Low Earth orbit is starting to look less like pristine frontier and more like a crowded scrapyard, packed with dead satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments that no longer serve any purpose.

The U.S. Space Force is funding the development of a new "Orbital Carrier" spacecraft that can deploy multiple satellites when needed. The Orbital Carrier is being designed by Seattle-based company ...

As the space industry continues to grow, the environmental impact of space missions becomes an increasingly urgent concern. A new study published in Chem Circularity on December 1, 2025, proposes a ...

Visualized Neural-Rendezvous trajectories for ISO exploration, where yellow curves represent ISO trajectories and blue curves represent spacecraft trajectories. Credit: University of Illinois at ...