Save the date: ESA Open Day 2023 in the Netherlands
Monday, 07 August 2023 07:30
Save the date: this year’s annual ESA Open Day in the Netherlands will take place on Sunday 8 October, at the Agency’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk. Registration to attend will be opened later this summer; keep an eye on this webpage and social media for further details.
Register now: ESA Open Day for people with a disability
Monday, 07 August 2023 07:26
Registration is now open for this year’s annual ESA Open Day in the Netherlands for people with a disability, which will take place on Saturday 7 October, at the Agency’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk.
Lockheed Martin opens new factory focused on small satellites
Sunday, 06 August 2023 19:00
Lockheed Martin, a company that for decades has built schoolbus-sized satellites for the U.S.
ISS transition plans a work in progress
Sunday, 06 August 2023 15:15
Plans for shifting research from the International Space Station to commercial space stations late this decade are still a work in progress, NASA and industry officials say.
Liftoff: 360 view of final Ariane 5
Sunday, 06 August 2023 13:00
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In July 2023 local time, the last Ariane 5 blasted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Relive the moment from up close in this 360° video showing the liftoff and Ariane 5 soaring to orbit.
The audio comes from the camera itself that was clamped to a steel cable on a northern ramp surrounding the Ariane 5 flame trench – about 50 m from the ZL3 launchpad. Despite being so close the camera was only protected against the humidity and rain in French Guiana. A solar panel provided extra power to the camera as it had to
DLR harnesses 3D Printing for efficient production of spaceflight components
Sunday, 06 August 2023 10:34
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is looking into ways to make space propulsion systems more cost-effective and reusable. The emphasis of their investigation lies in the 3D Printing for Low-Cost Space Components (3D-LoCoS) project. This project seeks to enhance the techniques of metal-based additive manufacturing, essentially 3D printing processes. This advancement will allow for the swifter, mo Webb spotlights gravitational arcs in 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster
Sunday, 06 August 2023 10:34
A new image of the galaxy cluster known as "El Gordo" is revealing distant and dusty objects never seen before, and providing a bounty of fresh science. The infrared image, taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, displays a variety of unusual, distorted background galaxies that were only hinted at in previous Hubble Space Telescope images.
El Gordo is a cluster of hundreds of galaxies LeoStella unveils its largest smallsat to target SDA contracts
Sunday, 06 August 2023 10:01
LeoStella announced details about its largest spacecraft yet Aug. 6 with plans to deliver its first two 500-kilogram-class satellites to a commercial radar constellation customer next summer.
Indian lunar landing mission enters Moon's orbit
Sunday, 06 August 2023 01:08
India's latest space mission entered the Moon's orbit on Saturday ahead of the country's second attempted lunar landing, as its cut-price space programme seeks to reach new heights.
The world's most populous nation has a comparatively low-budget aerospace programme that is rapidly closing in on the milestones set by global space powers.
Only Russia, the United States and China have prev NASA and Axiom Space join forces for fourth private mission in 2024
Sunday, 06 August 2023 01:08
In a renewed commitment to the growth of private space ventures, NASA has announced another joint mission with Axiom Space. This mission, which will be the fourth private astronaut initiative, is slated for a tentative launch in August 2024 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Phil McAlister, Director of Commercial Space at NASA Headquarters, emphasized the significance of the join NASA announces crew for 2024 ISS rotation mission
Sunday, 06 August 2023 01:08
NASA Friday announced four crew members that will fly on NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission for a long-term stay on the International Space Station.
The crew includes NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barrat, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin.
They will all join Expedition 70 and 71 crew m Unraveling river pathways on Earth and Mars
Sunday, 06 August 2023 01:08
In a groundbreaking analysis, scientists from Tulane University have delved deep into the winding paths of rivers on both Earth and Mars. This study, recently published in Nature Geosciences, aims to understand how climate change influences the shifting paths of these meandering rivers.
Dr. Chenliang Wu, a postdoctoral researcher with Tulane University's School of Science and Engineering, Curiosity faces its toughest climb yet on Mars
Sunday, 06 August 2023 01:08
On Aug. 5, NASA's Curiosity rover will notch its 11th year on Mars by doing what it does best: studying the Red Planet's surface. The intrepid bot recently investigated a location nicknamed "Jau" that is pockmarked with dozens of impact craters. Scientists have rarely gotten a close-up view of so many Martian craters in one place. The largest is estimated to be at least as long as a basketball c Can we see Mars' Breath in the Winter Cold: Sols 3907-3908
Sunday, 06 August 2023 01:08
Earth planning date: Wednesday, August 2, 2023: We don't have a lot of power to play with today, so we have to be careful about how much time we give the different activities. As Arm Rover Planner, I got to sequence the contact science activities today.
We start this two-sol plan with a nap to save up power. After waking up in the afternoon, we do a short block of imaging. Mastcam is takin Daily records of atmospheric temperature with Perseverance
Sunday, 06 August 2023 01:08
Atmospheric temperature is a meteorological variable of daily concern to humans. Temperature also has a major impact on Perseverance mission operations (e.g. temperature sensors are distributed throughout the rover to monitor its thermal performance). In addition, temperature data are key to the mission's scientific investigations of the atmosphere. The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA