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NASA's MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar WindIMAGE
mars.nasa.gov• Dec 11, 2023• 1 min read
NASA's MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar WindNASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun, known as the solar wind.
ESA’s Long-Serving CryoSat Satellite Avoids Early End to its MissionIMAGE
europeanspaceflight.com• Nov 27, 2023• 1 min read
ESA’s Long-Serving CryoSat Satellite Avoids Early End to its MissionThe European Space Agency has avoided an early end to its CryoSat mission after a fuel leak was detected aboard the satellite. CryoSat was launched aboard a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur in April 2010. The satellite’s mission is dedicated to measuring the thickness of polar ice and monitoring ice sheets that blanket Antarctica and Greenland. […] The post ESA’s Long-Serving CryoSat Satellite Avoids Early End to its Mission appeared first on European Spaceflight.
HyImpulse Ditch SaxaVord in Favour of Australia for Maiden FlightIMAGE
europeanspaceflight.com• Nov 15, 2023• 1 min read
HyImpulse Ditch SaxaVord in Favour of Australia for Maiden FlightGerman launch startup HyImpulse Technologies has announced that it will launch the maiden flight of its suborbital SR75 launch vehicle from the Southern Launch Koonibba Test Range in Australia. The maiden flight of the SR75 vehicle had initially been slated to be launched from SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland. In fact, HyImpulse had already received a […] The post HyImpulse Ditch SaxaVord in Favour of Australia for Maiden Flight appeared first on European Spaceflight.
Avio Just Needs Some Space from ArianespaceIMAGE
europeanspaceflight.com• Oct 26, 2023• 1 min read
Avio Just Needs Some Space from ArianespaceItalian rocket builders Avio have asked the European Space Agency to allow it to split from Arianespace and independently market its Vega launch vehicles. The request was first reported by La Tribune. The request, which is backed by the Italian government, will be on the agenda at the ESA Space Summit in Seville, Spain, on […] The post Avio Just Needs Some Space from Arianespace appeared first on European Spaceflight.
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NASA IG Skeptical of Major SLS Cost Savings From Services ContractIMAGE
spacepolicyonline.com• Oct 13, 2023• 1 min read
NASA IG Skeptical of Major SLS Cost Savings From Services ContractNASA’s Office of Inspector General is skeptical that NASA will achieve significant cost savings by shifting procurement of future Space Launch System rockets to a commercial services contract. In a […]
Has Avio Begun Developing a Second-Gen Space Rider Vehicle?IMAGE
europeanspaceflight.com• Sep 11, 2023• 1 min read
Has Avio Begun Developing a Second-Gen Space Rider Vehicle?In a presentation outlining the company’s half-year financial results, Italian rocket builder Avio appeared to indicate that development of a second generation of the ESA-funded reusable Space Rider vehicle has begun. Space Rider is an uncrewed robotic laboratory that is the size of around two minivans. It is designed to be capable of remaining in […] The post Has Avio Begun Developing a Second-Gen Space Rider Vehicle? appeared first on European Spaceflight.
SaxaVord Does Not Need Spaceport Licence to Launch HyImpulse MissionIMAGE
europeanspaceflight.com• Aug 29, 2023• 1 min read
SaxaVord Does Not Need Spaceport Licence to Launch HyImpulse MissionThe UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has confirmed that SaxaVord will not need a spaceport license to host the maiden flight of the HyImpulse SR75 rocket. SaxaVord Spaceport is a proposed vertical launch facility being built on a small island off the North coast of Scotland. Shetland Space Centre Ltd, the company behind the spaceport, […] The post SaxaVord Does Not Need Spaceport Licence to Launch HyImpulse Mission appeared first on European Spaceflight.
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Gravimeter for ESA’s Hera mission is ready to launch to Dimorphos asteroidIMAGE
nasaspaceflight.com• Jun 10, 2023• 1 min read
Gravimeter for ESA’s Hera mission is ready to launch to Dimorphos asteroidA tiny instrument that can measure the gravity levels of an asteroid has completed its ground tests, pushing the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission closer to launch. Hera will complete the first post-impact survey of the asteroid that NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) collided with in September 2022, and the gravimeter for small solar system objects (GRASS) is the small device that will be carried by Hera to measure the minuscule gravity levels of Dimorphos, the orbiting moonlet of the 65803 Didymos binary system.
How bedrest and cycling in artificial gravity is being tested to aid human spaceflightIMAGE
nasaspaceflight.com• Jun 7, 2023• 1 min read
How bedrest and cycling in artificial gravity is being tested to aid human spaceflightFor two months, 12 people from France will be put into a “compulsory reclined lifestyle” to study the impacts that microgravity has on astronauts and whether cycling in artificial gravity could combat the negative effects human spaceflight has on the body. The Bedrest with Artificial Gravity and Cycling Exercise (BRACE) is led by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French Space Agency (CNES) and will mark the first bedrest study involving cycling in Europe.
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Perseverance finds Mars river could have been ‘wilder,’ Mars Express takes new volcano imagesIMAGE
nasaspaceflight.com• May 20, 2023• 1 min read
Perseverance finds Mars river could have been ‘wilder,’ Mars Express takes new volcano imagesMay has been a big month for scientific discoveries on Mars, as NASA’s Perseverance rover has continued to find more convincing evidence of what could have once been a “deeper and faster-moving” river than data initially suggested. New images taken by the rover’s main camera show two mosaics of course sediment grains and tall, curving layers of rock that suggest the river once flowed powerfully through the region.
EchoStar has fingers crossed for August Falcon Heavy launchIMAGE
spacenews.com• May 10, 2023• 1 min read
EchoStar has fingers crossed for August Falcon Heavy launchEchoStar said its long-awaited Jupiter 3 satellite should be ready for a Falcon Heavy launch in August, although its deployment faces further delays if a higher priority government project takes this window.