It’s been too long since we had an operational European launcher. I hope Vega C and A6 are available and reliable by the end of the year. There is quite a queue of new missions, several of them already had to be launched with SpaceX.
The French space agency CNES has announced a partnership with Spartan Space, the Institute of Space Medicine and Physiology (MEDES), and the sporting goods retailer Decathlon to develop a European intra-vehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit.
ESA’s Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission is getting ready for lift-off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, California, with a target launch date of no earlier than 28 May 2024. Save the date and watch the launch live on ESA WebTV or ESA YouTube.
Can I ask how everyone personally feels about using nuclear material for space exploration? For the rovers heating elements it will be just a couple of grams but for generating electricity via a RTG a spacecraft would require several kilograms of radioactive material.
Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of a rocky planet atmosphere outside our Solar System.
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.
There is currently no mission planned for her as Australia just paid the training cost when she did not get selected into the ESA astronaut chor.
Australia would also now have to pay for a ride to the ISS. The tourist ticket info I found was about 30 MUSD but that’s including the training I think.
A fresh, icy crust hides a deep, enigmatic ocean. Plumes of water burst through cracks in the ice, shooting into space. An intrepid lander collects samples and analyses them for hints of life....
A newly devised procedure to de-ice Euclid’s optics has performed significantly better than hoped. Light coming in to the visible ‘VIS’ instrument from distant stars was gradually decreasing due small amounts of water ice building up on its optics. Mission teams spent months devising a procedure to heat up individual...
Ich in der Öffentlichkeit: Philipp Amthor in Jagtkleidung vor einem Schild mit der Aufschrift: Jäger verbessern Lebensraum und fördern Artenvielfalt!...
Today, ESA’s Science Programme Committee approved the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, the first scientific endeavour to detect and study gravitational waves from space....
Die Integrationsbeauftragte von Berlin-Neukölln, Güner Balci, hat beklagt, dass die Taten der militant-islamistischen Hamas von zu vielen Menschen in ihrem Bezirk gutgeheißen werden: “In den Gesprächen zeigt sich das sehr offen. Wenn man in bestimmten Milieus unterwegs ist, gibt es leider einen sehr großen Zuspruch auch...
Die Mutter von Luis Rubiales hat sich nach eigenen Angaben in seiner Heimatstadt in einer Kirche verbarrikadiert und ihren Hungerstreit erklärt, bis ihrem Sohn Gerechtigkeit widerfahren sei.
Musste auch dreimal hingucken. Das wäre selbst für den Postillon zu unglaubwürdig. Sowas kann man sich echt nicht ausdenken. Der eigene Sohn kann halt echt nichts falsch machen… Sonst hätte man ja als Mutter versagt.
Ich wohne in einem winzigen Kaff, in einer engen einspurigen und extrem unübersichtlichen Nebenstraße (eben mittelalterlicher Ortskern) die höchstens in Schrittgeschwindigkeit sicher zu befahren wäre....
Lol, bitte weiterberichten. Ggf Kamera auf das eigene Grundstück falls der Tonnenotto nochmal kommt? Die [Fahrbahnverengung] Wiedernutzung des eigenen Grundstückes scheint ja Wirkung zu zeigen. Und viel Erfolg und Ausdauer.
Ariane 6 inaugural launch targeted for 9 July (www.esa.int)
Fingers crossed for our European launcher 🤞
Fly across Nili Fossae with ESA’s Mars Express (youtu.be)
ESA Reveals Timeline for Final Push to Maiden Ariane 6 Flight (europeanspaceflight.com)
TLDR:...
CNES, Decathlon, Spartan Space and MEDES to Develop Spacesuit (europeanspaceflight.com)
The French space agency CNES has announced a partnership with Spartan Space, the Institute of Space Medicine and Physiology (MEDES), and the sporting goods retailer Decathlon to develop a European intra-vehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit.
EarthCARE launched to study role of clouds and aerosols in Earth's climate (www.esa.int)
Watch EarthCARE launch live (www.esa.int)
ESA’s Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission is getting ready for lift-off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, California, with a target launch date of no earlier than 28 May 2024. Save the date and watch the launch live on ESA WebTV or ESA YouTube.
ESA's Euclid celebrates first science with sparkling cosmic views (www.youtube.com)
Mars rover mission will use pioneering nuclear power source (www.nature.com)
Can I ask how everyone personally feels about using nuclear material for space exploration? For the rovers heating elements it will be just a couple of grams but for generating electricity via a RTG a spacecraft would require several kilograms of radioactive material.
Europe is uncertain whether its ambitious Mercury probe can reach the planet (arstechnica.com)
Webb hints at atmosphere around rocky exoplanet (www.esa.int)
Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of a rocky planet atmosphere outside our Solar System.
Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft to full thrust (www.esa.int)
Fingers crossed that it’s not affecting the mission objectives
Australia Spent AUD $466,000 on ESA Astronaut Training (europeanspaceflight.com)
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.
Saturn's moon Enceladus top target for ESA (www.esa.int)
A fresh, icy crust hides a deep, enigmatic ocean. Plumes of water burst through cracks in the ice, shooting into space. An intrepid lander collects samples and analyses them for hints of life....
Euclid's sight restored (www.esa.int)
A newly devised procedure to de-ice Euclid’s optics has performed significantly better than hoped. Light coming in to the visible ‘VIS’ instrument from distant stars was gradually decreasing due small amounts of water ice building up on its optics. Mission teams spent months devising a procedure to heat up individual...
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Ich in der Öffentlichkeit: Philipp Amthor in Jagtkleidung vor einem Schild mit der Aufschrift: Jäger verbessern Lebensraum und fördern Artenvielfalt!...
Earth views from Cupola by Marcus Wandt on board the ISS (youtube.com)
Capturing the ripples of spacetime: LISA gets go-ahead (www.esa.int)
Today, ESA’s Science Programme Committee approved the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, the first scientific endeavour to detect and study gravitational waves from space....
[DE] Integrationsbeauftragte: "Leider großer Zuspruch für Taten der Hamas" (www.tagesschau.de) German
Die Integrationsbeauftragte von Berlin-Neukölln, Güner Balci, hat beklagt, dass die Taten der militant-islamistischen Hamas von zu vielen Menschen in ihrem Bezirk gutgeheißen werden: “In den Gesprächen zeigt sich das sehr offen. Wenn man in bestimmten Milieus unterwegs ist, gibt es leider einen sehr großen Zuspruch auch...
Schafherde frisst mehr als 100 Kilogramm Cannabis (www.t-online.de) German
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Rubiales' Mutter sperrt sich in Kirche ein und tritt in den Hungerstreik (www.spiegel.de) German
Die Mutter von Luis Rubiales hat sich nach eigenen Angaben in seiner Heimatstadt in einer Kirche verbarrikadiert und ihren Hungerstreit erklärt, bis ihrem Sohn Gerechtigkeit widerfahren sei.
Er streitet alles ab: Aiwanger soll in Schulzeit antisemitisches Flugblatt verfasst haben (www.t-online.de) German
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Ich wohne in einem winzigen Kaff, in einer engen einspurigen und extrem unübersichtlichen Nebenstraße (eben mittelalterlicher Ortskern) die höchstens in Schrittgeschwindigkeit sicher zu befahren wäre....