Satellites are our ‘eyes and ears’ in space – how do they help us to help ourselves? To source
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Ann R. McNair and Mary Jo Smith with Model of Pegasus Satellite, July 14, 1964
In 1964, Ann R. McNair and Mary Jo Smith pose with a model of a Pegasus Satellite. To source
The Dawn of a New Era in Human Spaceflight
“The dawn of a new era in human spaceflight,” wrote astronaut Anne McClain. McClain had an unparalleled view from orbit of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station for docking on Sunday, March 3, 2019. To source
The science circling above us on the Space Station
The International Space Station orbits Earth, 400 km above our heads, running scientific experiments that cannot be done anywhere else. Read on for our bi-weekly update on European science in space. To source
ESA’s space weather mission to be protected against stormy Sun
ESA is planning Earth’s first dedicated space weather observatory to warn of potentially harmful turbulence in our parent star. Like a referee at a sports game, the Lagrange spacecraft will be able to observe both the Sun and Earth as well as the space in between – but will itself be in the space weather […]
Solar rainbow
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: aurora australis seen from space To source
ESA gives go-ahead for Smile mission with China
The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, Smile, has been given the green light for implementation by ESA’s Science Programme Committee. To source
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Lifts Off From Launch Complex 39A
On March 2, 2:49 a.m. EST, a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for Demo-1, the first uncrewed mission of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. To source
Help shape ESA’s space science programme
How did our Milky Way galaxy form? How do black holes grow? What is the origin of our Solar System? Are there other worlds capable of hosting life? These are some of the questions our current science missions are designed to address. But what do you think are the most important questions that our future […]
Antennas and auroras
Space Science Image of the Week: Rippling auroras dance through the sky above radar antennas that explore space weather effects To source
SpaceX Demo-1 Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard launches from Launch Complex 39A, Saturday, March 2, 2019. To source
A Spanish space startup SATLANTIS to use JEM "Kibo"- The first technical demonstration by a foreign private company on Kibo's exposed facility to cooperation of Space BD, a Japanese space startup –
PDF Here Space BD Inc. received a contract from a Spanish start-up company Satlantis, for an integrated in-orbit demonstration service of the “Integrated Standard Imager for Microsatellites (hereafter iSIM)”, a satellite optical instrument that the company has developed. The demonstration mission will utilise the “IVA-replaceable Small Exposed Experiment Platform (i-SEEP)”, the exposed facility of the […]
Pre-launch operations begin for deploying four CubeSats from ISS
Pre-launch operations begin for deploying four CubeSats from ISS Last Updated: March 4, 2019 Three 1U-size CubeSats (10cm×10cm×10cm) developed by Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) for the third round of the BIRDS Project (“BIRDS-3”)(*1) were delivered to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at the Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) on February 18, 2019 and a […]