SPACENEWS

Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is performing the first combined test in preparation for the inaugural flight of Ariane 6, Europe’s new generation launch vehicle.  Fermeture coiffe et pose sur LVA au BAF HE This test confirms the operations and electrical and mechanical equipment required for integration of the upper part of the launch vehicle. Read More

ESA While wildfires are a natural part of California’s landscape, a severe drought, coupled with extreme temperatures, have sustained several major fires for much of August. As of 14 September, more than 7000 wildfires have been recorded, burning over 900 000 hectares across the state. The Dixie megablaze, the largest wildfire of the 2021 fire Read More

SPAIN - The recovery of air traffic exceeds the European average • Domestic flights fared the best, with a drop of 4% • Over 650,000 flights were managed in the first eight months of the year • If the flights are compared to those of August 2020, the figure is 51% higher Month by month, Read More

• The Minister of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, noted that the agreement provides a boost for the implementation of urban air mobility in our country • ENAIRE assumes the management of automated operations that demand technologies, infrastructures and concepts involving simultaneous drone operations in densely populated environments, and alongside manned aircraft Read More

Photos SpaceX & NASA launch CRS-23 to the ISS on Sunday 8-29-21 3:14 AM EDT or 07:14 UTC first stage booster lands on ASOG new drone ship! NASA & SpaceX scrubbed CRS-23 Cargo Dragon to the ISS just eight minutes 40 seconds before launch With only a 40% chance of Go For Launch the space Read More

Pathfinder operations using a flight-configuration Vulcan Centaur core stage at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are transitioning to Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 for a series of fueling tests in the coming weeks to systematically validate launch pad infrastructure with the rocket, evaluate countdown procedures and train the launch team in advance of the inaugural Vulcan mission. Read More

ESA safeguards Europe’s guaranteed access to space through its Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, FLPP. FLPP oversees system studies and research activities to foster new and disruptive technologies which have the potential to reduce cost, improve performance, improve reliability, or on their ability to fulfil the specific needs of an identified service, system, demonstrator or mission. Within Read More

Samples of the Biofilms experiment are headed to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CR23 cargo resupply mission this weekend to help maintain astronaut and material safety in space.  A common piece of advice of the past 18 months has been to make sure you wash your hands thoroughly. This is because microorganisms are Read More

Iceberg A-74, approximately 1.5 times the size of Greater Paris, calved from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf earlier this year. Over the last six months, it has remained close to the shelf it broke away from owing largely to ocean currents. In early August, strong easterly winds have spun the iceberg around the western tip of Read More

ESA / After years in development and testing, the LEDSAT 1U CubeSat is finally in space!  The student satellite, developed under the Fly Your Satellite! programme, was successfully launched on Vega flight VV19 at 03:47 CEST from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.  LEDSAT launch gathering The LEDSAT team and members of the Fly Your Read More