orbit

The spacecraft, revealed to media last Thursday, will stay in Mars' orbit for around three years and will attempt to land on Phobos.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Researchers think some of the debris from that violent event later gathered together to create the small inner moons that orbit Neptune today.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

There’s the Magnificent Seven, and then there are dozens of smaller, riskier companies in their financial orbit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

If the Moon was slightly smaller or its orbit was a little further away from the Earth then we would never see a total eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

It was the first permanent space station, staying in orbit for 13 years, until the opening of the International Space Station.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Following the successful gravity assist, the spacecraft is now traveling directly toward asteroid Psyche, which orbits in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

The planet lies about 124 light years away in the constellation Leo and orbits within the habitable zone of a red dwarf star.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

For instance, G 203-47's red dwarf rotates once every 100 or so days, but orbits its white dwarf every 14.9 days, meaning they are not tidally synced.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The company projects Starship will begin launching to lower-Earth orbits in the second half of this year, but it isn’t clear when the company could get its rockets to the orbits required by StormWall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Normally, orbits would be worked out by Vogel, but he was otherwise engaged.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Other astronauts have orbited the Moon - most recently the crew of Nasa's Artemis II mission, which splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Back in 1968, Apollo 8 orbited the Moon 10 times without landing.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Among the many faulty narratives that orbited out of the government, one asked us to consider the mental anguish suffered by these dispatched officers.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

But, all these years later, I was reminded that Ozzy, despite his well-crafted Prince of Darkness persona, was the sun that brought brightness and warmth to the familial chaos that orbited around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025

The Soviet ambassador introduced Pushinka, daughter to Strelka, who had orbited earth in a Soviet spacecraft.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Astronaut Wally Schirra boarded the vessel wearing his personal Omega Speedmaster Professional, orbiting Earth six times over the course of nine hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The findings could have practical benefits as the number of objects orbiting Earth continues to grow.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

There are currently 14,000 satellites orbiting Earth, with some 1.7 million satellites planned in coming years.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Indeed, it’s difficult to estimate how space junk is currently orbiting our planet.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

It seemed to him very likely that the globular clusters used in this investigation, nearly a hundred of them, would be orbiting about, paying homage to, the massive center of the Milky Way.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan