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AerospaceDespite a technical issue, Russian cargo spacecraft docked with the ISS
Washington, USA - One of the antennas of the Progress 51 failed to deploy
The Russian ISS Progress 51 cargo craft completed a two-day journey to the International Space Station when it was captured at the Zvezda service module on Friday at 8:25 am EDT (12:25 pm GMT/UTC), despite... more
AerospaceNASA releases video of the Solar activity in the past three years (VIDEO)
Washington, USA - Among the images also a transit of Venus and two partial eclipses
NASA, the American space agency, has released a fascinating video of the activity of the Sun during the past three years: the images come from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which since 2012 captures... more
AerospaceNASA: successful launch of the first Antares rocket (VIDEO)
Wallops, USA - A demonstration mission to resupply the space station will be operated later this year
NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation on Sunday 21 April launched its Antares rocket at 5 pm EDT (9 pm GMT/UTC) from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the US' space... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station astronauts to perform a spacewalk today
Washington, USA - Vinogradov and Romanenko will work on some experiments and replace a faulty device
Two members of the Expedition 35 crew will venture outside the International Space Station Friday for a six-hour spacewalk to deploy and retrieve several science experiments and install a new navigational... more
AerospaceLaunch of the first Antares rocket postponed because of a last-minute glitch
Wallops, USA - New liftoff scheduled no earlier than Friday
The launch of the first Antares rocket has been postponed because of a technical issue which occurred at the last moment. The liftoff of the test flight was scheduled at 5:00 pm EDT (9:00 pm GMT/UTC) from... more
AerospaceEverything is ready for the first launch of an Antares rocket
Wallops, USA - But there is the problem of possible poor weather conditions
Orbital Sciences, commercial partner of NASA, the American space agency, is scheduled to launch its first Antares rocket from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility... more
AerospaceFrom Earth to Mars in 30 days: NASA funds development of a new conception engine
Washington, USA - According to the simulations, the propulsor could move a spacecraft at 30 km/s
One of the main difficulties of space exploration has always been the speed: existing engines, even if capable of pushing spacecrafts up to speeds which are extraordinary if considered with terrestrial... more
AerospaceNASA: roll-out of the first Antares rocket completed
Wallops Island, USA - Liftoff for the test flight scheduled on April 17
Orbital Sciences Corp completed roll-out of the first fully-integrated Antares rocket to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the Wallops Flight Facility of NASA, the American space agency. The... more
AerospaceNASA selects two missions for 2017
Washington, USA - One of them involves a new instrument for the International Space Station
Astrophysics Explorer Program of NASA, the US' space agency, has selected two missions for launch in 2017: a planet-hunting satellite and an International Space Station instrument to observe X-rays from... more
AerospaceNew crew arrives on the International Space Station (VIDEO)
Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan - Less than six hours needed for the journey
The Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft carrying three new Expedition 35 crew members docked with the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 10:28 pm EDT Thursday (2:28 am GMT/UTC on Friday), completing i... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: first four O3b satellites ready to be shipped (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - The first batch will leave Rome, bound for French Guiana, in early April
The first four satellites in the O3b medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation, operated by O3b Networks, are ready to be shipped to the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. They will leave Thales Alenia... more
AerospaceSpaceX Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth with 1210 kg of science samples
Washington, USA - "The scientific community has eagerly awaited it"
A Space Exploration Technologies Corp SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully completed the company's second cargo flight to the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 26, with a 12:36 pm EDT (4:36... more
AerospaceSpaceX Dragon spacecraft ready to for the trip back to Earth, with a one-day delay
Washington, USA - Splashdown scheduled on Tuesday at 4:36 pm GMT/UTC
More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for Tuesday, March 26. The spacecraft's originally... more
AerospaceESA: Planck, the space telescope, reveals an almost perfect Universe
Rome, Italy - The image is based on the initial 15.5 months of data
Acquired by ESA’s Planck space telescope, the most detailed map ever created of the cosmic microwave background – the relic radiation from the Big Bang – was released on March 21 revealing the existence of fe... more
AerospaceExpedition funded by Amazon's CEO recovers engines of the Apollo missions
Washington, USA - "This is a historic find", NASA Administrator Charles Bolden states
An expedition funded and led by Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, recovered in the Atlantic Ocean two engines of the Apollo missions which, between the '60s and the '70s, helped boost US'... more
AerospaceItalian (ASI) and American (NASA) Space Agencies: bilateral agreement signed
Washington, Usa - It coincides with the celebration of the first 50 years of collaboration in this sector between the two States
Italy and the United States signed on March 19 an important agreement for the promotion and development of collaboration in space. The agreement opens new opportunities in the economic, scientific, and... more
AerospaceSoyuz undocking from the ISS postponed because of inclement weather (VIDEO)
Arkalyk, Kazakhstan - One more day in space for Ford, Tarelkin and Novitskiy
Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency, has decided to postpone the landing of Expedition 34 and its Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft, which was initially scheduled on Thursday 14 March (AVIONEWS), because inclement... more
Aerospace"Changing of the guard" on the ISS: three astronauts ready to come back home
Houston, USA - A Canadian is in command until the arrival of the next crew
Everything is ready on board of the International Space Station (ISS) for the departure of the three astronauts of Expedition 34: on Thursday 14 March 2013 NASA, the American space agency, will broadcast... more
AerospaceSwiss company presents satellite launch system which uses an Airbus A-300 aircraft (VIDEO)
Payerne, Switzerland - Dassault and Spaceport Malaysia are among the partners of the project
Payerne-based aerospace company Swiss Space Systems (S-3) officially presented a new reusable small-satellite launch system which utilizes an Airbus A-300 aircraft, whose test flight should begin in 2017. The... more
AerospaceNASA: Curiosity finds clues of possible presence of life on Mars in ancient times
Washington, USA - The rover analyzed the samples collected into the Gale Crater
The analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes, according to the American space agency. Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen,... more
AerospaceMars: memory issues for Curiosity's computer, NASA engineers put the rover into a minimal-activity status
Pasadena, USA - Scientific investigations have been suspended
The ground team for NASA's Curiosity has switched the rover to a redundant onboard computer in response to a memory issue on the computer that had been active so far on the Mars rover of the American space... more
AerospaceWeather conditions are favourable: everything is ready for SpaceX Falcon 9 launch
Cape Canaveral , USA - The Dragon spacecraft will deliver 544 kg of supplies to the ISS
According to the figures released by NASA, the American space agency, the weather forecast is now 80% favorable for liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft at 10:10 am EST (5:10 pm... more
AerospaceESA selects the instruments or its Jupiter mission
Paris, France - "The mission represents an unprecedented opportunity to showcase leading European technological and scientific expertise
The ESA's (European Space Agency) JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, JUICE, will carry a total of 11 scientific experiments to study the gas giant planet and its large ocean-bearing moons. JUICE is the... more
AerospaceLuca Parmitano will be the first Italian to perform a spacewalk (VIDEO)
Turin, Italy - "It is really a beautiful emotion", President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Enrico Saggese commented
NASA, the American space agency, officially communicated that Luca Parmitano, the Italian astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), who will be involved in the Expedition 36 mission (nicknamed "Volare",... more
AerospaceNASA is looking for new small satellite propulsion system ideas
Washington, USA - "We need better miniaturized systems"
In the context of the Space Technology Program NASA, the American Space Agency, is calling for proposals to develop miniaturized electrospray propulsion technologies that could revolutionize small satellite... more
AerospaceCuriosity: NASA confirms first sampling of the interior of a Martian rock
Pasadena, USA - "It is incredibly gratifying: many of us have been working toward this day for years"
NASA, the American space agency, confirmed that its Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on... more
AerospaceItalian Space Agency (ASI): Parmitano ready for takeoff to the ISS in May
Rome, Italy - It will be the beginning of the mission "Volare" for the sixth Italian astronaut
The sixth Italian astronaut, Luca Parmitano, is ready to take off next May towards ISS: the "Volare" mission starts in this way. The astronaut is in Italy in these days before to begin the final phase... more
AerospaceNASA's Orion spacecraft performs successful landing test with just two of its three parachutes (VIDEO)
Washington, USA - The capsule was dropped from a plane at a 7600-metre altitude
NASA engineers have demonstrated that the Orion spacecraft of the American space agency can land safely if one of its three main parachutes fails to inflate during deployment. The test was conducted... more
AerospaceNASA ready to a new round of testing on the J-2X rocket engine
Bay St. Louis, USA - The engine nozzle will be subjected to higher temperatures than in previous occasions
The progress of NASA, the American space agency, toward a return to deep space missions continues with a new round of upcoming tests on the next-generation J-2X rocket engine, which will help power the... more
AerospaceNASA: Landat 8 satellite ready for launch from Vandenberg Air Force base
Lompoc, USA - It will beam back 400 images a day
The gantry at Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 3 has been pulled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket and the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. Weather... more
AerospaceNASA: teleconference about the asteroid which will pass close to the Earth on February 15 (VIDEO)
Washington, USA - No danger, but just an important possibility for scientists
On Friday 15 February 2013 an asteroid with a diameter of 150 feet (roughly 45 metres) will pass very close to the Earth. No danger for our planet, of course: in the space the concept of proximity is relative,... more
AerospaceNASA to broadcast undocking of Progress 48 spacecraft to the ISS
Houston, USA - The operation is scheduled at 8:00 am EST on Saturday 9 February
NASA, the American Space Agency, will provide live coverage of the departure of one Russian cargo spacecraft at the International Space Station and the launch and arrival of another. The ISS Progress... more
AerospaceNASA's Day of Remembrance for the tenth anniversary of the Shuttle Columbia tragedy (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - Flags across the agency will be flown at half-staff
NASA, the American space agency, will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia during the agency's Day of Remembrance on Friday 1st February, 2013, the 10th anniversary... more
AerospaceNASA: successful launch for the next-generation communication satellite TDRS-K (VIDEO)
Cape Canaveral, USA - The TDRS system provides tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services
