In Orbit You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up

Driving a spacecraft around a planet isn’t anything like driving on a planet. A physicist explains orbital navigation.
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A Nearby Planet Four Times Earth’s Mass Was Just Found, and NASA Is Paying Close Attention

Earth, called Ross 508 b, orbiting a small red dwarf star just 37 light-years from Earth. The discovery, made using the ...
The Aviationist

First In-orbit Photo Taken By Secretive Boeing X-37B Spacecraft Officially Released

The photo, taken during the X-37B’s seventh mission, shows Earth from High-Elliptical Orbit. On Feb. 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs uploaded on the DVIDS website, what is ...
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From Circular to Elliptical: How Planet Size Affects Orbit Shape

How does a planet’s size influence its orbit around its parent star? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address as a team of ...
Futurism

Boeing’s Military Space Plane Just Slammed on the Brakes in Orbit

The US military’s top secret X-37B space plane, which has been orbiting the Earth since December 2023 on its current mission, has slammed on the brakes. As detailed in a Boeing Space video, the plane ...