For the first time, two spacecraft in orbit were aligned in formation with millimeter precision and maintained their relative position for several hours without any control from the ground. The ...

I took my RC planes out for a solo flight and couldn't help but imagine how amazing these jets would look flying in formation ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists. The European Space Agency ...

If you've ever seen new pilots in the jets the U.S. Air Force uses for training or fighter jets in action, you've probably noticed how tightly they fly together. Sometimes it looks like they're just ...

Generally speaking, space missions are being performed with lone spacecraft heading out into the void to achieve the desired goal of their makers. Sure, these machines might release other, smaller ...

The two Proba-3 spacecraft will build on the historic first to simulate and study a total solar eclipse. A pair of spacecraft have demonstrated ultra-precise formation flying in orbit for the first ...