NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Conduct...

2024-03-27, 21:57 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

During his fourth mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will serve as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 71/72 crew. After blasting off to space, Pettit ...

Radar journey to centre of...

2024-03-27, 17:26 ESA

A small, shoebox-sized spacecraft delivered to ESA's Hera mission this week promises to make a giant leap forward in planetary science. Once deployed from the Hera spacecraft at the Didymos binary ...

Vegetation gets a boost with data...

2024-03-27, 12:56 ESA

When it comes to predicting what our climate will be like in the future, vegetation matters. Plants and trees exert a powerful influence over both the energy cycle and the water cycle. And, ...

University Teams Selected as...

2024-03-26, 20:50 NASA Newsy

Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts ...

NASA, SpaceX Target New Launch Date...

2024-03-26, 20:20 NASA Newsy

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting Tuesday, June 25, for the launch of GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Operational ...

Station Crew Expands to Ten, Begins...

2024-03-26, 18:19 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Ten crewmates now reside aboard the International Space Station after the arrival of the Soyuz MS-25 crew ship on Monday. They will live and work together the next several days before returning to a ...

Euclid's sight restored

2024-03-26, 15:02 ESA

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 ...

SMOS and Swarm team up to spot huge...

2024-03-26, 14:02 ESA

The Sun erupted over the weekend, flinging electromagnetic radiation towards Earth, even illuminating skies with spectacular aurora borealis. For the first time, ESA's unlikely space weather duo of ...

Soyuz Hatches Open, Expedition 70...

2024-03-25, 20:56 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

The hatches between the International Space Station and the newly arrived Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft officially opened at 1:26 p.m. EDT. The arrival of three new crew members to the existing seven people ...

Optical Fiber Production

2024-03-25, 18:56 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Optical fibers are used on Earth and in space for applications in medicine, defense, cybersecurity, and telecommunications. Parabolic research showed that optical fibers produced in microgravity can ...