Firefly to buy remaining Virgin Orbit assets
Friday, 16 June 2023 15:39
Firefly Aerospace has agreed to buy Virgin Orbit’s remaining assets — inventory at two company production facilities — as part of Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy proceedings.
Intelligence analysts confront the reality of deepfakes
Friday, 16 June 2023 13:00
As artificial intelligence takes center stage in the technology landscape, U.S. national security agencies see huge opportunities but also frightening risks.
Week in images: 12-16 June 2023
Friday, 16 June 2023 12:10
Week in images: 12-16 June 2023
Discover our week through the lens
NASA agreements to support work on commercial spacecraft and space stations
Friday, 16 June 2023 10:34
NASA partnerships announced June 15 would support development of new commercial capabilities that include a Blue Origin crewed spacecraft and a Starship-derived space station from SpaceX.
CesiumAstro to develop satcom terminal for U.S. Air Force drone
Friday, 16 June 2023 10:22
Intriguing correlation between earthquakes and cosmic radiation
Friday, 16 June 2023 08:01
Scientists report 'benchmarks' for extreme space weather
Friday, 16 June 2023 08:01
NASA Offers Fly-Fix-Fly Testing for SmallSat Planetary Observation
Friday, 16 June 2023 08:01
Record-setting launch sends 41 satellites to space
Friday, 16 June 2023 08:01
Navigating underground with cosmic-ray muons
Friday, 16 June 2023 08:01
Lunar Characterization Device Gets Early Funding
Friday, 16 June 2023 08:01
China conducts extravehicular radiation biological exposure experiment on space station
Friday, 16 June 2023 08:01
Earth from Space: Eastern Mediterranean
Friday, 16 June 2023 07:00
Final launch of Europe's Ariane 5 rocket postponed
Friday, 16 June 2023 06:18
The final launch of Europe's Ariane 5 rocket has been postponed due to a technical problem, French firm Arianespace said on Thursday, in the latest blow to European space efforts.
After 27 years of launches, the Ariane 5's 117th and last mission had been scheduled to blast off between 2126-1001 GMT on Friday from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
But "it has come to light that there is a risk to the redundancy of a critical function on the Ariane 5," tweeted Arianespace, which operates the rocket.
"Consistent with safety requirements, Arianespace has decided to postpone the roll-out of the #VA261 launch vehicle," it added.
"Analyses are underway to determine a new launch date."
The rocket and its payload of one French and one German communication satellite "are in the final assembly building in stable and safe conditions," Arianespace added.
The postponement comes as Europe struggles to find a way to independently blast heavy-load missions into space due to repeated delays for the next-generation Ariane 6—and Russia withdrawing its Soyuz rockets because of sanctions over its war in Ukraine.