ESA experiences COP27 using a space-empowered metaverse
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 17:06
ESA has created a space-inspired virtual environment to enable its workforce to experience the COP27 climate summit – which is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – without the environmental cost of travelling.
Boeing’s anti-jam satellite communications payload on track for 2024 launch
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 15:49
A satellite communications payload Boeing developed for the U.S. Space Force successfully demonstrated it can prevent jamming attacks, the company said Nov. 15
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GO for Artemis I
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 14:28
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‘Twas the day before launch and all across the globe, people await liftoff for Artemis I with hope.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft with its European Service Module, is seen here on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on 12 November.
After much anticipation, NASA launch authorities have given the GO for the first opportunity for launch: tomorrow, 16 November with a two-hour launch window starting at 07:04 CET (06:04 GMT, 1:04 local time).
Artemis I is the first mission in a large programme to send astronauts around and on the Moon
Eutelsat’s board approves OneWeb merger
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 14:24
French satellite fleet operator Eutelsat said Nov. 15 its board has approved multi-orbit plans to combine with British broadband venture OneWeb, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.
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LEOcloud and Axiom Space cooperate on edge processing in space
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 13:00
LEOcloud, a startup focused on space-based edge computing, announced a strategic collaboration agreement Nov. 15 with commercial space station provider Axiom Space.
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Op-ed | SpaceX fans should stand behind NASA and support Artemis
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:42
This time we want to go to the moon and stay, sustainably and permanently. And then Mars. Apollo was a false start, but Artemis could be the real start.
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To orbit and back with Space Rider
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:30
Europe’s bid to deliver a return-to-Earth service for in-orbit transportation and research projects is rapidly taking shape, with teams working on the Space Rider spacecraft gearing up for a series of drop tests in 2023. Drop tests with small-scale models will be followed by a full-scale test in anticipation of inaugural flight towards the end of 2024.
ESA Technology Strategy for Europe’s future in space
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:20
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher’s Agenda 2025 has set the future course of Europe in space, building on the Agency’s Technology Strategy which details how our continent is developing the essential technology to get it where it is going. Reflecting four years of progress since it was first unveiled and the new guidance from Agenda 2025, ESA has now updated the Technology Strategy accordingly. It has been released in time for the Agency’s Council at Ministerial Level in Paris on 22 – 23 November, demonstrating the fundamental role of technology across all ESA missions and programmes.
Martian dust storms churn up Earth-like clouds
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:00
ESA’s Mars Express has revealed that Mars churns up surprisingly Earth-like cloud patterns that are reminiscent of those in our planet’s tropical regions.
South Korea’s Danuri orbiter demonstrates ‘space internet’ en route to moon
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 11:14
South Korea’s robotic lunar orbiter Danuri successfully demonstrated “space internet” on its way to the moon by sending video and photo files, including a popular Korean band’s music video, at a distance of more than 1.2 million kilometers to Earth.
AFRL awards contract for pioneering spacecraft in region of Moon
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:22
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $72 million contract to Advanced Space LLC to demonstrate space situational awareness, object detection and tracking in the region of the Moon, supporting a resurgence of interest in lunar exploration and development across civil, commercial and international space agencies.
AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate awarded the contract to support th Phantom Space conducts successful stage hot fire test for new rocket
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:22
Phantom Space Corporation (Phantom), a space applications company providing launch services and satellite manufacturing to business and government clients, has announced a successful stage hot fire test at Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Phantom's pathfinder test stage, equipped with a single Hadley engine supplied by Ursa Major, completed a 60 second hot fire test to validate first and s NASA returning to the Moon with mega rocket launch
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:22
Third time's the charm?
After two failed attempts, NASA plans to launch its new mega Moon rocket early Wednesday from Florida, less than a week after the massive machine withstood a hurricane.
"Our time is coming. And we hope that that is on Wednesday," said Mike Sarafin, the manager of the much-delayed Artemis 1 mission, at NASA headquarters.
The Artemis 1 mission, a test flight wit Advanced Space leads Lunar pathfinder efforts for NASA
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:22
Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, announced CAPSTONE successfully completed the initial insertion maneuver into a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) on Sunday, November 13th. Two smaller correction maneuvers will take place this week to ensure the spacecraft is confirmed into the complex lunar orbit.
This NRHO is an orbit around the Moon that has never been flown Beyond Gravity passes CDR for critical mechanism for NASA's Gateway
Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:22
The Gateway space station, an essential element of NASA's Artemis program, will serve as humanity's first space station in lunar orbit supporting crewed and uncrewed missions to the surface of the Moon and future deep space exploration missions.
NASA contracted Maxar, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, to manufacture the PPE, which wil