Ariane 6: mobile gantry removal test
Monday, 26 June 2023 10:02
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On 22 June 2023 at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, engineers rolled back the mobile gantry protecting Ariane 6 on its launch pad. The exercise helped validate ground systems and prepare for a series of engine fire tests.
NASA engineers help create a virtual world of data
Monday, 26 June 2023 09:49
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 24, 2023
For almost as long as it's been a concept, NASA has been on the cutting edge of virtual reality (VR) technology. However, the space has seen a renaissance since the bulky headsets of the 1990s. Several high-profile companies now use VR for immersive video games and virtual chat rooms, but to some, this technology has a use beyond entertainment.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern
For almost as long as it's been a concept, NASA has been on the cutting edge of virtual reality (VR) technology. However, the space has seen a renaissance since the bulky headsets of the 1990s. Several high-profile companies now use VR for immersive video games and virtual chat rooms, but to some, this technology has a use beyond entertainment.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern Dark matter remains "dark"
Monday, 26 June 2023 09:49
Braunschweig, Germany (SPX) Jun 24, 2023
Astronomic observations indicate the existence of so-called "dark matter" which makes up more than 80% of all matter and, as far as we know, interacts with ordinary visible matter only via gravity. In particular, no proof for the interaction with photons (the elementary particles of which also light is composed), has yet been established - hence the term "dark" for this type of matter. It remain
Astronomic observations indicate the existence of so-called "dark matter" which makes up more than 80% of all matter and, as far as we know, interacts with ordinary visible matter only via gravity. In particular, no proof for the interaction with photons (the elementary particles of which also light is composed), has yet been established - hence the term "dark" for this type of matter. It remain NASA welcomes India as 27th Artemis Accords Signatory
Monday, 26 June 2023 09:49
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 24, 2023
During a ceremony at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington on Wednesday, June 21, India became the 27th country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in the signing ceremony for the agency and Taranjit Singh Sandhu, India's ambassador to the United States, signed on behalf of India.
The Artemis Accords establish a practical set of principles to
During a ceremony at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington on Wednesday, June 21, India became the 27th country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in the signing ceremony for the agency and Taranjit Singh Sandhu, India's ambassador to the United States, signed on behalf of India.
The Artemis Accords establish a practical set of principles to Initial RS-25 Certification Campaign of 12 hot-fire tests complete
Monday, 26 June 2023 09:49
Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Jun 24, 2023
Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA completed a certification test series yesterday for the new RS-25 production engines that will propel NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) exploration rocket for Artemis missions, beginning with Artemis V. This test series ensures the new engines will perform with the same reliability and robustness of their predecessors.
"With the completion of this 12-test campaig
Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA completed a certification test series yesterday for the new RS-25 production engines that will propel NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) exploration rocket for Artemis missions, beginning with Artemis V. This test series ensures the new engines will perform with the same reliability and robustness of their predecessors.
"With the completion of this 12-test campaig Virgin Galactic sets date and announces crew for first commercial SpaceShipTwo flight
Monday, 26 June 2023 09:48
Virgin Galactic plans to conduct its first fully commercial flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane on June 29, carrying three Italians who will conduct more than a dozen experiments.
Spacesuit design: Alberto Piovesan
Monday, 26 June 2023 09:34
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Spacesuit design: Alberto Piovesan Spacesuit design: Oussama Guarraz
Monday, 26 June 2023 09:34
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Spacesuit design: Oussama Guarraz ESA Impact 2023 – Quarter 2
Monday, 26 June 2023 06:45
ESA Impact 2023 – Quarter 2
Welcome to this edition of ESA Impact, an interactive publication covering stories and images from the second quarter of 2023.
Anduril acquires solid rocket motor manufacturer Adranos
Sunday, 25 June 2023 18:24
Defense contractor Anduril Industries acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors, the companies announced June 25.
Rocket Lab to Launch Multiple Satellites as Part of Upcoming Recovery Mission
Sunday, 25 June 2023 11:26
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports that its next Electron mission will deploy seven satellites to space and include an attempt to recover the rocket's booster after launch. The 'Baby Come Back' mission, Rocket Lab's 39th Electron launch, is scheduled to deploy from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens July 14, 2023 UTC.
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Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports that its next Electron mission will deploy seven satellites to space and include an attempt to recover the rocket's booster after launch. The 'Baby Come Back' mission, Rocket Lab's 39th Electron launch, is scheduled to deploy from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens July 14, 2023 UTC.
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Sunday, 25 June 2023 11:26
Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 23, 2023
Safran Electronics and Defense and Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) announced they have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to study and validate the prerequisites for production of a new generation of electric propulsion systems for satellites in the United States, based on Safran's PPSX00 plasma thruster.
Safran Electronics and Defense, via Safran Spacecraft Propulsion, and Terran Orbital will u
Safran Electronics and Defense and Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) announced they have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to study and validate the prerequisites for production of a new generation of electric propulsion systems for satellites in the United States, based on Safran's PPSX00 plasma thruster.
Safran Electronics and Defense, via Safran Spacecraft Propulsion, and Terran Orbital will u Ariane 6 revealed on its launch pad in preparation for hot-firing tests
Sunday, 25 June 2023 11:26
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 23, 2023
As part of the combined tests campaign, the Ariane 6 mobile gantry was retracted on June 22, unveiling the launch vehicle on its launch pad. During a rehearsal representative of a real launch sequence, the removal of the mobile gantry marks the completion of the functional tests performed so far and precedes ignition of the core stage Vulcain 2.1 engine on the launch pad. The rehearsal serves to
As part of the combined tests campaign, the Ariane 6 mobile gantry was retracted on June 22, unveiling the launch vehicle on its launch pad. During a rehearsal representative of a real launch sequence, the removal of the mobile gantry marks the completion of the functional tests performed so far and precedes ignition of the core stage Vulcain 2.1 engine on the launch pad. The rehearsal serves to Not Again, Mars: Sols 3868-3870
Sunday, 25 June 2023 11:26
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2023
Today we started planning at a location short of our intended drive end position. Mars has, once again, not read our script! Regular readers of this blog will have noticed lately that many reports start with some news about a shortened drive that didn't quite complete, and that Abigail got really excited on June 20th, when three drives in a row had completed successfully. And that's not the rove
Today we started planning at a location short of our intended drive end position. Mars has, once again, not read our script! Regular readers of this blog will have noticed lately that many reports start with some news about a shortened drive that didn't quite complete, and that Abigail got really excited on June 20th, when three drives in a row had completed successfully. And that's not the rove Space tech to shrink as the limits of quantum physics are tested
Sunday, 25 June 2023 11:26
Warwick UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2023
A UK-wide consortium is developing technologies to use nanoparticles as state-of-the-art sensors on small, shoebox-sized satellites known as CubeSats.
The Universities of Warwick, Swansea and Strathclyde have been awarded 250k pounds to further research into nanoparticles and quantum physics in the application of space technology.
Recent advances in the field of levitated optomechani
A UK-wide consortium is developing technologies to use nanoparticles as state-of-the-art sensors on small, shoebox-sized satellites known as CubeSats.
The Universities of Warwick, Swansea and Strathclyde have been awarded 250k pounds to further research into nanoparticles and quantum physics in the application of space technology.
Recent advances in the field of levitated optomechani