Star identification algorithms are fundamental to modern spacecraft navigation and attitude determination, leveraging the vast catalogue of celestial bodies to pinpoint the precise orientation of a ...

NASA's Europa Clipper captured this image of a starfield—and the planet Uranus—on Nov. 5, 2025, while experimenting with one ...

Star trackers need to tested before they launch to space aboard satellites. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Within an office ...

ESA engineers discovered the Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite was hit by a tiny piece of debris in 2016. Credit: European Space Agency TAMPA, Fla. — New star-tracking sensors in the works would enable ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit created his own device to help him take photos of the stars while on the International Space ...