On Feb. 2, 1967, the U.S. Air Force launched a top-secret surveillance satellite called Key Hole 7-36. See how it happened here in our On This Day in Space video series.

The private space race is about to take another great leap as Israel sends a private lander to the moon.

There’s a giant void hiding under the Antarctic ice, and it’s growing larger and more menacing by the day, a new study using satellite data finds.

If we are to save people from natural disasters, we must continue to invest in satellites that further our ability to see the planet, because satellites provide us with important information about our planet.

There’s gourmet coffee, and then there’s coffee roasted by the searing heat of re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere from the edge of space.