In early July 2025, an extraordinary event in Earth’s upper atmosphere was photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This rare occurrence, which unfolded about 400 ...

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 11, 2024 Crew Dragon Resilience reached 1,400 km, or nearly 780 miles altitude, as part of six high-altitude elliptical orbits of the Earth before the capsule began ...

Exploring Earth’s atmosphere using high altitude unmanned instrument platforms by SpaceRef March 30, 2011. Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X; ...

NASA and USGS are mapping critical minerals in the American West using airborne sensors to help reduce U.S. reliance on ...

France is leaning hard into near space, warning the area is increasingly contested, as evidenced by the Chinese spy ballon ...

Cyril Dupuy, the founder of smart telescope maker Vaonis, has set a new record by capturing Europe's highest-altitude image ...

India’s renewed thrust on developing border infrastructure in Ladakh, specifically the Nyoma air base, marks a critical ...

Two Chinese satellites reportedly performed what appears to be the country's first high-altitude orbital refueling, as U.S. Space Force satellites moved closer to observe the maneuver.

High-resolution image of the million-degree hot plasma halo encircling Earth captured by NASA’s JENI instrument. The white rings denote equatorial distance of 4 and 6 Earth radii.

Polaris Dawn was now flying higher than the 853-mile-high altitude that the NASA astronauts Pete Conrad and Richard Gordon reached during the Gemini XI mission.

Two Chinese satellites have successfully completed a potential first-ever high-altitude in-space rendezvous and refuelling, over 20,000 miles from Earth.