Satellites

Russia's ambassador to the U.N. vetoed a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan that called upon all nations to never deploy nuclear weapons in outer space.

A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket Lab will lead to the creation of a spacecraft to enhance national security supporting space domain awareness.

The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that's been circling Earth since 2009.

The U.S. Space Force is testing a new ground-based satellite jamming weapon to help keep U.S. military personnel safe from potential "space-enabled" attacks.

Reflect Orbital plans to launch a constellation of orbiting mirrors to beam sunlight to solar power plants on Earth after dark.

NASA's pioneering CloudSat weather and climate mission has come to an end after nearly 18 productive years in Earth orbit.

India has announced its intent to join the global effort to reduce space debris in low Earth orbit.

The Feb. 28 encounter between NASA's TIMED satellite and a dead Russian spacecraft was even closer than first thought — a mere 33 feet (10 meters) or so, NASA officials said.

The mission aims to assist the later removal of spunk junk, an issue that threatens the sustainable use of orbital space above the Earth.

Japan will test solar power transmission from space in 2025 with a miniature space-based photoelectric plant that will wirelessly transmit energy from low Earth orbit to Earth.