NASA seeks input on Europa Clipper launch options
Thursday, 28 January 2021 11:02![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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WASHINGTON — NASA has issued a request for information for launch services for its Europa Clipper mission, a sign the agency is taking advantage of language in a recent appropriations bill that allows it to consider alternatives to the Space Launch System.
Earth from Space: Lake Titicaca
Thursday, 28 January 2021 09:00![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
![Ahead of World Wetlands Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lake Titicaca – one of the largest lakes in South America.](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2021/01/lake_titicaca/22522885-1-eng-GB/Lake_Titicaca_card_full.jpg)
Ahead of World Wetlands Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lake Titicaca – one of the largest lakes in South America.
Ariane 6 upper stage heads for hot-firing tests
Thursday, 28 January 2021 08:40![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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The first complete upper stage of Europe’s new Ariane 6 launch vehicle has left ArianeGroup in Bremen and is now on its way to the DLR German Aerospace Center in Lampoldshausen, Germany. Hot firing tests performed in near-vacuum conditions, mimicking the environment in space, will provide data to prove its readiness for flight.
ISS crew member reveals difficulties of filming virtual reality documentary in space
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Exposing unmentionable human functions in space
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Remembering Challenger and Her Crew
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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MAVEN continues to advance Mars science and telecommunications relay efforts
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Airbus studies "Moon Cruiser" concept for ESA's cis-lunar transfer vehicle
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Peering inside the birthplaces of planets orbiting the smallest stars
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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TESS discovers four exoplanets orbiting a nearby sun-like star
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Dalian coherent light source reveals the origin of interstellar medium S2 fragments
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Harnessing the power of AI to understand warm dense matter
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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New concept for rocket thruster exploits the mechanism behind solar flares
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Swedish Space Corporation opens Thailand branch
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Simulating space at ESA's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory
Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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