Hera asteroid mission, shaken not stirred
Thursday, 30 November 2023 11:55
Image:
Hera asteroid mission, shaken not stirred 
Space Team Europe for Euclid: Laurent Brouard
Thursday, 30 November 2023 11:30
Video:
00:08:29
Focus on Euclid with Laurent Brouard: “I’m going to show you what a telescope that we send into space looks like.”
Laurent Brouard, Project Manager at Airbus Defence and Space, was responsible for building the Euclid payload module (PLM).
In this interview, which took place in a clean room at the Airbus premises in Toulouse, he describes with words, gestures, and the Euclid PLM structural and thermal model how Euclid works.
Did you know that Euclid sees the same part of the sky at the same time in both the infrared and visible wavelengths? Or that in space radiators
First launch of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket planned for mid-2024
Thursday, 30 November 2023 11:03
The European Space Agency announced on Thursday that the long-delayed first launch of its next-generation Ariane 6 rocket will take place between June 15 and July 31 next year.
The rocket launcher system was initially planned to blast off in 2020, but the Covid-19 pandemic and repeated technical issues have kept it on the ground, depriving Europe of an independent way to send heavy missions Tata and Satellogic sign deal to build LEO satellites in India
Thursday, 30 November 2023 11:03
Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) and Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) have announced a strategic collaboration to foster local space technology capabilities in India. This partnership marks a critical juncture in TASL's satellite strategy and represents Satellogic's significant entry into the burgeoning Indian defense and commercial market.
The collaboration will initiate with comprehensive trai Firefly Aerospace completes first Miranda Engine hot fire test
Thursday, 30 November 2023 11:03
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., has marked a significant achievement in its propulsion technology with the completion of the first hot fire test of the Miranda engine. This pivotal development comes just over a year after the initial contract signing, underscoring the company's rapid progress in aerospace technology.
The Miranda engine, a turbopump-fed system, is set to be a key component in the Framatome partners with USNC to produce fuel for Micro-Modular Reactors
Thursday, 30 November 2023 11:03
In a significant development for the nuclear energy sector, Framatome Inc. (Framatome) and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) have announced the establishment of a joint venture (JV) focused on manufacturing nuclear fuel for the fourth generation Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) and other advanced reactor designs. This agreement was signed at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris, France, marking Macao science satellites begin study of South Atlantic Anomaly
Thursday, 30 November 2023 11:03
The Macao Science Satellite 1A and 1B, after a successful six-month trial in orbit, have officially commenced formal operations, marking a significant milestone in space-based geomagnetic monitoring. Jointly developed by scientists from the Chinese mainland and Macao, these satellites were launched on May 21 by a Long March 2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
During their t Minimalist or maximalist? The life of a microbe a mile underground
Thursday, 30 November 2023 11:03
If you added up all the microbes living deep below Earth's surface, the amount of biomass would outweigh all life within our oceans. But because this abundant life is so difficult to reach, it is widely understudied and incompletely understood. By accessing the deep underground through a former goldmine-turned-lab in South Dakota's Black Hills, Northwestern University researchers have pieced tog 
China is working on a design for a reusable air-launched orbital rocket
Thursday, 30 November 2023 09:49
Navigation and telecommunications testbed vehicles at ESTEC
Thursday, 30 November 2023 08:52
Image:
Navigation vans Taking climate action with Earth observation
Thursday, 30 November 2023 08:10
As global temperatures records are smashed and greenhouse gas emissions reach new highs, a new report from the UN Environment Programme finds that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for a 2.5–2.9°C temperature rise this century – pointing to the urgent need for increased climate action.
The report is timely as nearly 200 nations gather in the coming two weeks at the United Nations COP28 Climate Change Summit to conclude the world’s first ever ‘Global Stocktake’ on climate change. Swift and sustained climate action is needed to avoid the worst
Ariane 6 media briefing – November 2023
Thursday, 30 November 2023 08:00
Video:
01:00:00
Watch the replay of the media briefing on Ariane 6 during which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher outlines the progress achieved after the successful hot firing test on 23 November 2023 at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, as well as the upcoming steps in the Ariane 6 development test campaign, including ESA, CNES and ArianeGroup targeting the first launch of Ariane 6 between mid June and end of July 2024. Participants also includes Martin Sion, CEO, ArianeGroup ; Philippe Baptiste, President of CNES and Stéphane Israël, CEO, Arianespace.
Navigation and telecommunications testbed vehicles
Thursday, 30 November 2023 07:18
ESA’s navigation and telecommunications testbed vehicles are custom-built mobile test platforms operated by ESA’s Navigation Laboratory to support test campaigns for navigation and telecommunications services, most notably Europe’s Galileo constellation. Testing in the field provides a unique opportunity to complement laboratory tests, verifying the system’s performance from a user perspective in a more dynamic and realistic setting.