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If you thought 2025 was an exciting year for spaceflight, just wait until 2026. Here's a look at six missions that could define the year.

If you thought 2025 was an exciting year for spaceflight, just wait until 2026. Here's a look at six missions that could define the year.

One or more units will then move to lower orbits. NASA aims to test how DiskSats perform in very low Earth orbit, below 186 miles. Flying at lower altitudes offers several advantages. Satellites can ...

These satellites, called Starlink, beam internet service down to the ground from low Earth orbit. Most can swerve to avoid ...

The University of Copenhagen will lead Denmark's first lunar mission. The mission aims to map the Moon's surface in ...

SpaceX has transformed the aerospace industry with its reusable rockets -- radically lowering the cost of lifting satellites into space while bringing internet service to all corners of the globe with ...

Then, on November 25, teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, joined the inner and outer portions ...

The most obvious is Elon Musk's SpaceX, which dominates the rocket-launch industry and already has a plan to upgrade its next-generation satellites to serve as a type of data center. SpaceX plans to ...

Airlines are turning to the next wave of sky-high connectivity, tapping into new satellite technology from Elon Musk's ...

"They are special ecosystems and today we're not equipped with the technology or tools to find out where they are before we ...

Rocket Lab Corp. offers launch services for small satellites and is developing its Neutron rocket for medium-lift missions. The California-based company has launched 74 Electron missions as of ...