SPACENEWS

ESA has so much to look forward to in 2023: the exciting Juice mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moons will be launched, Euclid will embark on a quest for the ‘dark Universe’, Sentinel-1C will ensure continuity and provide a rich treasure of Earth observation data, the new generation of ESA astronauts will start their training Read More

photo Nasa Sixteen days into its test flight on the Artemis I mission, the Orion spacecraft is on a trajectory back to Earth.     On Thursday, Dec. 1, at 4:53 p.m. EST, Orion conducted an engine burn to propel the spacecraft out of its distant lunar orbit, where it has been since Nov. 25. Orion Read More

View of ESA's European Service Module that is powering NASA's Orion spacecraft, pointing at our planet and the Moon, taken on the 13th day of flight for the Artemis I mission at 22:06 CET (21:06 GMT), 28 November 2022. DCIM\100GOPRO\GOPR1228. It shows Orion and the European Service Module halfway through the Artemis I mission near Read More

• Javier Delgado, ENAIRE's Canary Islands Regional Director, and Raquel Moldes, from the Drone Business Development Department, spoke at the 1st International Aeronautical and Aerospace Congress in La Gomera, which is being held on the island under the title "Canary Islands, the sandbox that looks to the sky" • At this congress, ENAIRE discussed how Read More

At the Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport ENAIRE, EUROCONTROL and IATA are holding their eleventh annual workshop with airlines to promote aviation safety • They are sharing their vision and experiences involving the main safety challenges facing the sector in preparation for the recovery of air traffic • With the participation of EUROCONTROL, IATA, AESA, AENA, Read More

Partnership to help mature technologies associated with next-generation battery systems. Airbus and Renault Group, worldwide leaders in the aerospace and automotive industries, have signed a research and development agreement which aims at enhancing transversalities and synergies to accelerate both companies’ electrification roadmaps, improving their respective range of products. This partnership will help Airbus mature technologies Read More

Enabling & Support In brief • Japan’s ispace will launch its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 on 30 November* on its journey to the Moon. It is aiming to be the first mission by a private company to land on the lunar surface. • Under a commercial contract with ispace EUROPE S.A., ESA is responsible for ensuring Read More

It’s no surprise that when a massive lump of ice drops off the edge of a glacier into the sea, the surface waters of the ocean get pretty churned up. However, in addition to causing tsunamis at the surface of the ocean, recent research has led to the discovery that glacier calving can excite vigorous Read More

In brief Students from Polytechnic University of Catalonia just finished an experimental campaign in the ZARM Drop Tower in Bremen, Germany, where they used sound waves to dissipate heat. In-depth ACOULING experimental hardware integrated into the capsule On Earth, in the presence of gravity and air, convection forces play a very big role in heat Read More

- During the award ceremony, the Secretary of State noted that "the development of mobility and the spread of culture enrich society, unite territories and help to improve the lives of citizens" - Alberto García Álix (Lifetime Achievement in Photography), journalist Marta Fajardo (Aeronautical Journalism) and the Aeronautical Technology Centre (I+Dron Award) were among the Read More