Tag: Space

Space – Two More Artemis I Deep Space CubeSats Prepare for Launch (NASA)

Jennifer Harbaugh writes: Two additional secondary payloads that will travel to deep space on Artemis I, the first flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion...

Space – Rocket tanks of carbon fibre reinforced plastic proven possible (ESA)

ESA writes: Building on earlier studies, MT Aerospace in Germany has demonstrated a novel design of a small scale tank made of a unique...

Space – First test of Europe’s new space brain (ESA)

ESA writes: On 26 June 2021, ESA’s OPS-SAT space lab became the first spacecraft to be monitored and controlled using the EGS-CC – proving that this...

Space – Hubble Finds First Evidence of Water Vapor at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede (NASA)

NASA writes: For the first time, astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This water vapor forms...

Space – What You Need to Know about NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (NASA)

NASA writes: NASA and Boeing are taking another major step on the path to regular human spaceflight launches to the International Space Station on American rockets and...

Space – Apollo to Artemis: Drilling on the Moon (NASA)

Leejay Lockhart writes: Fifty years ago, Apollo 15 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, sending Commander David R. Scott, Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden,...

Space/Agriculture – NASA At Your Table: The Space Agency’s Surprising Role in Agriculture (NASA)

NASA writes: Everybody needs to eat. Food is a basic necessity, and it is at the heart of every human culture and our sense of...

Hubble Views a Faraway Galaxy Through a Cosmic Lens (NASA)

NASA writes: The center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is framed by the tell-tale arcs that result from strong gravitational...

Hubble Returns to Full Science Observations and Releases New Images (NASA)

NASA writes: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, exploring the universe near and far. The science instruments have returned to full operation,...

NASA’s Webb to Explore a Neighboring, Dusty Planetary System (NASA)

NASA writes: Researchers will use NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope to study Beta Pictoris, an intriguing young planetary system that sports at least...

NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample (NASA)

NASA writes: NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions...

NASA’s InSight Reveals the Deep Interior of Mars (NASA)

NASA writes: Before NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down on Mars in 2018, the rovers and orbiters studying the Red Planet concentrated on its surface....

Artificial Intelligence Helps Improve NASA’s Eyes on the Sun (NASA)

NASA writes: A group of researchers is using artificial intelligence techniques to calibrate some of NASA’s images of the Sun, helping improve the data...

(Space) VEGA-E, ESA e AVIO firmano un nuovo contratto (ASI)

ASI writes: L'ESA punta su AVIO per aumentare  la competitività e la sostenibilità ambientale del sistema di lancio europeo Vega oltre il 2025.  Questa mattina il Direttore...

(Space) Better understanding of Earth’s atmospheric chemistry from studying Mars? (ESA)

ESA writes: Long-term studies of ozone and water vapour in the atmosphere of Mars could lead to better understanding of atmospheric chemistry for the...

(Space) ESA advances Vega rocket evolution beyond 2025 (ESA)

ESA writes: ESA will further increase the competitiveness and environmental sustainability of Europe’s Vega launch system beyond 2025 through a contract signed with Avio...