Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! The discovery that Galileo authored "Considerazioni Astronomiche" is tied to the finding earlier this year ...

The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying two spacecraft for Europe's Galileo satnav constellation, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight at 6:50 p.m. EDT (1850 GMT).

On October 29, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Gaspra on its way to Jupiter. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com Gaspra was the first asteroid to ever be visited ...

The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has completed the testing of the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) and is now gearing up for its operational ...

On November 5, 2002, NASA's old Galileo spacecraft was almost out of fuel. But the Jupiter mission still had some science to do. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com Galileo flew ...

The mission to deliver two Galileo satellites launched on time at 6:50 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in a mission that also tested the limits of ...

A swirling white trail was all that was left behind as the rocket ascended through the clouds and into space. With the previous Galileo launch this year, SpaceX disposed of the booster ...

One of the SpaceX missions this week will see the launch of two Galileo satellites which will ... launch a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). It carried two cosmonauts, Alexey ...