ESA awards contract to Thales Alenia Space to restart ExoMars (spacenews.com) angielski
HyImpulse Updates SL1 Design with Performance Boost (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
German launch startup HyImpulse has released an updated design of its SL1 rocket, which features a 20% performance boost over its previous iteration....
ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Fix Exceeds Expectations (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/17700325...
ESA Publishes Call for the Development of In-Space Assembly Capabilities (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Fix Exceeds Expectations (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
In a 26 March update, ESA announced that after the very first two mirrors were warmed by just 34 degrees, Euclid’s sight was restored, with the telescope’s optics achieving a 15% gain in sensitivity. The process only took a few minutes, with the mirror being warmed from -147 to -113 degrees. The procedure was so successful...
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Identified as Primary Target for ESA (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
I’m always happy to see more missions to the ice moons!
Ariane 6 is Getting its Bikini Back (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Following ESA’s announcement that the maiden flight of Ariane 6 would not occur until 2024, The Exploration Company announced in September 2023 that it had shifted its 40-kilogram Mission Bikini demonstrator to an ISRO PSLV rideshare flight. When the announcement was made, the rideshare mission was expected to be launched in...
ESA and ISRO explore increased cooperation (spacenews.com) angielski
RFA ARGO: Cargo delivery and return vehicle (feddit.uk) angielski
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/9661722...
Progress Continues on Europe’s Gateway Space Station Contributions (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
France Expected to Commit €400M to Support Four Launch Startups (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
CNES Boss Blames Contractors for Ariane 6 Being Too Expensive (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Event Horizon Telescope reveals magnetic fields around the Milky Way’s central black hole - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com) angielski
Daily Telescope: Peering into the remnants of an 800-year-old supernova (arstechnica.com) angielski
[Eric Berger] Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life (arstechnica.com) angielski
Daily Telescope: A protostar with a stunning protoplanetary disc (arstechnica.com) angielski
Dawn Aerospace Further Expands Its European Presence (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
DCUBED Announce In-Space Solar Array Manufacturing Demonstration (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
[SciShow] A Deep Dive Into The Bizarre Future of Telescopes (www.youtube.com) angielski
In collaboration with Astro Alexandra (who I had not heard of), SciShow just released a video on upcoming telescopes. They don’t go into too much detail on each one, but the video gives a nice overview.
ESA awards three contracts for satellite navigation missions (spacenews.com) angielski
ESA's Euclid Telescope Has an Ice Problem (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/16513334...
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....
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....
Daily Telescope: A colorful star trail through the largest window in space (arstechnica.com) angielski
ESA and DLR Agree to Build Moon Mission Control Centre (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
