Image: A record broken: Hubble finds the most distant star ever seen

Today, the European Commission, ESA, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) celebrated the official launch of the Destination Earth initiative: an ambitious project that involves creating a digital replica of Earth to help us move towards a sustainable future.

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed in Kazakhstan March 30, an ordinary end of a mission in extraordinary times.

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Small launch vehicle company Virgin Orbit says it sees opportunities not just in satellite launch but also in hypersonics as it looks to increase its revenue.

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Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 30, 2022
A record-breaking US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts were headed for Earth Wednesday in the first space landing since Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent tensions between Moscow and the West to Cold War levels. NASA's Mark Vande Hei is set to touch down in Kazakhstan's steppe at 1128 GMT, after setting a new record for the single longest spaceflight by a NASA astronaut by clocking 355 day

Beijing (XNA) Mar 30, 2022
Three astronauts stationed in China's Tiangong space station are preparing for their return trip in the middle of April, packing up personal items, experimental products and other materials, putting equipment into place and exercising to prepare their bodies for Earth's gravity. The astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, have to tidy up a large number of materials, including

Washington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
The Missile Defense Agency, in partnership with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and Ballistic Missile Defense System Operational Test Agency, successfully conducted a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System. The test, designated Flight Test THAAD Weapon System (FTT)-21, was conducted at t

Paris, France (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
The International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the world's leading space advocacy. Organization founded in the French capital in 1951, held it 70th anniversary celebration here, following a brief covid- related delay. Each year, IAF organized a Grand Space meet, gathering as many as 5,000 delegates from space agencies industries and other space-related entities with over 433 members fro

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, is pleased to announce its forward progression towards launch of its LizzieSat (LS) satellite to the International Space Station (ISS). This mission is slated to take place later this year. LS is a multi-mission satellite that supports cu

Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
The latest contract awarded by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) will see the agency continue to use SES's high-performance satellite connectivity services for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems' (RPAS) operations, SES and EMSA announced. Under the new agreement, SES's managed connectivity service will allow end-users to receive and exchange RPAS data in near real-time and support the op