Check out this photograph NASA captured recently during the launch of its LADEE spacecraft. Notice anything unusual? If you're thinking that the strange
A little less bulky that the old design.
Over the next month, a flotilla of spacecraft will blast off into space with a one-way ticket to one of the solar system’s most mysterious objects: Mars. They are tasked with helping answer a question that has puzzled scientists for decades—is there, or was there ever, life on the red planet?
SpaceX Launch: Highlights From NASA Astronauts Trip to Orbit
First launch of the Long March 6A rocket. Pujiang 2 is a Chinese technology demonstration satellite. Tiankun-2 is a satellite developed by CASIC, which is a technology demonstration mission to test out their new small satellite bus.
The global space race is intensifying, with countries like China and Russia making significant strides in their space capabilities. Fortunately, commercial entrepreneurs are also in the race, driving a dramatic […] The post To integrate commercial space services, share spectrum! appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Boeing Built Intelsat 33e Satellite Breaks Apart in GEO
Flight operations engineer Carissa Arillo helped ensure one of the instruments on NASA’s PACE mission made it successfully through its prelaunch testing. She and her group also documented the work rigorously, to ensure the flight team had a comprehensive manual to keep this Earth-observing satellite in good health for the duration of its mission. Name: […]
EarthSky | Artemis 1 on launch pad. Next up, the moon
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Feb. 8, 2019 – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Spacecraft Element (SCE) successfully completed acoustic and sine vibration testing at Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) in Redondo Beach. Acoustic and sine vibration...
HELSINKI — Chinese commercial rocket firm Deep Blue Aerospace conducted a first-stage rocket hop test Sunday, experiencing a partial failure during the final moments of landing. Deep Blue Aerospace carried […]
The French Space Agency CNES has issued a call for the development of a small capsule designed to collect data during a satellite’s reentry phase. Under the French Space Operations Act, adopted in 2008, CNES developed DEBRISK, a tool designed to assess the survivability of debris from a fragmented satellite reentering Earth’s atmosphere. The software […]
China’s three Shenzhou-18 mission astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station Thursday following launch from Jiuquan spaceport.
On Oct. 15, 2003, a Chang Zheng 2F lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch…
During its recent flyby of Earth, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) travelled through the zones of charged particles that surround our planet. These two zones are known as the Van Allen radiation belts. The inner belt is mostly full of energetic protons, and the outer belt is mostly full of energetic electrons. The region between the two belts is mostly empty.
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket launched for the first time Tuesday, providing a big boost for the continent’s space plans.
LAS VEGAS – Methane-emissions data from GHGSat will be shared for scientific research through NASA’s Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program. Montreal-based GHGSat announced July 31 that the company’s data “successfully […]
The FCC recently approved a regulatory framework for companies vying to develop mobile satellite services (MSS).
