After a short technical delay, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) new Vega-C rocket, operated by Arianespace, was successfully launched at 1313 GMT on 13 July from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou. The primary payload, Lares 2, a laser reflectivity satellite to test...
ESA has selected Airbus UK, Stevenage, to lead the FORUM construction project, according to an announcement on 28 June. The Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) satellite is an ESA Earth Explorer mission that aims to help understanding...
While the ELSa-D docking test mission is not going to plan in orbit due to thruster issues, its owner/developer Astroscale did have something to smile about. It has received US$16 milion (€15 million) in funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) to demonstrate an...
On 5 May 2022 at 0320 GMT, the NASA Crew 3 (Endurance) mission astronauts closed the hatch between their Crew Dragon craft and the International Space Station (ISS). Undocking was autonomous from the forward port of the ISS’s Harmony module at 0520 GMT....
At 0752 GMT on 27 April a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the NASA Crew-4 mission to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The launch took place from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and saw a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule start its journey to the ISS. This is the first launch of this...
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a launch contract on behalf of the European Union with French satellite launch provider Arianespace for the launch of the third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite. The Sentinel-1C radar satellite, which weighs in at around 2.3...
