ESA Is Ready to Unwrap a Special Gift Delivered From the Moon
20 Dec 2021, 14:46 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The European Space Agency (ESA) will open a special package that comes from the Moon. It's a 50-year-old gift and it holds something precious inside
Significant Amounts of Water Found in Mars’ Valles Marineris, Hidden in the Ground
17 Dec 2021, 10:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has detected large amounts of hydrogen in Martian canyon, could be a sign of massive amounts of water
Playmobil Mars Expedition Comes With a Trike and Drilling Station
15 Dec 2021, 12:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toymaker Playmobil and the European Space Agency joined hands to release a Mars Expedition set just in time for the winter holidays
James Webb Telescope Had First Date With Ariane 5 Rocket, They’re a Match
15 Dec 2021, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency lifted the James Webb telescope on top of the Ariane 5 rocket that next week will launch it into space
NASA Testing Tech for “Most Sophisticated” Mission Ever: Stealing Rocks From Mars
14 Dec 2021, 14:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA has already begun testing the technologies that will make the Mars Sample Return mission possible by the end of the decade
Webb Telescope All Fueled Up, Ready to Meet Its Ariane Rocket
9 Dec 2021, 17:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency is putting the finishing touches on the Ariane 5 rocket that will push the James Webb Space Telescope almost a million miles away
Airbus Awarded Multi-Million Contract to Build an Exoplanet-Hunting Spacecraft for ESA
8 Dec 2021, 00:41 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / ESA has awarded Airbus a € 200 million contract to design and build a spacecraft that will hunt planets located beyond our Solar System
Here Is the Heart That Will Keep the Orion Spacecraft Alive
4 Dec 2021, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Orion spacecraft that will depart for the Moon in 2022 gets its power from a space shuttle-derived module made in Europe
European Spaceship Catches Message From Incompatible Chinese Mars Rover, Sends It to China
2 Dec 2021, 10:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Mars Express spacecraft was capable of picking up a signal from the otherwise incompatible Zhurong rover and send it to China
Vega Rocket Satellite Launch Clears the Way for Bigger, More Powerful Vega-C
17 Nov 2021, 10:21 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Recently, the Vega rocket carried three satellites for the French Ministry of Defence to Earth's orbit. The latest launch paves the way for the next-gen Vega-C
Ariane 5 Rocket Gears Up to Launch the World's Most Powerful Telescope into Space
17 Nov 2021, 07:16 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The James Webb Space Telescope will soon join an Ariane 5 rocket at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana to leave our skies on its ultimate space journey
Astronauts Prepare for Life in Space By Exploring Earth's Volcanic Hot Spots
10 Nov 2021, 14:06 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / A team of astronauts, engineers, and geologists will explore Spain's Canary Islands in preparations for future missions on Moon and Mars
World’s Most Powerful Telescope Gears up for Launch, Will Revolutionize Space Science
19 Oct 2021, 08:43 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The $10 billion Webb Space telescope has reached its final destination before the historic launch, when its "super eye" will explore the origins of the Universe
Matthias Maurer Is Gearing up for the Cosmic Kiss Launch, With a Special Mission Video
15 Oct 2021, 07:41 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Maurer is the first German astronaut, also a scientist, heading to the ISS, and Cosmic Kiss will be his first space mission.
Orion Spaceship Service Module Crosses the Atlantic to Its Last Earthbound Stop
14 Oct 2021, 07:40 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / An Antonov aircraft is carrying the second European Service Module across the Atlantic to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
NASA's Perseverance Rover Snatched a Piece of an Alien World to Send It Back to Earth
12 Oct 2021, 20:18 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On September 1st, NASA's Perseverance rover successfully took a sample from an alien world that could be returned to Earth by future spacecraft
Analog Astronauts Will Simulate Life on Mars Inside a Huge Desert Crater
12 Oct 2021, 00:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / For three weeks, a team consisting of one woman and five men will simulate life on Mars inside a huge crater in Israeli's Negev desert
ESA Considers 3D Printing Spare Parts in Space Using Materials Found on the Moon
7 Oct 2021, 09:40 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The European Space Agency is working on a solution to 3D print spare parts for lunar stations directly in space, using materials found on the Moon's surface
Orion Spaceship Service Module Gears Up for Its Trans-Atlantic Journey
7 Oct 2021, 00:04 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA’s next-generation Orion space capsule is one step closer to its first journey around the Moon as one of its key components is heading its way
Barbie Just Completed Her First Zero-G Flight and “She Feels Fine”
4 Oct 2021, 11:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The European Space Agency and Mattel partner for World Space Week, in the hope of encouraging girls to pursue a career in STEM