Unveiling the all-new ESA Impact: Dive into our Q1 2024 edition
Tuesday, 26 March 2024 09:00
Unveiling the all-new ESA Impact: Dive into our Q1 2024 edition
Welcome to the 2024 first quarter edition of ESA Impact – your interactive gateway to the most important stories and images from the European Space Agency
SMOS and Swarm team up to spot huge solar storm
Tuesday, 26 March 2024 08:30
The Sun erupted over the weekend, flinging electromagnetic radiation towards Earth, even illuminating skies with spectacular aurora borealis. For the first time, ESA’s unlikely space weather duo of SMOS and Swarm tracked the severe solar storm — which warped Earth’s magnetic field.
Space Force, Space Command seek over $2 billion for unfunded programs to counter anti-satellite threats
Monday, 25 March 2024 19:13
Defense, military, intelligence agencies, all have a hand in U.S. space acquisitions
Monday, 25 March 2024 17:05
Astronauts have surprising ability to know how far they 'fly' in space
Monday, 25 March 2024 16:56
Russia's Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft docks to ISS
Monday, 25 March 2024 16:26
Russia's Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station Monday, four days after its launch was delayed due to a technical issue, the Roscosmos space agency said.
On board is Belarus' first female cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya, experienced Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and US astronaut Tracy Dyson, who blasted off on Saturday for a two-day journey.
"Soyuz MS-25 has docked to the ISS," Roscosmos said.
Novitsky and Vasilevskaya will spend 14 days in orbit, returning home aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft with US astronaut Loral O'Hara, while Dyson will spend 184 days in space.
MS-25's take-off was aborted seconds before launch on Thursday, raising further questions about the reliability of Russia's beleaguered space program.
Once a space-faring pioneer, Moscow has faced multiple setbacks since the collapse of the USSR, including the loss of two Mars missions and its first lunar probe in almost 50 years last August.
Space is one of the final areas of US-Russia cooperation amid an almost complete breakdown in relations between Moscow and Washington over the last two years.
For almost a decade, Russian Soyuz launches were the only way to ferry astronauts between Earth and the ISS, after NASA halted its Space Shuttle program.
Aerospace Corp. moves headquarters to D.C., cites need for proximity to decision makers
Monday, 25 March 2024 16:06
Cluster explains spiral dance seen over Norway
Monday, 25 March 2024 15:00
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Photo of auroral spiral NRO mission launches from NASA Wallops on Electron rocket
Monday, 25 March 2024 13:54
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility supported the successful launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket at 3:25 a.m. EDT, Thursday, March 21, from Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.
The rocket carried three collaborative research missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The mission, dubbed NROL-123, was the first NRO mission to fly on a Rocket Lab rocket launched from the United States.
"We are proud to support our commercial and government launch partners with world-class launch range, safety and support services," said David L.
Why scientists are making space data into sounds
Monday, 25 March 2024 13:48
Colorado-based companies Voyager Space, Palantir join forces on national security work in space
Monday, 25 March 2024 12:10
Denver-based companies Voyager Space and Palantir Technologies have signed an agreement to work together on enhancing national security capabilities in the commercial space realm.
A memorandum of understanding approved in February seeks to combine Voyager Space's more than three decades of space exploration and missions with Palantir's software technology and data analysis. The company's customers include the military, law enforcement and health care organizations.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with Palantir, exploring a diverse range of technologies and applications as we operate in a commercial space ecosystem," Marshall Smith, Voyager's chief technology officer, said in a statement.
Shyam Sankar, CTO of Palantir, said in a statement that the partnership represents a commitment to "advancing the frontiers of global commerce, civil, and national security capabilities" while reaffirming industry's role in bringing leading-edge technology to space exploration and security.
Voyager has a history of working on the International Space Station and is one of a handful of companies selected by NASA to design and develop commercial space stations. The ISS is expected to be retired in 2030. China's Tiangong space station is the only other one currently in operation.