A Christmas comet for Solar Orbiter
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 14:00
Comet Leonard, a mass of space dust, rock and ice about a kilometre across is heading for a close pass of the Sun on 3 January, and the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has been watching its evolution over the last days.
NASA’s 2021 Included Mars Landing, First Flight, Artemis, More
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 14:00
In 2021, NASA completed its busiest year of development yet in low-Earth orbit, made history on Mars, continued to make progress on its Artemis plans for the Moon, tested new technologies for a supersonic aircraft, finalized launch preparations for the next-generation space telescope, and much more – all while safely operating during a pandemic and Two teams report on study of Hayabusa2 asteroid samples
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 12:40
Two teams of researchers are publishing their findings thus far after initial study of samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu and returned to Earth last year by the Japanese space probe Hayabusa2. Both teams are large and both are made up mostly of researchers from institutions in Japan. Both teams have also published their findings in Nature Astronomy.
LUNA is taking shape
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 12:33
The Moon is in sight at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, where a facility designed to recreate the lunar surface will soon be built. Known as ESA-DLR LUNA, the collaborative project between the European Space Agency ESA and the German Aerospace Centre DLR will provide a training ground for astronauts and a test centre for technology, equipping partners and users with the knowledge to go forward to the Moon.
Webb flies Ariane 5: watch the launch live
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 12:22
ESA and NASA will be broadcasting live as the James Webb Space Telescope is launched to space on ESA’s Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 12:20 GMT / 13:20 CET on Friday 24 December.
Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 11:42
The first set of green bipropellant thrusters developed by in-space propulsion company Benchmark Space Systems has been installed on a Sherpa tug by Spaceflight for launch in January.
FAA issues license for Georgia spaceport
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 10:57
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded a license Dec. 20 to a proposed commercial launch site in Georgia, but that facility still faces legal and business challenges.
2022 Copernicus Sentinels calendar
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 10:44
Download the 2022 Copernicus Sentinels calendar
Falcon 9 launches cargo Dragon, lands 100th booster
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 10:08
SpaceX launched a cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station early Dec. 21 and achieved a milestone for booster landings exactly six years after the first successful landing.
Fugro's remote space operations complex to be located in Perth, Australia
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:58
Fugro confirms the Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC) will be located in the heart of downtown Perth's central business district (CBD). Housed in Western Australia's (WA's) largest telecommunications exchange, and thanks to an ongoing partnership with Telstra, Fugro's world-class facility will manage robotics and remote operations in Austra New technologies make Chinese astronauts' in-orbit lives easier
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:58
Chinese astronauts live and work more conveniently and comfortably in orbit with the application of advanced information technology, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
There are smart home systems in China's space station core module Tianhe, Bai Linhou, deputy chief designer of the space station at the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) under the CASC Deep Mantle Krypton Reveals Earth's Outer Solar System Ancestry
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:58
Krypton from the Earth's mantle, collected from geologic hot spots in Iceland and the Galapagos Islands, reveals a clearer picture of how our planet formed, according to new research from the University of California, Davis.
The different isotopes of krypton are chemical fingerprints for scientists sleuthing out the ingredients that made the Earth, such as solar wind particles and meteorit SpaceX plans cargo launch with Parkinson's, MS experiments aboard
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 03:06
NASA and SpaceX plan to send about 13,000 pounds of science experiments, supplies and equipment from Florida on Tuesday to the International Space Station.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off at 5:06 a.m. from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
Space Force forecasters predict only a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions for the launch, citing cumulous clouds, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity notches 18th flight
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 03:06
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity traveled 754 feet at 5.6 mph on its 18th flight on the Red Planet, NASA has confirmed.
The helicopter is moving back toward the rover Perseverance's original landing site as the rover and helicopter prepare to move in another direction.
"The #MarsHelicopter keeps going, going, going!" NASA posted on Twitter late Friday, after the agency confirmed dat FAA approves Launch Site Operator License for Spaceport Camden
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 03:06
Camden County, Georgia, a rocket testing location and alternate launch site for the Apollo program, has reclaimed its aerospace heritage with the issuance of a launch site operator license (LSOL) by the Federal Aviation Administration for Spaceport Camden. Spaceport Camden is a multiuser, vertical lift, commercial launch site on the Atlantic seaboard that will support up to 12 small vehicle laun