Copernical Team
Smile sets sail for Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana
Just over a year since Smile arrived in the Netherlands in two parts, the now-complete and thoroughly-tested spacecraft has left for good. With a launch window set for 8 April – 7 May on a Vega-C rocket, the joint European-Chinese mission is almost ready to embark upon its unique space mission.
Annular solar eclipse seen from space
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Proba-2's view from Earth orbit of an annular solar eclipse Rocket re-entry pollution measured in atmosphere for first time
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NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon
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NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner's botched astronaut flight
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Upper-atmospheric lithium pollution directly linked to Falcon 9 reentry
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Sophie Adenot exercising on the CEVIS bike
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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during one of her first workouts at the start of the εpsilon mission. ESA’s 5G laboratory on wheels
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ESA’s 5G laboratory on wheels ESA’s Celeste target launch date confirmed
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the inaugural launch of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission with the first two satellites scheduled to lift off no earlier than 24 March, aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Māhia Launch Complex in New Zealand.
Webb maps Uranus's mysterious upper atmosphere
For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the planet. Using NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's NIRSpec instrument, the team observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, detecting the faint glow from molecules high above the clouds. The results offer a new window into how ice-giant planets distribute energy in their upper layers.