As mentioned above, most objects we send into space are headed for low Earth orbit. This is where you'll find the International Space Station (210 miles), the Hubble Space Telescope (370 miles), and ...

Starlab has completed five development and design objectives for its NASA-supported commercial space station, which aligns ...

An artist's concept of the Starlab commercial space station.Starlab As NASA continues its transition toward a commercial low ...

The ISS has been operational for well over two decades, but its days are numbered. Here's what the plan for human habitation ...

NASA Seeks To Commercialize Low Earth Orbit, without Commercials by Dan Leone December 13, 2014 January 20, 2023. Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X; ...

The event, not so far confirmed by China, was reported after optical sensor data suggested the satellites "appeared visually ...

Melissa Harris' official NASA portrait. NASA/Robert Markowitz With over 25 years of experience in human spaceflight programs, ...

NASA officials and other experts testified at the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommitteeon hearing on the future of low earth orbit space flight. With the International Space Station (ISS ...

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine discussed his desire to support industrialization of low Earth orbit in a July 31 speech at the ISS Research and Development Conference in Atlanta. (Image credit ...

This collection of papers identify a number of important policy questions that will be of rising importance as NASA transitions LEO to the private sector, as well as a number of economic analysis m… ...

According to NASA, low Earth orbit is considered any orbital trajectory below 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers). However, the surface of Earth is not entirely smooth, and even a perfectly circular ...