Seems like they might be between ground stations right now. Haven’t seen live video from the upper stage for a few minutes. Telemetry still looks good though.
The tech-demo phase of Ariane 6 is still in progress but has shown an unexpected result which will only affect the end of the mission.
On the webcast, they stated that the Auxiliary Propulsion Unit (APU) switched off shortly after it it powered up after SECO-2. Without the APU, they have no way to settle the propellants in the tanks, and thus can’t reignite the upper stage for the final burn.
From the live camera feed, it looks as though the upper stage was spinning, so there may have been some loss of control as well.
ESA and Vast signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) June 6 during the ILA Berlin air show, agreeing to study collaboration on the commercial space stations that Vast plans to develop, starting with the Haven-1 station Vast plans to launch in the second half of next year....
…using data from the radial velocity (RV) detection method. This study holds the potential to help astronomers develop more efficient methods in detecting Earth-like exoplanets, which are traditionally difficult to identify within RV data due to intense stellar activity from the host star.
in the first year of observations as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), we found many hundreds of candidate galaxies from the first 650 million years after the big bang. In early 2023, we discovered a galaxy in our data that had strong evidence of being above a redshift of 14, which was very exciting, but there were some properties of the source that made us wary
In January 2024, NIRSpec observed this galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0, for almost ten hours, and when the spectrum was first processed, there was unambiguous evidence that the galaxy was indeed at a redshift of 14.32, shattering the previous most-distant galaxy record
The article doesn’t provide much background on this company, but this website I found has some more details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exploration_Company
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.
Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares) angielski
Welcome everyone! It’s time for another new rocket!...
Slovenia Sign Agreement to Become 23rd ESA Member State (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
[Scott Manley] How Failed Gyros Are Making Hubble's Life Harder (www.youtube.com) angielski
Another interesting video from Scott Manley.
Webb identifies surprising carbon-rich ingredients around young star - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com) angielski
Congressional letter asks NASA to rescind Chandra cuts (spacenews.com) angielski
ESA-China moon cooperation could end with Chang’e-6 (spacenews.com) angielski
ESA and Vast to study cooperation on future commercial space stations (spacenews.com) angielski
ESA and Vast signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) June 6 during the ILA Berlin air show, agreeing to study collaboration on the commercial space stations that Vast plans to develop, starting with the Haven-1 station Vast plans to launch in the second half of next year....
Ariane 6 inaugural launch targeted for 9 July (www.esa.int) angielski
Fingers crossed for our new European launcher 🤞
The Hubble Space Telescope has lost a majority of its gyroscopes (arstechnica.com) angielski
Magellan data unveils ongoing volcanic activity on the surface of Venus - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com) angielski
A New Deep Learning Algorithm Can Find Earth 2.0 (www.universetoday.com) angielski
…using data from the radial velocity (RV) detection method. This study holds the potential to help astronomers develop more efficient methods in detecting Earth-like exoplanets, which are traditionally difficult to identify within RV data due to intense stellar activity from the host star.
Daily Telescope: The most distant galaxy found so far is a total surprise (arstechnica.com) angielski
Daily Telescope: See carbon dioxide sublimating on Mars (arstechnica.com) angielski
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Most Distant Known Galaxy (blogs.nasa.gov)
How to see the nova (“new star”) in Corona Borealis (www.planetary.org)
ESA Reveals Timeline for Final Push to Maiden Ariane 6 Flight (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
TLDR:...
EU and ESA seek increased competitiveness of European space sector (spacenews.com) angielski
Daily Telescope: The initial results from Europe’s Euclid telescope are dazzling (arstechnica.com) angielski
Airbus to build ESA space science satellite (spacenews.com) angielski
Daily Telescope: Black holes have been merging for a long, long time (arstechnica.com) angielski
ESA Signs Contract for Its Satellite Control Centre of the Future (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
The Exploration Company’s New Hire Will Drive Human Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Infinite Orbits Raises €12M For Satellite Life Extension System (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Telescope with a Mercury Mirror - Sixty Symbols (www.youtube.com) angielski
Prof. Meghan Gray explains some of the physics behind building a liquid mirror telescope, such as the ILMT in India.
NOAA says ‘extreme’ Solar storm will persist through the weekend (arstechnica.com) angielski
The Exploration Company’s Mission Possible Capsule Passes Key Milestones (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
The article doesn’t provide much background on this company, but this website I found has some more details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exploration_Company
Avio leans on defense business amid lull in launches (spacenews.com) angielski
First Redesigned Vega C Second Stage Shipped to Test Site (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
Sweden’s Esrange Gets its First Orbital Launch Customer (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
POLARIS Spaceplanes Moves Ahead with New MIRA Prototypes (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
[Scott Manley] Old Data & New Discoveries: How 'THOR & Computational Astronomy' Discovered 27,500 Asteroids (www.youtube.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.
Andoya Space is Building a New Suborbital Launch Pad in Norway (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski