Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 18, 2023
Tyvak International has reached a significant milestone in the development of the Milani nano spacecraft, a vital component of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera planetary defense mission. This achievement was marked by the successful completion of the Test Readiness Review, a critical step in the project's progress. Milani holds the distinction of being ESA's first foray into deep-spa

Louisville CO (SPX) Dec 18, 2023
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space to benefit of life on Earth, has delivered the first Dream Chaser spaceplane, Tenacity, to NASA's Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Dream Chaser, the world's only commercial spaceplane, has entered the final testing phase ahead of its first flight in 2024.

Washington DC (UPI) Dec 15, 2023
A huge solar flare, the biggest since 2017, disrupted radio communication for two hours on Earth Thursday. It was detected by a NASA telescope. "This is likely one of the largest solar radio events ever recorded," the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center said in a statement. "Radio communication interference with aircraft were reported by multiple NWS Center Weather Service Units co-loc

Washington DC (UPI) Dec 15, 2023
Rocket Lab returned its Electron rocket into space for the first time since September with a successful New Zealand flight on Friday that released a Japanese satellite into orbit. The payload, the QPS-SAR-5, or Tsukuyomi-1 satellite, reached orbit about 57 minutes after launching from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1. The Japanese company iQPS develops and operates small SAR satellites and

Space is becoming ever more important to life on Earth – from managing climate change to responding to emergencies to digitalising the economy. To help policymakers and businesses take informed decisions about investing in space, ESA has today published plans to create robust and reliable data on the space economy, in collaboration with international partners.

Week in images: 11-15 December 2023

Discover our week through the lens

Image: As the holiday season swiftly approaches, frosty landscapes tend to be associated with the magical idea of a white Christmas. But this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image over the Antarctica Peninsula sheds light on a different perspective.

Image: Dragon rider