SPACENEWS

In brief The mega Moon rocket SLS is on the launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, getting ready to launch the Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module. The first opportunity for launch is 16 November at 07:04 CET (06:04 GMT, 1:04 local time). In-depth Artemis I step-by-step Artemis I is the Read More

The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft launches atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on July 14, 2022. Credit: SpaceX NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than Monday, Nov. 21, pending range approval, for launch of the company’s 26th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for the Read More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPd0kO2QI3c Euclid completes thermal vacuum testing7At the Thales Alenia Space test facility in Cannes, France, the massive door of the thermal vacuum chamber was opened after a month of rigorous testing of ESA’s Euclid mission to explore the dark Universe. In Cannes the fully integrated spacecraft was subjected to the conditions of space and its Read More

Secondary experimental payload marks key milestone for future reusability A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) lifted off on Nov. 10 Read More

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it arrives at Launch Pad 39B, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS Read More

The 2023 internship opportunities at ESA have been published! Opportunities are open for one month and positions are available in engineering, science, IT, natural/social sciences, business and administration services. This is your chance to kick-off your experience in space! Browse this year’s opportunities directly on our recruitment website. Create your candidate profile, upload your CV Read More

For decades, satellites have been instrumental in monitoring our changing climate and improving our understanding of the processes that drive it. But to achieve our climate goals and make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, we need ideas that take the next step and begin to use space technologies to actively prevent, slow, reverse Read More

Civil-military coordination The professionals of Spain's air navigation service provider coordinated civil and military flights from the Canary Islands Control CentreThis is the most important training exercise with military aircraft in SpainIt involved around 2,000 people and 35 aircraft ENAIRE, Spain's air navigation service provider, through its Canary Islands Control Centre, took part in the Read More

Shake Rattle & Roll tomorrow at 9:41 AM Nov. 1st Tuesday with more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff SpaceX FalconHeavy USSF-44 which is currently the most powerful operational rocket in the world (until Artemis 1 launches) from LC-39A Cape Kennedy Florida. Weather is 90% Go For Launch and the two side core Read More

Marking Halloween, we bring you this recent Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of the Halloween Crack in Antarctica. First spotted on 31 October 2016, the Halloween Crack runs from an area known as McDonald Ice Rumples – which is where the underside of the floating ice sheet is grounded on the shallow seabed. This pinning point slows Read More