MDA Space taps Aerospacelab for satellite components
Monday, 08 July 2024 15:00
Scout Space selected for DARPA’s commercial tech initiative
Monday, 08 July 2024 13:48
The Young Professional Satellite - From Theory to Reality (episode 2)
Monday, 08 July 2024 13:00
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In the second episode of this docu series, we take a closer look into what it took to build ESA’s Young Professional Satellite (YPSat). YPSat’s mission objectives are to capture the key moments of Ariane 6’s inaugural flight and take in-orbit pictures of Earth and space. To achieve this, the satellite requires the multiple sub-systems to work in harmony and adhere to a pre-defined mission sequence.
This episode zooms in four of the sub-systems: the Wake-Up System (WUS), Battery, On-Board Computer (OBC) and Telecommunications.
Running at ultra low power, the WUS circuit board was designed, tested and manufactured specifically
NASA astronauts spend unexpected July 4 on the International Space Station
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Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent an unexpected Fourth of July aboard the International Space Station—but it was hardly a patriotic display of engineering prowess.
The two NASA astronauts docked with the orbiting lab June 6 for what was supposed to be an eight-day mission, but their return home may be delayed for months in what has become a star-crossed test flight for Boeing's new Starliner capsule.
Not only was the launch of the spacecraft with astronauts aboard for the first time repeatedly delayed because of multiple problems, but NASA and Boeing are taking a cautious approach in returning the pair to Earth largely because of five thrusters that malfunctioned during docking.
Four of the tiny engines that direct the craft in space are now working properly, but engineers don't have a clear understanding of what caused the shutdown, so they have decided to conduct ground tests at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, NASA officials said. The tests will put a Starliner thruster through its paces in a replicated space environment.
The delay also will allow engineers to further study a helium leak in the capsule's propulsion system that was first detected before launch and worsened as Starliner made its way up to the space station roughly 250 miles above Earth.
Highlights from ESA’s first open day in the UK
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On Saturday 29 June, thousands of visitors made their way to ESA’s European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), as part of the very first ESA open day to be held in the UK.
ECSAT is located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire and the ESA open day formed part of the campus-wide Harwell open week.
The open day, hosted by ESA’s Magali Vaissiere Conference Centre, featured fascinating talks and activities that enabled people to experience first-hand how ESA is pushing the boundaries of exploration and using space to improve life on Earth. It also showcased the many career
Military-to-civilian space traffic transition nears critical juncture
Monday, 08 July 2024 12:00
Call for ideas on navigation demonstrators and technologies
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Do you want to help shape the future of European satellite navigation? ESA is issuing an open call via OSIP for companies and researchers to help identify future navigation demonstrators and disruptive technologies that will shape the landscape of satellite navigation in the coming decades.
Juice's lunar-Earth flyby link to blog
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Blog: Juice's lunar-Earth flyby
Follow for the latest updates as ESA's Jupiter mission swings through the Earth system this summer
Europe set for crucial first launch of Ariane 6
Monday, 08 July 2024 10:41
Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: Alexis Van Lysebeth
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They say it takes a village to raise a child. To launch a rocket, we have the combined expertise and passion of Space Team Europe. Alexis Van Lysebeth is one of many making the first Ariane 6 launch possible and has been interviewed as part of a series highlighting some of the people that make up this dream team.
Working for Belgian company SABCA, Alexis is part of the team supplying the actuation systems for Ariane 6. The actuators have been upgraded for Ariane 6 and will be electromechanical – meaning electiricy is used to turn them on
Crew of NASA's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year
Sunday, 07 July 2024 11:22
Low-intensity explosion caused Russian satellite to spew debris
Saturday, 06 July 2024 23:59
Organic material from Mars reveals the likely origin of life's building blocks
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Two samples from Mars together deliver the "smoking gun" in a new study showing the origin of Martian organic material. The study presents solid evidence for a prediction made over a decade ago by University of Copenhagen researchers that could be key to understanding how organic molecules, the foundation of life, were first formed here on Earth.
In a meteor crater on the red planet, a sol Satellite surveillance: China cautions public about unwittingly leaking secrets
Saturday, 06 July 2024 00:01 Write a comment
China's Ministry of State Security issued an online warning on Sunday, urging citizens to be cautious about sharing information that could be exploited by foreign intelligence agencies. The statement highlights the increasing use of space-based technology for espionage, with foreign actors leveraging remote sensing satellites to conduct real-time surveillance of China.
The MSS emphasizes