ESA is no longer planning to send astronauts to China’s Tiangong space station
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 15:13
ESA’s director general says the agency does not have the budgetary capacity nor the political intention to send its astronauts to China’s space station.
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ESA chief vows to restore Europe's access to space
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 15:08
Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 13:45
Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. The new berg, estimated to be around 1550 sq km and around 150 m thick, calved when the crack known as Chasm-1 fully extended northwards severing the west part of the ice shelf.
This crack was first revealed to be extending in early 2012 after having been dormant for some decades. After several years of desperately clinging on, image data from the Copernicus Sentinel missions visually confirm the calving event.
Spaceflight books dedicated Isar Aerospace launch in 2026
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 13:01
U.S.-based launch services provider Spaceflight said Jan. 25 it has booked a dedicated launch in 2026 from Isar Aerospace, the German rocket developer aiming to perform the first test flight of its Spectrum vehicle this year.
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Astrobotic completes Peregrine testing
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 12:29
Astrobotic Technologies said that it has completed testing of its Peregrine lunar lander and it ready to ship it to Cape Canaveral for launch.
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Printed nerves for a satellite
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 10:10
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Printed nerves for a satellite Astronomers confirm age of most distant galaxy with oxygen
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 09:48
A new study led by a joint team at Nagoya University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has measured the cosmic age of a very distant galaxy. The team used the ALMA radio telescope array to detect a radio signal that has been travelling for approximately 97% of the age of the Universe. This discovery confirms the existence of galaxies in the very early Universe found by the James Rocket Lab launches first Electron mission from US
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 09:48
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has launched its 33rd Electron rocket and first mission from Virginia. The "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" mission lifted off at 18:00 EST on January 24th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The mission deployed three satellites to a 550km orbit for leading radio frequency geospati ESA’s digital Historical Archives open online
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 08:01
We’re marking 20 years of the European Centre for Space Records in ESA ESRIN, Frascati, one of the physical homes of the ESA Archives, by giving access to our digital holdings in a new web portal.
Rocket Lab launches first Electron mission from US soil
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 05:48
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has launched its 33rd Electron rocket and first mission from Virginia. The "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" mission lifted off at 18:00 EST on January 24th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The mission deployed three satellites to a 550km orbit for leading radio frequency geospati NASA, DARPA will test nuclear engine for future Mars missions
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:26
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missions to Mars.
NASA and DARPA will partner on the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations, or DRACO, program. The non-reimbursable agreement designed to benefit both agencies, outlines Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:26
It was believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind of electric propulsion widely used in orbit, need to be large to produce a lot of thrust. Now, a new study from the University of Michigan suggests that smaller Hall thrusters can generate much more thrust-potentially making them candidates for interplanetary missions.
"People had previously thought that you could only push a certain a Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crew and Service Modules Mated
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:26
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner's crew and service modules were connected, or mated, on Jan. 19 in advance of the first launch with astronauts to the International Space Station on the company's next-generation spacecraft.
During the operation inside the company's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane lifted the reusable crew module a SpaceX's Starship clears latest hurdle in quest to return to moon
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:26
The maiden mission of SpaceX's Starship into orbit could come as soon as March following a successful dry launch run, bringing Elon Musk's dream of viable interplanetary travel a step closer.
SpaceX said its engineers conducted a full fueling test on Monday night of the company's reusable Starship launch system at its Starbase test site in Boca Chica, Texas, with a T-10 launch countdown Psyche continues preparation for October launch
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 04:26
NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on Dec. 8, 2022, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft was powered on and connected to ground support equipment, enabling engineers and technicians to prepare it for launch in 2023.
Teams working at Astrotech and at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California con