In this age of instant global communication, it's hard to fathom that only 66 years ago this month the world’s first communications satellite was launched aboard an American Atlas rocket from right ...
Rocket Lab launched a private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit today (Dec. 21) on the company's final mission of a busy 2024. An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand ...
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM, pronounced “trim” ) satellite is the most accurate rainfall observing satellite to orbit the Earth. It carries a suite of five instruments that, when ...
A lot of people amazed by what happened in the sky last night began to send video to our newsroom and posting to social media. People thought objects burning in the night sky could be a meteor shower, ...