Flight VV22 failure: Arianespace and ESA appoint an independent inquiry commission
Press Release N° 72–2022
Arianespace announced early today the failure of Flight VV22 carrying Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 satellites.
Europe's access to space in jeopardy after Vega-C rocket failure
Flights of the new European Vega-C rocket have been suspended pending an investigation into an overnight launch failure, French firm Arianespace said Wednesday, leaving Europe with few avenues into space.
Just minutes after the Vega-C rocket lifted off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 10:47 pm local time on Tuesday (0147 GMT Wednesday), its trajectory deviated from its pro NASA delays spacewalk because of debris
NASA postponed a spacewalk from the International Space Station originally scheduled for Wednesday morning because of the potential of space junk in the area.
The space agency said the debris was from a fragment from the upper stage of a Russian Fregat-SB that appeared scheduled to pass near the ISS.
"Based on this new data, flight control teams directed the crew to stop spacewal NASA retires InSight lander after four years on Mars
NASA said farewell on Wednesday to the InSight lander that spent four years probing the interior of Mars.
The US space agency said mission control had been unable to contact the spacecraft on two consecutive attempts, leading to the conclusion that its solar-powered batteries have run out of energy.
"InSight may be retiring, but its legacy - and its findings from the deep interior of Ma Laser links are great for satellite relay, but challenges abound for taking it to ground
While optical technology shows great promise for intersatellite relay links, ground segment providers doubt it will be widely adopted among their terrestrial networks any time soon.
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NASA declares end of InSight Mars mission
NASA has officially ended the mission of the InSight Mars lander after power levels on the spacecraft dropped to the point where it could no longer communicate with Earth.
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Assembly begins on NASA's next tool to study exoplanets
Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. As technologies for studying these worlds continue to advance, researchers may someday be able to search for signs of life on exoplanets that are similar in size, composition, and temperature to Earth. But to do that they'll need new tools, like those being tested on the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
NASA retires InSight Mars lander mission after years of science
Saturn finalizing funds for $500 million small GEO satellite program
Saturn Satellite Networks is close to securing funds for another attempt at getting its small geostationary satellite manufacturing business off the ground, according to an executive for the U.S.-based firm.
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How Hera asteroid mission will phone home
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How Hera asteroid mission will phone home 
