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Japan announces plans to launch upgraded observation satellites on new flagship rocket's 3rd flight
A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries staff member stands next to the top of the first stage of a H3 rocket, inside the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works Tobishima Plant in Tobishima, Aichi prefecture Thursday, March 21, 2024.
Transporting second booster for first Ariane 6 Image: Transporting second booster for first Ariane 6
Friday, 26 April 2024 13:17

Second booster for first Ariane 6

Second booster for first Ariane 6 Image: Second booster for first Ariane 6
Friday, 26 April 2024 12:10

Week in images: 22-26 April 2024

ESA astronaut class of 2022 graduation ceremony

Week in images: 22-26 April 2024

Discover our week through the lens

Friday, 26 April 2024 06:41

Hop hop hooray

Celebrating the Hopper’s graduation Image: Celebrating the Hopper’s graduation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2024
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) are advancing fusion technology by integrating two established plasma control methods-electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) and resonant magnetic perturbations (RMP). This combination has shown promising results in improving plasma management, crucial for generating electricity through fusion. The t
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2024
NASA has teamed up with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to form a research transition team dedicated to advancing wildland fire management technologies. This collaboration is responding to an increase in frequency and scale of wildland fires, as noted by the U.S. Forest Service. The Wildland Fire Airspace Operations research transition team will explore and test innovative techno
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 25, 2024
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC), a prominent player in the nation's space industry, has announced plans to deploy the initial satellite of an extensive remote-sensing network within the next few months, according to a project manager. Zhang Chuan of CASIC Space Engineering Development, a subsidiary leading the initiative in Beijing, stated that the inaugural satellite of
Friday, 26 April 2024 07:00

Earth from Space: Seychelles

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Seychelles, an island republic in the western Indian Ocean. Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Seychelles, an island republic in the western Indian Ocean.
A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run media reported, the latest step in Beijing's space program that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030.

The crew took off in a capsule atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's northwest at 8:59 pm local time !1259 GMT) Thursday.

By early Friday the spacecraft had "successfully docked" with the space station, state-run news agency Xinhua reported, citing the China Manned Space Agency.

The mission is led by Ye Guangfu, a fighter pilot and astronaut who was previously part of the Shenzhou-13 crew in 2021.

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