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AerospacePhilae landed in the shadow of a crater: solar batteries charge on danger
Darmstadt, Germany - ESA's scientists are working on alternative manoeuvres
Things did not go exactly as expected during Philae’s descent on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (for details see AVIONEWS). The lander is now stable and is sending the first historical pictures, but i... more
AerospacePhilae landed successfully on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (VIDEOS)
Darmsatdt, Germany - For the first time in history, a space module landed on the surface of a comet
Rosetta's lander Philae has landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at 5:03 pm CET. The news was given by the official blog opened by the European Space Agency. It is an historical day for aerospace... more
AerospaceRosetta (2). Italy, through ASI, provided a scientific-technological and industrial contribution to the mission (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - Fundamental the participation by the national industry through the companies of Finmeccanica Group (Selex Es, Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio)
Today it is the great day, after a travel long ten years: the separation happened. Philae left Rosetta and flies towards the 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko comet. For the first time in absolute in the history,... more
AerospaceFinmeccanica contributes essential technology for the Rosetta mission (3)
Rome, Italy - Many of the Rosetta probe’s on-board and ground-based instruments, as well as those of the mission’s Philae lander, are Finmeccanica-made
Today within the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Rosetta mission, the Philae lander touched down on the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. The Italian technical and scientific contribution among Research I... more
AerospaceRosetta mission. Lander Philae started descent towards 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet
Darmstadt, Germany - Landing is expected at 5:02 pm GMT but “Antirebound system” is not working
The European Space Agency (ESA) official blog following Rosetta mission confirmed that the lander Philae has separated from the space probe and started its descent towards Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.... more
AerospaceAirplanes and space. Rosetta towards first landing on a comet
Rome, Italy - The space probe lander will release a lander on the comet that will reveal secrets on the origin of the Universe
Tomorrow, Wednesday November 12, the Rosetta space probe, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and launched in 2004, will perform the first landing of history on a comet. The lander Philae will... more
AerospaceAirplanes and space. Investigations over SpaceShip Two disaster: NTSB to review permits released by FAA
Los Angeles, USA - The Virgin Galactic aircraft explosion could question rules regulating “Space tourism”
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), US agency investigating on transportation accidents and currently committed to discover the causes of space airplane Spaceship Two explosion (for details... more
AerospaceAirplanes and space. First hypothesis on SpaceshipTwo accident
Los Angeles, USA - Two devices placed on the tail were activated earlier than expected
The National Transportation Safety Board, a US government agency investigating on transportation accidents, communicated the first elements collected in the investigation over the SpaceshipTwo disaster.... more
AerospaceItalian ASI with NASA already at work to bring onboard of ISS two experiments of the mission by Cristoforetti "Futura" embarked on Orbital3
Rome, Italy - To start necessary procedures for the replanning of two out of nine experiments lost with the Antares launcher's incident
Immediate contacts have been started by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) with NASA to begin soon all the necessary procedures to ensure the redevelopment of two out of nine experiments allocated to the "Futura"... more
AerospaceArianespace signs contract with ELV for ten Vega launchers
Rome, Italy - The ceremony was held in Rome at the Italian Ministry of Research and was attended by its minister and by Prof. Battiston (Italian ASI)
Stéphane Israël, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Pierluigi Pirrelli, Chief Executive of ELV (European Launch Vehicle), signed a contract today, October 29, 2014, in Rome, confirming Arianespace's o... more
AerospaceSupply rocket for the International Space Station explodes after launch (VIDEO)
Wallops Island, USA - It was an unmanned mission, nobody got injured. Causes still unknown
An Antares rocket exploded in the sky few seconds after launch from the NASA base “Wallops flight facility”, in Virginia (USA). The video below this article shows the missile catching fire before crashing to... more
AerospaceItalian Research Ministry and ASI: tomorrow signing of contract Arianespace-ELV to build ten European VEGA launchers
