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United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing for the Flight Readiness Firing (FRF) today of the Vulcan rocket as a validation of the fully integrated vehicle at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The FRF will demonstrate day of launch timelines and procedures, propellant loading operations and the countdown through ignition of Read More

The food we eat determines how we feel, and nothing beats a good fry-up, although in moderation of course. As we prepare for missions to the Moon and on to Mars, astronauts will be happy to hear from researchers that one staple comfort food is not out of reach, even in space: fries. Steam bubbles Read More

This year's Moon Camp Challenge witnessed a remarkable display of creativity and innovation as 5354 students from 39 countries embarked on the mission to explore and design their own take of life on the Moon. Inspiring designs were received from all over the world, with representation from 20 ESA Member States, Canada, Slovenia, Latvia, and Read More

The European Service Module-2 and Orion crew module adapter for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft was moved into the Final Assembly and System Testing (FAST) cell inside NASA's Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on 22 May 2023. The spacecraft modules will be integrated with the crew module before Read More

In brief Mars appears in the night sky different from all the other gleaming dots in the darkness. Look carefully and even to the naked eye it has an orangey hue, look even closer and there’s a twenty-year-old spacecraft that has been lovingly circling it for two decades. Peering down on Mars’ familiar but eerily Read More

A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The bright tendrils of gas and stars belong to the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068, whose bright central bar is visible in the upper left of this image. NGC 5068 lies around 17 million light-years from Earth Read More

Exactly two decades ago, on 2 June 2003, ESA’s Mars Express orbiter launched and began its journey to the Red Planet – Europe’s first ever mission to Mars.  The spacecraft aimed to enter orbit around Mars (something it did in December of that year) and use its vantage point to study the martian atmosphere and Read More

From the Chugach Mountains on the right to the Cook Inlet on the left, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the varied landscape surrounding Anchorage, the largest and most populous city in the state of Alaska in the United States. Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the Read More

SpaceX Starship Remotes Inside pad - photos to remember photos by Scott SCHILKE spacenews.lu / space-news.es Read More

▪ Europe’s first Global 7500 simulator will be deployed at CAE Vienna▪ The six-simulator centre is set to open in 2024 CAE today announced at the 2023 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE 2023) that it is expanding its global,network to Central Europe with a new business aviation training centre in Vienna, Austria, scheduled Read More