Space debris a growing problem

A scare triggered by orbital debris that on Tuesday came within a couple of hundred metres (yards) of the International Space Station (ISS) sheds light on an acutely worsening problem.

X-SAT beams images back to Singapore

Singapore's first locally-built micro-satellite in space, X-SAT, has started to transmit images back to Singapore.

Ex-'Satan' rocket launches three European micro-satellites

A former Soviet SS-18 intercontinental missile lofted a trio of European micro-satellites into space on Wednesday, including a satellite to monitor the Sun's impact on climate change, France's National Centre for Space Studies ...