Copernical Team
A cell’s-eye view of altered gravity and ageing
Muscle weakening, bone density loss and an impaired immune system: the systemic health impacts of spaceflight bear many similarities to ageing. Sharon van Rijthoven, a student from Delft University of Technology and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, compared the effects of ageing and altered gravity from a cellular perspective during her internship at the European Space Agency (ESA).
With Trump eyeing space station demise, NASA pushes for commercial replacements
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First view of aerosols from MetOp-SG’s 3MI instrument
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First view of aerosols from MetOp Second Generation’s 3MI instrument RISE: ESA’s mission extender in geostationary orbit
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An essential part of ESA’s Space Safety programme is dedicated to getting and keeping Earth’s orbits clean from space debris. In the long run, the Agency aspires to stimulate a true circular economy in space, minimising the impact of spaceflight on Earth and its resources where possible. As part of ESA’s Zero Debris approach, new ESA missions will be designed for safe operations and disposal to stop the creation of new debris by 2030.
ESA has now taken another important step on the road towards sustainability in space with its first in-orbit servicing mission RISE, planned for launch
Airbus, Leonardo and Thales reported moving towards European space firm
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SpaceX Saturday Starlink launch on schedule
SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Falcon 9 rocket Saturday, which will deliver 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.
Liftoff from launch site SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California remained on schedule Saturday morning, with ignition expected to occur at 1:55 p.m. EDT, SpaceX confirmed on its launch schedule page.
The California-based space technology company' SpaceX launches cargo freighter to the International space Station
SpaceX launched the latest in a series of cargo freighter missions to the International Space Station Sunday evening from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Northrop Grumman NG-23 Cygnus XL was launched at 6:11 p.m. EDT into low-Earth orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, shuttling supplies and experimental equipment to the ISS.
The mission, hauling 11,000 pounds of Graphene reveals light tuned quantum states pointing to new electronics
Researchers have pushed graphene's promise further by directly observing Floquet effects in the one-atom-thick carbon lattice, confirming that Floquet engineering can precisely tune metallic and semi-metallic quantum materials. The international effort was led by the University of Goettingen with collaborators in Braunschweig, Bremen, and Fribourg, and the findings appear in Nature Physics. Deep Fission secures $30M to advance underground nuclear reactors
Deep Fission Inc, a nuclear technology company developing small modular pressurized water reactors deployed in boreholes one mile underground, has raised $30 million in a private placement at $3.00 per share and completed a reverse merger with Surfside Acquisition Boeing accelerates spacecraft production with 3D-printed solar panel structures
Boeing has introduced a 3D-printed solar array substrate design that cuts composite build times by as much as six months for a typical solar wing assembly, representing up to a 50 percent faster production cycle compared with current methods.
The company has already completed engineering tests on flight-ready hardware and is moving through standard qualification steps ahead of operational