Tag: Space

Earth from Space – New satellite data techniques reveal coastal sea-level rise (ESA)

For the hundreds of millions of people living in coastal regions around the world, rising seas driven by climate change pose a direct threat....

Space – The heart of a lunar sensor (ESA)

The heart of the Exospheric Mass Spectrometer (EMS) is visible in this image of the key sensor that will study the abundance of lunar...

Space – European Robotic Arm ready for space (ESA)

The European Robotic Arm (ERA) will be launched to the International Space Station together with the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module, called ‘Nauka’. ESA - European...

Space/Australia – Australian space manufacturers receive AU$1.3b backing from Canberra (Aimee Chanthadavong, ZD Net)

The Australian government has announced it is helping local space manufacturers expand their supply chains globally through its AU$1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI). Australian...

Space/China – China sends world’s first meteorological satellite into dawn-dusk orbit, fills gap in global observation data (Fan Anqi, Global Times)

China has successfully launched the Fengyun-3E satellite on Monday, making it the world's first meteorological satellite that has been sent into the dawn-dusk orbit...

Space/China – ‘We were ready to sacrifice’: Chinese astronaut reflects on China’s first spacewalk 13 yrs ago (Global Times)

Taikonauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo completed a spacewalk on Sunday wearing the latest Chinese-designed spacesuits. With this mission China is reaching another milestone...

Space – From atoms to planets, the longest-running Space Station experiment (ESA)

As Europe celebrates 20 years of ESA astronauts on the International Space Station, a Russian-European experiment has been running quietly in the weightless research...

Space – Chandra Turns Up the Heat in the Milky Way Center (NASA)

This 2004 image was produced by combining a dozen observations from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory made of a 130 light-year region in the center of the...

Space – NASA Offers $45M to Solve Risks for Astronaut Moon Landing Services (NASA)

NASA is preparing to establish a regular cadence of trips to the Moon under Artemis. To help the agency fine-tune its approach, NASA will award...

Space – NASA’s Self-Driving Perseverance Mars Rover ‘Takes the Wheel’ (Andrew Good, Karen Fox, Josh Handal, NASA)

https://youtu.be/t2gMaK003B8 NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on Mars, the Perseverance rover, is beginning an epic journey across a crater floor seeking signs of ancient life. That means the...

Space – First high-altitude drop test success for ExoMars parachute (ESA)

ExoMars 2022 parachute deployment sequence After several weeks of bad weather and strong winds, the latest pair of high-altitude drop tests of the ExoMars parachutes...

USA – The Space Development Agency now has demo satellites on orbit. Here’s what they’ll do (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The Space Development Agency has launched a handful of demonstration satellites into orbit, which will be used to test critical technologies for a new...

Space – Webb passes key launch clearance review (ESA)

The international James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review for its launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport...

Space – Satellites launched to boost connectivity and create jobs (ESA)

Three more nano-satellites have been launched as part of ESA’s efforts to boost the European space industry, fostering innovation and creating jobs. ESA - Satellites...

USA/Germany – BAE Systems to deliver first M-Code GPS User Equipment to Germany (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

BAE Systems will deliver the first batch of new military GPS user equipment to Germany, after being awarded a Foreign Military Sales contract by...

Space – Power on: new solar arrays installed over three spacewalks (ESA)

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough performed three spacewalks in the span of 10 days to install two new solar arrays...