Rome, Italy - Between Stéfan Israel (general manager) and Pierluigi Pirrelli (GM) respectively in front of the minister Giannini and President Battiston
The contract between the French company Arianespace and the Italian ELV (a company of AVIO Group and ASI) for the realization of ten European VEGA launchers will be underwritten tomorrow, on October 29... more
AerospaceChinese unmanned spaceship flying to the Moon
Beijing, China - The spacecraft will test Earth re-entry systems
The Chinese space program has made another step forward today, Friday 24 October. This morning an unmanned spaceship has been launched from the Xichang launch centre, separated from its carrier and began... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: a new phase started in the frame of the MUSIS program
Rome, Italy - The contract, which is a 10-month duration, budgeted at 2.5 million Euros
In the frame of the MUSIS (MUltinational Space-based Imaging System) program, Thales Alenia Space Italia has signed a contract with OCCAR-EA, (Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation), called MUSIS... more
AerospaceArianespace launches two satellites for the Americas (VIDEO)
Kourou, French Guyana - They are Intelsat 30 and ARSAT-1
Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites: Intelsat 30, which is hosting the DLA-1 Ku-band payload for DIRECTV Latin America, is designed to provide distribution services... more
AerospaceCESMA: worshop "Aerospace and the environment"
Rome, Italy - "Who produces dirt, must also clean it": this is one of the message launched by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Pasquale Preziosa
"Who produces dirt, must also clean it'. This is one of the messages launched by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Pasquale Preziosa at the opening of 'The Aerospace and Environment'... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: celebrations from today in Washington for the 450 years from Galileo's birth
Rome, Italy - The initiatives promoted by INFN, with the support by Finmeccanica-Selex ES
The celebrations begin today for the 450 years from the Galileo Galilei's birth, in the Italian Embassy in Washington DC. They start with the inauguration of an exhibition about him entitled "Galileo turns... more
Aerospacerecovery ship leaves Genoa to demonstrator IXV splashdown point in the Pacific
Rome, Italy - The Intermediate Experimental Vehicle developed by the industry as prime-contractor
The European Space Agency's IXV (Intermediate Experimental Vehicle) atmospheric reentry demonstrator, developed by Thales Alenia Space as prime-contractor, has kicked off its launch campaign at the Guiana... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: "Gold medal" for the management of the space science program Herschel-Planck
Rome, Italy - During the 28th World Congress of the IPMA
Thales Alenia Space announced that the Herschel-Planck program won the gold medal award at the 28th world congress of the IPMA (International Project Management Association), during the official awards... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS: Italian ASI's press conference about Copernicus (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - The Minister Stefania Giannini and the two space agencies (Italian and European)
AVIONEWS was present at the press conference entitled "Copernicus for environment and the human security: from research to operations". It took place last week at the Italian Space Agency (ASI) site in... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: Europe's IXV atmospheric reentry demonstrator arrives in Kourou to begin preparations for the launch
Turin, Italy - Scheduled for this coming November
IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle), the European Space Agency’s atmospheric reentry demonstrator, developed and integrated by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, arrived today at the Guiana S... more
AerospaceItalian Mars Society: Martian simulation week with four astronauts volunteers
Bergamo, Italy - The project presented that will take next December
The Italian Mars Society is seeking four volunteers to participate as members of the crew of the Virtual European MaRs Analogue Station (V-ERAS) during a simulation of human Mars exploration operations.... more
AerospaceBlue Origin and United Launch Alliance will jointly develop a new rocket engine
Washington, USA - BE-4 could replace Russian RD-180 on Atlas V missiles
Blue Origin, company created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, signed a contract with United Launch Alliance (ULA, Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint-venture) to develop the rocket engine BE-4. The agreement allows... more
AerospaceNASA commits astronauts transport to two private industries
Washington, USA - Thanks to the contract with Boeing and SpaceX, the American space agency will no more be dependent on Russia for this service
NASA will transport crew on the International Space Station using American spacecraft once again from 2017. The agency’s sole reliance on Russia (that began with the Space Shuttle’s retirement in 2011) wil... more
AerospaceESA. "J" marks the spot for Rosetta's lander
Paris, France - The press conference at the European Space Agency took place in Paris
Rosetta's lander Philae will target Site J, an intriguing region on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that offers unique scientific potential, with hints of activity nearby, and minimum risk to the lander... more
AerospaceArianespace: Ariane 5 delivers MEASAT-3b and Optus 10 into orbit (VIDEO)
Kourou, French Guyana - On its 61st consecutive successful mission
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launcher logged another heavy-lift mission achievement, orbiting commercial telecommunications payloads yesterday for leading Asia-Pacific operators MEASAT and Optus on Flight V... more
Aerospace"Sapienza" University in Rome: a balloon to study galaxies
Rome, Italy - A team created a telemetric system and control the flight. The data will be used by Olympus
A new telemetry system and control of the stratospheric flight has been tested in space context by a team of the "Sapienza". The tool, launched last August 17 in the Arctic (from Longyearbyen, Svalbard... more
AerospaceItalian Space Agency (ASI): Cosmo-SkyMed activated to analyze the earthquake in California
Rome, Italy - The data obtained by the Italian satellite system are giving important information to study the quake that hit the Napa Valley last August 24
The Cosmo-SkyMed (CSM) constellation has been planned, starting from last August 26, to acquire data on the area of the Napa Valley, in California, hit last August 24 by an earthquake of a magnitude of... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space-Italian ASI: contract signed for continuation of COSMO-SkyMed II Generation activity
Rome, Italy - Worth EUR 66 million
Thales Alenia Space announced today to have signed with ASI (Italian Space Agency) an agreement, worth EUR 66 million, for continuation of the activities by COSMO-SkyMed II Generation. In particular,... more
AerospaceRosetta (2). Thales Alenia Space's contribution: assembly, integration and test for the European spacecraft
Rome, Italy - It is the first mission realized to study in situ the nucleus of a comet
Rosetta, the spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA) integrated by Thales Alenia Space and launched on March 2, 2004 to the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet, is ready to reach its target. The spacecraft... more
AerospaceEuropean Space Agency: Rosetta's comet rendezvous, where it will leave the Philae lander (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - After a decade-long journey through space
On 6 August, after a decade-long journey through space, ESA’s Rosetta will become the first spacecraft in history to rendezvous with a comet. Since its launch from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, Fre... more
AerospaceAerospace: conference on aviation, drone aircraft and space tourism on October in Naples
Rome, Italy - New job opportunities for young people
"To create job opportunities through aerospace" is the title of the international conference that will take place on October 22 and 23 in Naples, in the context of the Italian six month period of the presidency... more
AerospaceTelespazio and DLR confirm responsibility for Galileo operations
Rome, Italy - The programme financd by the EU, mandated by the EC and implemented by ESA
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and Telespazio reconfirmed their cooperation for the operation of the European satellite navigation programme Galileo. The... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: the fifth ATV was succcessfully launched (2)
Cannes, France - The industry supplied the ICC for all ATV cargo vessels
The European Space Agency’s fifth and last ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) was successfully launched from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Thales Alenia Space supplied the I... more
AerospaceESA: last ATV lifts off to supply the Space Station (VIDEO)
Kourou, French Guyana - Named after the Belgian scientist who formulated the Big Bang Theory, ATV "Georges Lemaître"
The fifth and final mission of ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle got off to a flying start today with its launch from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, heading for the International Space Sta... more
AerospaceUnited Kingdom invests in aerospace sector
Farnborough, United Kingdom - Deputy Prime Minister has announced it at "Farnborough International Show"
"I'm pleased to announce that we are investing 54 million Pounds in research projects to explore new technologies", the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced today in the occasion of his visit... more
AerospaceRussia and China agreed on the implementation of two Glonass stations
Moscow , Russia - Under the agreement they will be placed China
