WASHINGTON — A reaction wheel on NASA’s Kepler spacecraft continues to experience elevated levels of friction after a brief rest period, but project officials say that does not necessarily imply an ...

Science operations for NASA’s exoplanet-hunting Kepler telescope were suspended Jan. 17 when the spacecraft was placed into a 10-day safe mode to evaluate a balky reaction wheel, mission manager Roger ...

Researchers have developed a new method for getting satellites to orbit the Earth and it involves magnetic levitation. Current satellites often rely on a type of flywheel called a reaction wheel.

LAFAYETTE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Small-satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC ("BCT" or "Blue Canyon"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, ...