Netflix's 'Manhakdo Jissi' is whetting curiosity by announcing the unusually strong performance of its first guest Orbit. The Netflix daily variety show 'Manhakdo Jissi' (directed by Jeong Dodam, ...

Russia’s Bureau 1440 space company launched 16 broadband Internet satellites, marking an early operational step in a low-Earth orbit network that Russian officials have cast as a domestic version of ...

For most of the space age, our presence in Earth orbit has been relatively modest. Until the beginning of the 21st century, only a few hundred satellites operated around Earth at any one time, and the ...

From Nvidia to Elon Musk's SpaceX, Big Tech is betting big on a new layer of critical infrastructure that's emerging above our heads. Low earth orbit underpins global navigation, telecommunications, ...

NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to change the asteroid’s trajectory in 2022. Now, scientific observations have shown that the mission had more far-reaching effects than ...

A Chinese commercial satellite has completed a refuelling test in low Earth orbit using a flexible “octopus tentacle” robotic arm, advancing efforts to extend spacecraft lifespans and develop in-orbit ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — As SpaceX launched the four-person crew of the Fram2 mission on Monday night, it was a takeoff for the history books as they will be the first humans to ever orbit Earth’s polar ...

The milestone was reached on the first of two Falcon 9 launches on Tuesday (March 17). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

Blue Origin, the space conglomerate founded by Amazon chair Jeff Bezos, has asked the U.S. government for permission to launch a network of more than 50,000 satellites that will act as a data center ...

CALIFORNIA — The four-person civilian Fram2 mission returned home in a splash down off the coast of California on Friday after being the first humans to orbit Earth's polar regions. Riding in SpaceX’s ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — It's no secret that when a K-pop idol endorses a product, it has the potential to become an instant hit. But sometimes, the most genuine and powerful endorsements happen ...

Editor's note: This is the first of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive dimensions of orbital data centers. Although the idea of putting data ...