ESA – Four mission ideas to compete for Earth Explorer 11
ESA As part of ESA’s commitment to develop and build satellite missions that push the boundaries of satellite technology and Earth science, four new mission ideas – Cairt, Nitrosat, Seastar and Wivern – have been selected to enter pre-feasibility study and compete to be the eleventh Earth Explorer mission. This important milestone follows a Call Read More
ESA flying payloads on wooden satellite
ESA The world’s first wooden satellite is on the way, in the shape of the Finnish WISA Woodsat. ESA materials experts are contributing a suite of experimental sensors to the mission as well as helping with pre-flight testing. WISA Woodsat is a 10x10x10 cm ‘CubeSat’ – a type of nanosatellite built up from standardised boxes Read More
Power Thrust and Smoke from the SpaceX June 6th 2021 launch
….at 12:26 AM EDT or 04:26 UTC from space launch complex 40 Cape Canaveral Florida lifting 5,400 Kilogram Sirius XM 8 high power broadcasting satellite into orbit and first stage booster B-1061.3 made a successful landing on Just Read The Instructions 642 kilometers down range. The 18th launch for SpaceX in 2021. 17th reflight booster Read More
Photos NASA SpaceX CRS-22 Mission liftoff
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NASA SpaceX CRS-22 Mission liftoff
During partly cloudy skies NASA and SpaceX launched the CRS-22 mission with Cargo Dragon C209-1 a new upgraded version on top of a brand new first stage rocket booster B-1067.1 carrying a vital 7,300 pounds of supplies, equipment and state of the art science investigations to the International Space Station at 1:29 PM EDT or Read More
First look photos of NASA CRS-22 on LC-39A with weather conditions deteriorating
The clouds are building and storms are expected tonight and tomorrow with the weather deteriorating to 60% go for this NASA SpaceX CRS-22 mission to resupply the International Space Station with 7,300 pounds of equipment, supplies and science experiments! Planned liftoff is on June 3rd 2021 at 1:29 PM EDT or 17:29 UTC from historic Read More
Watch live: In-flight call with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet
ESA On Tuesday 1 June, teachers and students from France, Estonia, and Austria will connect live with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, currently living and working on the International Space Station (ISS). Join the livestream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axwEhXmqX2M Teachers will be asking questions directly to Thomas Pesquet around the theme of Sustaining space: recycling resources. A livestream of Read More
Quantum communication in space moves ahead
ESA / Keeping information secure in today’s interconnected world is becoming ever more important, so ESA is supporting efforts to ensure that future communications are kept confidential. A new generation of supercomputing power, delivered by quantum computers, is currently being developed that will be almost unimaginably powerful at cracking the most complex problems upon which Read More
How ESA boosts climate education
ESA A series of fascinating new learning resources are enabling teachers in the UK to encourage the next generation of climate pioneers. The freely available lesson plans and activities – which add to ESA’s portfolio of space-powered climate learning materials – were highlighted at the Climate Change Teacher Conference, a live-streamed online summit for British Read More
SpaceX successfully launches their 123 rocket with 60 Starlink satellites today
May 26th 2021 A gorgeous blue sky on time liftoff at 2:59 PM EDT or 18:59 UTC for SpaceX and their 28th V1.0 Starlink mission carrying another batch of 60 internet satellites which now makes 1,666 in the SpaceX constellation. First stage booster B-1063.2 made a perfect landing on the autonomous drone ship JRTI Just Read More