Tag: Space

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...

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...