Russian non-profit company Glonass and Chinese satellite navigation office agreed on implementing pilot projects in the field of flight safety and safety of navigation. According to Glonass' Vice-President... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: second batch of four O3b satellites successfully launched
Rome, Italy - It is prime-contractor for the 12 satellites
The second four satellites in the O3b medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation, operated by O3b Networks, have been successfully launched by Arianespace from French Guiana using a Soyouz rocket. The first... more
AerospaceRussia: Angara carrier rocket successfully completed its first suborbital test flight (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - A project that will reduce Russian control on Baikonur Cosmodrome and on Ukrainian Zenit
It was launched yesterday by Plesetsk Space Centre, in the north of the country, and after a flight of 20 minutes carrying on a fictitious useful load, it grounded on Kamchatka peninsula 5,700 kilometers... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Happy birthday Cassini; the mission celebrates 10 years today
Rome, Italy - The Italian Space Agency is one of the partner with NASA and ESA
The Cassini probe departed ten years ago from the Earth to overfly the ice rings of Saturn and then to land on its surface: thanks to this mission, a joint project of NASA, ESA and ASI, hundreds of gigabytes... more
AerospaceNASA is working again on travels aboard supersonic aircraft
Washington, USA - The agency will try to reduce the sonic booms
The return of supersonic passenger travel may be coming closer to reality thanks to NASA’s efforts to define a new standard for low sonic booms. Several aeronautics researchers of the American space a... more
AerospaceThe IDEAS+ consortium, headed by Telespazio Vega UK, wins contract with ESA
London, UK - To deliver support services to Earth Observation missions
Telespazio VEGA UK, together with the international consortium IDEAS+, has been awarded a contract to monitor the quality of Earth Observation (EO) data from European Space Agency (ESA) satellites and... more
AerospaceAirbus Group and Safran to join forces in launcher activities
Paris, France - Both companies have agreed to create a 50-50 Joint-Venture
Airbus Group and Safran are further strengthening their relationship to propose a new family of competitive, versatile and efficient space launchers, to serve both commercial and institutional needs. In... more
AerospaceNASA: Orion capsule enters its final assembly phase
Cape Canaveral, USA - The first test of the spacecraft to be performed by this year
With just six months until its first trip to space, NASA’s Orion spacecraft continues taking shape at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers began stacking the crew module on top o... more
AerospaceLDSD: too much wind at Hawaii, launch of the "Flying saucer" maybe on Wednesday 11
Kauai, USA - The decision to be taken during the upcoming hours
NASA has once again postopned the launch of its LDSD (Low Density Supersonic Decelerator) test vehicle because of adverse weather conditions. Winds at the US Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space expands presence in UK with acquisition of ta Cohort plc subsidiary
Rome, Italy - TAS UK has recently opened their new offices in Harwell, Oxfordshire
Thales Alenia Space announced today the completion of the acquisition of the space activities of Bristol-based SEA, part of Cohort plc. This acquisition will reinforce the perimeter of its new subsidiary... more
AerospaceNASA postpones once again the departure of its "Flying saucer"
Kauai, USA - New opportunity on June 7
NASA has once again decided to postpone the launch of its LDSD (Low Density Supersonic Decelerator) test vehicle because of adverse weather conditions. The departure of the flying saucer-shaped for... more
AerospaceFirst launch of NASA's flight saucer postponed (VIDEO)
Kauai, USA - New opportunity on June 5
NASA, the American space agency, decided to postpone the launch of its LDSD (Low Density Supersonic Decelerator) test vehicle, which was initially scheduled for today, Tuesday 3 June 2014, because of adverse... more
AerospaceASI: French-Italian space cooperation
Rome, Italy - Meeting at the University of "La Sapienza" with the two agencies and a bilateral between the two presidents
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met Roberto Battiston, President of ASI, the Italian space agency, on Friday 30 May in Rome on the occasion of a conference organized by the University of "La Sapienza",... more
AerospaceSpaceX presents the Dragon V2, the spacecraft for the future of US' space travels (VIDEO)
Hawthorne, USA - "It's all around I think a big leap forward in technology", the CEO of the California-based claims
SpaceX has officially unvieled its new Drafon V2 spacecraft, a vehicle which is expected to represent the future of space travels for the United States. The DRagon V2 is indeed the first American spacecraft... more