by rmil2k | Apr 26, 2024 | News
Enabling & Support 26/04/2024 246 views 3 likes In brief The central core and boosters of the first Ariane 6 are now on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. In-depth Moving Ariane 6 central core for inaugural flight On 24 April four...
by rmil2k | Apr 26, 2024 | News
Seasonal, spider-like features have been spotted sprouting through cracks in Mars’ surface. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured new images of small, dark features that resemble spiders scuttling across the Martian region known as Inca...
by rmil2k | Apr 26, 2024 | News
Friday, April 26The Moon passes 0.3° north of the red giant star Antares in Scorpius today at 5 P.M. EDT. The pair is not visible in the early evening, rising in the hour before local midnight. You can catch them overnight tonight by looking southeast around 11:30...
by rmil2k | Apr 26, 2024 | News
We are all very familiar with the concept of the Earth’s magnetic field. It turns out that most objects in space have magnetic fields but it’s quite tricky to measure them. Astronomers have developed an ingenious way to measure the magnetic field of the Milky Way...
by rmil2k | Apr 25, 2024 | News
The first of two boosters that will power the Ariane 6 ‘flight model-1’ into orbit this summer was transported on 25 April 2024 from the booster storage facility in Kourou, French Guiana, to the launch zone. Tomorrow, the second booster will be transported from the...
