ESA’s Future Rockets to Be Powered by a New Solid Propulsion “Workhorse”
5 Apr 2022, 03:45 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The European Space Agency has reached a significant milestone, as the new P120C rocket engine enters production, after several years of development
Ariel Is the Space Mermaid That's Going to Spy on 1,000 Alien Planets
2 Apr 2022, 03:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency will launch in 2029 the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (Ariel) mission, to look at 1,000 planets
Martian Brain Terrain Spied From Space Is Dotted with Impact Craters
31 Mar 2022, 03:23 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Taken by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, this image show the intriguing diverse landscape of the Red Planets' largest impact basin
European Rover Ready for Duty on Mars, Will Go Into Storage on Earth Instead
29 Mar 2022, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency says the Rosalind Franklin Mars rover is technically ready for its mission, no ride means it will go in storage instead
This Ingenious X-Ray Inspection System Is Like a Medical CT Scanner for Rocket Engines
24 Mar 2022, 06:05 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / UK-based Orbex is developing a cutting-edge X-Ray technology for the inspection of its 3D-printed rocket engine, the largest in the world
Russia’s War Kills Europe’s Hopes of Launching Its First Mars Rover Anytime Soon
18 Mar 2022, 10:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) officially decided to end work with Russian Roscosmos on the ExoMars mission planned for later this year
Asteroid Detected Less Than Two Hours Before Entering Earth’s Atmosphere! Wait, What?
16 Mar 2022, 15:58 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Even though astronomers are getting better at identifying near-Earth objects, the fact remains that sometimes we are still spotting them way too late
Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Reaches New Milestone as It Marches Towards the Sun
9 Mar 2022, 03:42 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter is racing towards its first close passage of the Sun. The spacecraft will reach the closest approach to the star on March 26th
Russian Actions Make European ExoMars 2022 Mission Launch “Very Unlikely”
1 Mar 2022, 13:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) said this week it's very unlikely for the ExoMars mission, meant to send the continent's first rover to Mars, to launch in 2022
ESA Shifting From Soyuz to Vega and Ariane Rockets After Russian Exit From Kourou
1 Mar 2022, 08:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) working to use the upcoming Vega-C and Ariane 6 launchers for its missions after Russia abandons Kourou
CSI Robotic Detectives to Venture Into Space, See Effects of Spacecraft Hitting Asteroid
26 Feb 2022, 06:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Years after the DART spacecraft would have smashed into distant asteroid Didymos, ESA will send two CubeSats to witness the carnage, and more
Massive Solar Eruption Spanning for Millions of Miles Detected, There’s Some Good News
18 Feb 2022, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Solar Orbiter spacecraft just detected the “largest solar prominence eruption ever observed in a single image together with the full solar disc”
SpaceX Rocket Will Hit the Moon at Over 5,700 MPH, No One Will See the Impact
3 Feb 2022, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A leftover SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, launched back in 2015, will hit the surface of the Moon on March 4 at speeds of 9,288 kph (5,771 mph)
Russian Scientist Charged With Espionage Related to the Ariane Rocket Development
1 Feb 2022, 05:46 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Europe's most famous and advance vehicle for space launches is at the center of a recent espionage case involving a Russian scientist
Huge Star Stretches Planet Into Football-Shaped Object, We Just Found the First One
11 Jan 2022, 10:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Planet WASP-103b, orbiting the WASP-103 star in the Hercules constellation, is shaped like a football due to the star's forces
21-Foot Gold-Coated Mirror Now Floats in Space, James Webb Fully Deployed
10 Jan 2022, 12:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and ESA says the James Webb Space Telescope is now fully deployed, after teh 21-foot (6.4 meter) mirror was unfolded over the weekend
Airbus Linked to Some of the Most Innovative Satellites Launched in 2021, Ready for More
7 Jan 2022, 09:38 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Airbus confirmed its status as top player in the aerospace industry, with a full year of groundbreaking design and pioneering launches
Video Shows Webb Telescope Drop Away From Carrier Rocket, Ready for Million Miles Trip
31 Dec 2021, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The James Webb telescope is getting ready to extend most of its hardware, before we get to see it do that we're treated to images of it separating from rocket
Stunning Images Show James Webb’s Flawless Launch, Hard Part Just Beginning
27 Dec 2021, 10:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day, heading to its designated position 1 million miles away from our planet
World’s Largest Space Telescope Can’t Catch a Break, Maybe Santa Can Change That
22 Dec 2021, 09:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency pushes the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to December 25h on account on bad weather predictions