The GSLV-F16 rocket successfully placed the NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite into a Sun-Synchronous Polar Orbit. This marks the ...

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc, Calif., It put 24 satellites ...

July 19 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched 24 more Starlink satellites late Friday from California into low-Earth orbit. The Falcon 9 ...

SpaceX has flown satellites into polar orbit from Florida before, using a dogleg maneuver that required SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to fly eastward over the Atlantic Ocean before veering sharply to ...

Private SpaceX mission launches humans on 1st polar orbit This marked the completion of Resilience’s fourth trip to space after having debuted on NASA’s Crew-1 mission to the International ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.