BepiColombo – the four-in-one satellite to uncover Mercury´s mysteries is readied for launch
6.4-metre stacked spacecraft assembly scheduled to embark on a seven years journey to the innermost hot planet in October. Europe gets ready to visit the…
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Airbus and Australian Space Agency deepen partnership
Airbus and the Australian Space Agency (ASA) have signed a statement of intent confirming the European manufacturer’s commitment towards enhancing the capability and competitiveness of…
FIRST PASSENGER ON LUNAR BFR MISSION
SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle – an important step toward enabling access…
Boeing HorizonX Ventures Invests in BridgeSat to Advance Satellite Communications
Investment supports faster, more reliable space-based optical connectivity Boeing today announced its investment in Denver-based BridgeSat Inc., an optical communications solutions company enabling the future of connectivity…
Mystery surrounds space station leak after reports that hole in outside could have been made by a person
Mysterious continues to swirl around a hole found in the outside of the International Space Station. Last week, Nasa and the Russian space agency scrambled to…
U.S. Air Force Declares Second Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite “Available for Launch”
GPS III Space Vehicle 02 (GPS III SV02) is complete, tested and expected to launch in 2019 DENVER, Aug. 21, 2018 — As the first…
Stratolaunch Announces New Launch Vehicles
Family of launch vehicles will begin regular service to orbit in 2020. Stratolaunch announces today its new family of launch vehicles that will enter regular…
German Aerospace Center (DLR-Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V)
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national aeronautics and space research centre of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its extensive research and development work…
Airbus Defence and Space
Airbus SE, formerly Airbus Group SE founded December 1970, is a company based in the Netherlands that is active in the aerospace and defense industry….
New satellite launch extends Galileo’s global reach
Four more Galileo satellites were launched today by an Ariane 5. Their arrival in orbit brings the Galileo constellation to 26 satellites, extending the global…
Preparing to fly the wind mission
The launch of Aeolus — ESA’s mission to map Earth’s wind in real-time — is getting tantalisingly close, with the satellite due for lift-off on…
Largest ever solid rocket engine ready for first hot firing
This week, the largest solid rocket motor ever built in one piece will be test fired at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana for the first…