The first of NASA's three next-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), known as TDRS-K, launched at 8:48 p.m. EST Wednesday (1:58 am of Thursday UTC) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station... more
AerospaceDesign of Ariane 6 and continue development of Ariane 5 ME for ESA awarded Astrium
Paris, France - ESA has signed prime-contractor agreements worth €108 million
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, €108 million worth of prime-contractor agreements covering the development of the Ariane 6 and Ariane 5 M... more
AerospaceNASA is looking for new ideas for the International Space Station
Washington, USA - Proposed technologies should help advance exploration and research capabilities
NASA's International Space Station National Laboratory and Technology Demonstration offices are asking for proposals on how the space station may be used to develop advanced or improved exploration technologies.... more
AerospaceConference on European Union Space Policy starts tomorrow, Tuesday 29 January
Brussels, Belgium - The state of the several space programmes will be examined
The fifth high-level Conference on the Space Policy of the European Union, "Building Up a Global Tool for Global Challenges", will take place on 29–30 January at the "Charlemagne" building of the European C... more
AerospaceNASA joins the European Space Agency in the Euclid mission
Washington, USA - A space telescope will investigate the cosmological mysteries of dark matter and dark energy
NASA has joined the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid mission, a space telescope designed to investigate the cosmological mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. Euclid will launch in 2020 and... more
AerospaceAstrium and Thales Alenia Space to build BADR-7 for ARABSAT
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - New multi-mission satellite to deliver broadcast, broadband and telecommunications services over MENA
ARABSAT has finalized the mission definition for BADR-7 and confirmed the in-orbit delivery contract to the consortium of Astrium and Thales Alenia Space which has already started building the new satellite. Astrium... more
AerospaceCuriosity ready to drill its first martian rock
Pasadena, USA - "It will be this mission's most challenging activity since the landing"
Curiosity, the rover sent on Mars by the American space agency (NASA) is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet. If the rock meets rover engineers'... more
AerospaceInternational Space Station: crews for the next expeditions announced (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - Samantha Cristoforetti will be the first Italian woman in space
NASA, the American space agency, and the other agencies of the countries involved in the International Space Station announced the crew members of the next missions bound for the orbiting spacecraft. Expedition... more
AerospaceNASA: outstanding video from the Moon by the Grail mission probes (VIDEO)
Houston, USA - Ebb shot the images three days before its crash on the surface of the satellite
The NASA, the US space agency, released an outstanding video of the Moon shot by Ebb, one of the two probes of the Grail project which, as scheduled, crashed on the surface of our satellite on December... more
AerospaceExpedition 34 spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station
Houston, USA - The hatches between the Soyuz and the Rassvet module are set to be opened at 11:45 am est
Expedition 34 Flight Engineers Tom Marshburn, Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield docked their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft to the International Space Station’s Rassvet module at 9:09 am EST on Friday 21 D... more
AerospaceChina launches Turkish satellite into orbit (VIDEO)
Istanbul, Turkey - Erdogan: "It is a historic moment for our nation"
Between Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 December China has successfully launched into orbit a Turkish satellite: the Gokturk-2 (GK-2) satellite was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest... more
AerospaceLast mission of 2012 for Ariane 5 ready to launch
Kourou, French Guiana - The launch window opens at 6:49 p.m, local time
The seventh and final Ariane 5 mission of 2012 is ready for its December 19 liftoff as the vehicle for this dual-payload Arianespace flight is now in the Spaceport’s launch zone at French Guiana: carrying t... more
AerospaceGRAIL mission: NASA's probes impact the moon
Pasadena, USA - Site has been named after America's first woman in space Sally K. Ride
On Monday 17 December 2012 Ebb and Flow, NASA's two twin probes of the GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) mission, impacted the lunar surface in a site which has been named after the late... more
AerospacePostcards from Mars: Curiosity sends a self-portrait from the Red Planet
Pasadena, USA - Image realized with a photo collage
NASA, the American space agency, released a "Self-portrait" of Curiosity: the robotic arm on the Mars rover held the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera in more than 50 positions in one day to... more
AerospaceBoeing: the reusable, Unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle begins 2nd flight
Cape Canaveral, Usa - The industry's commitment in this field spans a decade
Boeing on December 11 successfully returned an unmanned US Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle to orbit, continuing to demonstrate how the system provides responsive, reusable access to space. An Atlas... more
AerospaceNASA plans another Martian rover mission in 2020
Washington, USA - The project, to keep costs down, will be based on Curiosity
Building on the success of Curiosity's Red Planet landing, NASA has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars program, including a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020. "The Obama administration... more
AerospaceNASA's update for Curiosity mission: in spite of rumours, no major new findings will be announced
Pasadena, USA - The press conference will be streamed online
On Monday 3 December 2012 at 9:00 am (5:00 pm GMT) the NASA, the space agency of the United States, will held a press conference during the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), in order... more