ArianeGroup and Arianespace announce the departure of Stephane Israël, CEO of Arianespace, and the appointment of his successor David Cavaillolès (newsroom.arianespace.com) angielski
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...
ESA Enlists Portuguese Navy Submarine to Prepare for Deep Space (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Watch eclipse-making Proba-3 launch today (www.esa.int) angielski
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
TLDR:...
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
ESA, OpenCosmos sign contract for NanoMagSat mission (spacenews.com) angielski
Super heavy-lift, frequent flights to space for Europe: Protein study results (www.esa.int) angielski
In brief...
ESA Selects Four Companies to Develop Reusable Rocket Technology (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...
European Space Agency's official store hacked to steal payment cards (www.bleepingcomputer.com) angielski
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/28751760...
Europe's future in space: Vega cadence to increase, HyImpulse's hybrid rocket (www.nasaspaceflight.com) angielski
