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Kangie, rok temu w Mars rover mission will use pioneering nuclear power source

Don’t worry too much about it: it’s not the 80s and we’re not the Soviets.

Once it’s in orbit it doesn’t matter and if there’s issues during ascent the source will be hardened to prevent catastrophic release.

Realistically though, just send it up on a falcon 9, the track record on those things is _ astounding_.

Zero22xx, 29 dni temu w ESA and India Agree to Cooperate on Human Spaceflight - European Spaceflight

Agree to Cooperate on Human Spaceflight - European Spaceflight

Glad to hear that the humans and the Europeans have decided to work together.

threelonmusketeers, 28 dni temu

Ah, the old spaceflight lemmaroo!

nicerdicer, 8 miesięcy temu w ESA launches new lunar simulation facility

I wonder why they just couldn’t re-use the Hollywood set from the moon landing in '69. /s

holycrap, 8 miesięcy temu

They left it up on the moon, sadly.

Randomgal, 8 miesięcy temu

They’ll hire Michael Bay this time and make it all CGI

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

MECO, stage separation, and stage 2 ignition confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Fairing jettison confirmed!

ricdeh, 10 miesięcy temu (edited 10 miesięcy temu) w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

All nominal, successful booster separation, fairing jettisoned

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

SRB separation confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, 10 miesięcy temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Décollage!

Buzztiger, 10 miesięcy temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Wohoo a proper launch thread. Thank you!

Let’s hope they manage to launch at the beginning of the window.

So for Amsterdam/Berlin timezone that’s starting at 20:00 tonight.

Zachariah, 11 miesięcy temu w First detection of negative ions on the Moon

The first ESA instrument to land on the Moon has detected the presence of negative ions on the lunar surface produced through interactions with the solar wind.

The European team working with the Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument confirmed the success of this scientific mission that flew to the far side of the Moon aboard the Chang’e-6 spacecraft.

The discovery of a new component of plasma at the surface of the Moon opens a new window for space physics and for human and robotic missions in an era of renewed lunar exploration.

Buzztiger, 2 miesiące temu w Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

Sniff, our most successful scientific Spacecraft by publications. The new Voyage 2050 programme certainly provides science topics that could lead to a worthy successor.

clothes, 3 miesiące temu w CSO-3 launch thread! (Take two!)

I nominate Ariane 6 for the Cutest SRB Award.

DmMacniel, 4 miesiące temu w ESA Member States to Vote on Future of Space Rider in November

That’s a damn sexy Vehicle!

tavostator, 6 miesięcy temu w Sentinel-1C Launch Thread (return to flight of Vega-C)

Fingers crossed, really hope it goes off without a hitch!

threelonmusketeers, 6 miesięcy temu

Same! Would be nice to see Arianespace’s launch cadence pick up a bit.

Buzztiger, 10 miesięcy temu w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Rocket fuelled up now , so everything going ahead smoothly…