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The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s sunshield in space, a key milestone in preparing it for science operations. To source

Video: 00:01:51 Highlights of the launch campaign for the James Webb Space Telescope, from its arrival at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, weeks of launch preparations, to launch on board an Ariane 5, and separation of the spacecraft and solar panel deployment. Now in space and on its way to L2, Webb will undergo […]

Image: Red velvet Mars To source

On Thursday 23 December, the James Webb Space Telescope , safely stowed inside the fairing of ESA’s Ariane 5  launch vehicle, left the final assembly building for roll-out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. To source

The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted significant amounts of water at the heart of Mars’ dramatic canyon system, Valles Marineris . To source

Video: 00:04:00 The world’s next generation cosmic observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, is due for launch on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Webb is a joint project between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency and is a remarkable feat of engineering and technology. The telescope is […]

Image: Exoplanet system artwork To source

Image: ESA’s new and future exoplanet missions To source

Video: 00:00:51 The James Webb Space Telescope , configured for flight, was moved from the cleanroom to the payload preparation facility for fuelling at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 11–12 November 2021. Webb will be loaded with propellants before being mounted on top of the rocket and then encapsulated by the Ariane 5 fairing. […]

Image: Webb stickers for Ariane 5 fairing To source

Video: 00:01:00 Solar Orbiter’s crucial flyby of Earth on 27 November will place the spacecraft onto the correct orbit for its science phase to begin. But the manoeuvre is not without risk. At closest approach, the spacecraft will be around 460 km above our planet. This is in the Low Earth Orbit zone, where the […]

Video: 00:00:19 The Euclid payload and service module are currently at Thales Alenia Space in Torino, Italy, where they will be integrated to form the final, finished spacecraft. In this video Euclid’s service module is being transferred onto a support near the payload module, in order to prepare it for further integration activities. Euclid is […]

Using ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescopes, astronomers have made an important step in the quest to find a planet outside of the Milky Way. To source