[ad_1] The enormous size and power of SpaceX's Starship are on full display in a slow-motion video of the giant vehicle's landmark liftoff on Thursday (April 20).That 26-second video, which the company posted on Twitter on Thursday evening (opens in new tab), was...

[ad_1] heic2304 — Photo Release 20 April 2023 Astronomers are celebrating the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 33rd launch anniversary with an ethereal photo of a nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, and is located...

[ad_1] The Ingenuity chopper on Mars is the little helicopter that just keeps on going. It’s doing that, even as it takes on flights over some pretty tough ground on the Red Planet. On April 13, Ingenuity made its 50th flight of the mission, 45 more than it was...

[ad_1] The current expansion of ESA’s technical heart, nestled beside North Sea dunes on the Netherlands coast, as seen from the air.The European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, is ESA’s single largest establishment and hub of Europe’s space efforts. This...

[ad_1] Rocket Lab is about to take a big step toward reusability.The company announced today (April 19) that it plans to incorporate a used Rutherford engine in one of its Electron rockets, which will launch on a commercial mission later this year.And success on that...

[ad_1] Enabling & Support 17/04/2023 3650 views 54 likes ESA has signed contracts for two parallel concept studies for commercial-scale Space-Based Solar Power plants, representing a crucial step in the Agency’s new SOLARIS initiative – maturing the feasibility of...

[ad_1] This image of Sudan's Khartoum International Airport, captured by a Maxar Technologies satellite on April 17, 2023, shows damage from the ongoing fighting in the country. (Image credit: Maxar Technologies)Satellite imagery has provided insight into the damage...

[ad_1] Science & Exploration 19/04/2023 603 views 31 likes The Euclid satellite embarked on the next leg of the 1.5 million km long journey to space from where it will unlock the mysteries of the dark Universe. Following extensive environmental and mechanical...

[ad_1] SpaceX is launching another batch of Starlink satellites on Wednesday (April 19).A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 of SpaceX's new Starlink "V2 mini" satellites will take off at 8:27 a.m. ET (1227 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space...

[ad_1] Applications 18/04/2023 2455 views 65 likes On 30 April 2023, all nominal operations of Aeolus, the first mission to observe Earth’s wind profiles on a global scale, will conclude in preparation for a series of end of life activities. Although a recent upgrade...