Gaias biggest operation since launch and commissioning
On Tuesday 16 July, teams at ESA’s mission control will perform an ‘orbit change manoeuvre’ on the Gaia space observatory – the biggest operation since…
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Virgin Galactic and Social Capital Hedosophia Announce Merger to Create the World’s First and Only Publicly Traded Commercial Human Spaceflight Company
Virgin Galactic’s customer backlog would singlehandedly double the total number of humans to have ever gone to space Virgin Galactic has developed a set of…
ESAIL undergoes its final preparations for launch
The ESAIL microsatellite developed under ESA’s programme for tracking ships at sea is going through its final tests ahead of launch. ESAIL has successfully completed…
Lockheed Martin and NASA Successfully Demonstrate Orion Launch Abort System in Flight Test
The critical launch abort system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft was put to its hardest test today, and it demonstrated its capability to pull the crew…
RUBI – Full steam ahead for the ISS
Friedrichshafen, 02 July 2019 – The next supply mission (CRS-18) to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, will transport a special ‘steam engine’ to the…
NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Crewmates Return from Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two of her Expedition 59 crewmates returned to Earth from the International Space Station Monday, landing safely in Kazakhstan at…
Airbus-built T-16 satellite successfully launched on Ariane 5
Kourou, 21 June 2019 – The Airbus-built T-16 telecommunications satellite has been successfully launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. T-16 is…
India set to launch second lunar mission; land rover on the moon
BENGALURU (Reuters) – India said on Wednesday it will launch its second lunar mission in mid-July, as it moves to consolidate its status as a…
Richard Branson takes satellite launch business to Japan with airline ANA
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit said on Thursday it plans to bring its satellite launch system to Japan in partnership with airline…
Deep Learning Model Speeds Up, Automates Satellite Image Analysis
Algorithm trains itself to identify objects, unlocking new geospatial workflow efficiencies Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) develops satellite imagery recognition system using open-source deep learning libraries…
Students explore new horizons in the Moon Camp challenge
Airbus Foundation, the European Space Agency and Autodesk name the 2018-2019 winners of their STEM promoting initiative, the Moon Camp Challenge. The Discovery Space –…
STARLINK MISSION
On Thursday, May 23 at 10:30 p.m. EDT SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,…