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Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares) angielski

Welcome everyone! It’s time for another new rocket!...

Sentinel-2C Launch Thread (final flight of Vega) angielski

Welcome everyone! The final flight of Vega has arrived....

ESA launches new lunar simulation facility (www.theengineer.co.uk) angielski

Mars rover mission will use pioneering nuclear power source (www.nature.com) angielski

Can I ask how everyone personally feels about using nuclear material for space exploration? For the rovers heating elements it will be just a couple of grams but for generating electricity via a RTG a spacecraft would require several kilograms of radioactive material.

Europe aims to end space access crisis with Ariane 6's inaugural launch (spacenews.com) angielski

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16921003...

Ariane 6 joint update report, 16 September 2024 (www.esa.int) angielski

How to watch the Ariane 6 Launch tonight (Tue) at 21:00 CEST (Amsterdam/Berlin) (www.esa.int) angielski

Launch window: Tuesday 9th of July from 21 - 24 CEST...

ESA Reveals Timeline for Final Push to Maiden Ariane 6 Flight (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski

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Sweden’s Esrange Gets its First Orbital Launch Customer (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski

Australia Spent AUD $466,000 on ESA Astronaut Training (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski

I’m not sure how much astronaut training usually costs, so I don’t know if this is a good deal or not. Seems a bit strange that there is no flight plan at this point, though.

ESA's Euclid Telescope Has an Ice Problem (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski

The European Space Agency has revealed that a few layers of ice approximately the width of a strand of DNA have begun to impact its Euclid telescope’s optics....

Has the RFA ONE Maiden Flight Slipped to Q4 2024? (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski

Juice confirms that Earth is habitable (www.esa.int) angielski

I think they are missing a “still” in the title…

Euclid Galaxy Zoo – help us classify the shapes of galaxies (www.esa.int) angielski

Slovenia Sign Agreement to Become 23rd ESA Member State (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski

First detection of negative ions on the Moon (www.esa.int) angielski

Ariane 6 inaugural launch targeted for 9 July (www.esa.int) angielski

Fingers crossed for our new European launcher 🤞

It’s official: Europe turns to the Falcon 9 to launch its navigation satellites (arstechnica.com) angielski

The European Union has reached an agreement with the United States that will allow for the launch of four Galileo navigation satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket....

€40M to be Invested to Produce Greener Hydrogen for Ariane 6 (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski

Seems like a good initiative. Rockets are one of the few forms of transport which are currently impossible to electrify. Though hydrogen is not the perfect rocket propellant, it has the advantage that it produces no carbon dioxide when combusted. Current hydrogen production still produces carbon dioxide though, so it is nice to...

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