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Perseverance blasts past the top of Jezero Crater rim
I have always loved the mountains. Growing up on the flat plains of Midwestern USA, every summer I looked forward to spending a few days on alpine trails while on vacation. Climbing upward from the trailhead, the views changed constantly. After climbing a short distance, the best views were often had by looking back down on where we had started. As we climbed higher, views of the valleys below e NASA Mars Orbiter captures dust-covered InSight Lander
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) recently captured an image of the retired InSight lander, offering insights into dust accumulation on Mars. Taken on Oct. 23 using the orbiter's High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, the image reveals InSight's solar panels now share the same reddish-brown hue as the Martian surface.
InSight, which landed in November 2018, was NASA payload to study the effects of Lunar dust on mission equipment
The Moon's surface is coated in a gritty layer known as lunar regolith, composed of gravel, pebbles, and fine dust. Astronauts during the Apollo missions discovered that this fine, powdery dust - electromagnetically charged due to solar and cosmic radiation - clings stubbornly to surfaces, including gloves, boots, and spacecraft, and is highly abrasive. This poses a significant challenge for NAS China's CERES 1 rocket launches satellites from sea
Galactic Energy, a Beijing-based private rocket manufacturer, successfully conducted its fourth sea-based launch of the Ceres 1 carrier rocket on Thursday.
According to the company, the rocket lifted off at 6:18 pm from a mobile launch platform in the Yellow Sea near Shandong province. The mission placed four satellites into a low-Earth orbit approximately 850 kilometers above the Earth. Vast and SpaceX to launch two human spaceflight missions to ISS
Vast has announced an agreement with SpaceX to conduct two human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station (ISS) using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The missions, dependent on NASA's selection of Vast for private astronaut missions (PAM), will mark the fifth and sixth PAMs ever awarded by NASA, further positioning Vast as a key player in commercial space explorati SpaceX scrubs launch from Florida, but one lifts off from California
One of two scheduled Falcon 9 rocket launches lifted off early Saturday with one going up in California but aborted in Florida.
The launch of four Astranis satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station originally was scheduled for about midnight Friday, with backup opportunities until 2:28 a.m. But just as the rocket's nine engines fired, SpaceX officials announced that it would be NASA cameras to capture interaction between Blue Ghost lander, moon's surface
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Report analyzes long history of NASA support for commercial space
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ESA 2025: A fifty-years legacy of building the future
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In 1975, 10 European countries came together with a vision to collaborate on key space activities: science and astronomy, launch capabilities and space applications: the European Space Agency, ESA, was born.
In 2025, we mark half a century of joint European achievement – filled with firsts and breakthroughs in science, exploration and technology, and the space infrastructure and economy that power Europe today.
During the past five decades ESA has grown, developing ever bolder and bigger projects and adding more Member States, with Slovenia joining as the latest full Member State in January.
We’ll also celebrate the 50th anniversary of ESA’s