Tag: Space

(USA/Space) Planning for a rainy day in space: How America can build a resilient space future (Defense News)

Charles Beames writes for Defense News: In his historic response to the Soviet Union leading the world in the space race, John F. Kennedy...

(Space) A European Robotic Arm to handle the Space Station

ESA writes: The European Robotic Arm (ERA) is set for launch on a Proton rocket to the International Space Station on 21 July at 16:58 CEST....

(Space/China/Russia/USA) According to US and UK media reports, the US is developing a Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability to locate a giant new radar...

Global Times writes: According to US and UK media reports, the US is developing a Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability - or DARC -...

(Space) ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), was launched into orbit on 17 July...

ESA writes: ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), was launched into orbit on 17...

(Russia) Polls taken over the last decade show that Russians view their country’s space program as second only to victory in World War II...

Paul Global writes for The Jamestown Foundation: Polls taken over the last decade show that Russians view their country’s space program as second only to...

(Space) ERS-1: the first image

ESA writes: ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), was launched into orbit on 17 July...

(Space) The WISA Woodsat is being developed by Finland-based Arctic Astronautics, ESA and Finland-based forester UPM

Tara Copp writes for Defense One: A tiny Finnish cubesat could make history later this year as the world’s first plywood satellite—and it will even...

(Space) Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket

ESA writes: ESA will enhance the versatility of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket with a kick stage called Astris in a €90 m development contract...

(Space) Europe’s Eutelsat Quantum

ESA writers: Soon Eutelsat Quantum will be launched into a geostationary orbit on board an Ariane 5 from Kourou read the article: ESA - Eutelsat Quantum:...

Space – The mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras is solved (ESA)

The 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras has been solved. For the first time, astronomers have seen the entire mechanism at work...

Space – Cheops studia due esopianeti e ne scopre un terzo davvero sui generis (ASI)

Quando si dice “non c’è due senza tre”. Mentre studiava due esopianeti intorno a una stella brillante non lontana da noi, il satellite Cheops...

Space – Asteroid Day 2021: gli asteroidi nella nuova era dello spazio europeo (ASI)

L’Asteroid Day ricorre ogni 30 giugno, data in cui si celebra l'evento di Tunguska, quando nel 1908 nel cielo siberiano si disintegrò un corpo celeste...

TechInnovation/Space – Lasercube in orbita (ASI)

Il programma di sostegno all’ecosistema delle piccole medie imprese spaziali italiane trova oggi conferma nel lancio di LaserCube, terminale per comunicazioni laser sviluppato dalla start...

Space – Webinar on the foloow-on activities of the IV International Space Forum (ISF) 2019 – The Mediterranean Chapter (ASI)

Si è svolto presso l'Aula Magna dell'Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria il "Webinar on the follow-on activities of the IV International Space Forum (ISF) 2019...

Space – Shanghai Astronomy Museum showcases humankind’s unremitting efforts in space exploration (Du Qiongfang, Global Times)

The Shanghai Astronomy Museum, the world's largest of its kind, has started trial operation to showcase humankind's unremitting efforts throughout history to explore the...

Space – A touch of sun (ESA)

From ESA’s Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory – one of a suite of labs based at the ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands – a...