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AerospaceBrief. Nasa: launch attempt of "Crew Dragon" next Saturday
Initially planned for yesterday it has been cancelled due to the weather
Brief from the world. NASA on its twitter account announced yesterday that:"Yesterday’s launch was scrubbed due to weather. There were no issues with the @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft. T... more
AerospaceESA has signed a contract with Airbus
To construct third European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of the third European Service Module (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft. The contract is worth around... more
AerospaceTAS: project will enable the creation of satellites 100% European
Thales Alenia Space in Spain to lead a consortium in the frame of the "Horizon 2020" program of the EC
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%),leads from Spain the consortium of a revolutionary project, PROMISE (PROgrammable MIxed SignalElectronics), that will... more
AerospaceMay 27: access to space in the USA reopens after nine years
Two astronauts take off from Cape Canaveral with an Elon Musk spaceship
AVIONEWS writes that May 27th will mark a historic moment in the conquest of Space. Next Wednesday in the afternoon at 4:33 local time, 10:33pm Italian time, from the Cape Canaveral NASA base in Orlando,... more
AerospaceNASA will name the new WFirst telescope to Nancy Grace Roman
First female astronomer to head NASA, "mother" of Hubble - 2 VIDEO
NASA, the US space agency, named its next generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFirst), to Nancy Grace Roman, the first female astronomer to... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space: study in satellite navigation services provision in Africa
Planned from 2022
The definition study for the satellite-based augmentation system “SBAS for Africa and Indian Ocean” took a major step forward, with validation of the system’s architecture and geographic coverage. This... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space selected by ESA to study future upgrades of the EGNOS system
Two contracts signed with the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded two contracts to Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), concerning EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay... more
AerospaceSentinel-6A satellite gets an earful
Acoustic noise test simulates sound impact during rocket launch
Earth observation satellite Sentinel-6A is currently getting an earful. Airbus space engineers are ‘bombarding’ the latest satellite for the European environment and security programme ‘Copernicus’ with so... more
AerospaceAirbus: signed contract for new Bartolomeo platform
With Xenesis and to space-test optical communication terminal aboard facility on ISS
Airbus and Xenesis have signed a contract for a payload slot on the International Space Station (ISS) Bartolomeo platform for the demonstration of their Xen-Hub optical communication space terminal, a... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space selected by Dynetics to partner in the “back to the Moon” challenge
On-board an industrial consortium developing the NASA Human Landing system -VIDEO
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%),has been selected by Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, serving as prime contractor, to partnerfor the study... more
AerospaceGuyana space launch base to re-open in May
Vega return to flight with SSMS (VV16) scheduled by the middle of June
Avio informs that CNES (the French Space Agency) and Arianespace have communicated yesterday the gradual re-opening of the Guyana Space Center, starting from the 11 of May. The space center in Kourou had... more
AerospaceThales Alenia Space to develop the transmitter for VEGA launchers
Using geostationary data relay satellites
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced yesterday the signature of a contract with AVIO SpA, industrial prime- contractor of VEGA launch vehicle, in... more
AerospaceJupiter probe JUICE: final integration in full swing
Until the end of 2020 it will be kitted out with its final components
JUICE, the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, has reached its next milestone: on its Earthly journey via different Airbus sites in Europe the spacecraft has arrived at its satellite integration centre... more
AerospaceAirbus and the climate change with TRISHNA
The industry will support France and India to monitor it
The French Space Agency (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, CNES) has recently signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the development and manufacture of the thermal infrared instrument f... more
AerospaceA vegetable garden in orbit. It's Italian
It will allow optimal nutrition in long-lasting space missions
Enea (Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), the "Federico II" University of Naples and the "Sapienza" University of Rome are the entities that participated... more
AerospaceCIMON-2 makes its debut on the ISS
The technology for human-machine interaction in the space in a new stage of development
Scientific investigation into the effects of stress and isolation during long-term missions more
AerospaceOmnispace selects Thales Alenia Space
To develop satellite infrastructure for its global hybrid network vision
Omnispace, the company that is reinventing mobile communications by building a global hybrid network, announced today it has selected Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and... more
AerospaceCryoSat-2 celebrates today its 10th anniversary from its launch into orbit
The cool satellite studies snow and ice
Over the last decade it delivered almost 350 Terabytes of data, the equivalent of a 1,400 km long bookshelf more
AerospaceBepiColombo mission will make a fly-by past Earth
It continues on its journey to Mercury
The Airbus built BepiColombo mission will make a fly-by past Earth on 10th April 2020 as it continues on its journey to Mercury.The joint European Space Agency and Japanese Space Agency spacecraft will... more
AerospaceALA -Advanced Logistics for Aerospace- acquires Germany based Industrio
The Italian company has already offices in Europe (France and UK)
ALA –Advanced Logistics for Aerospace- announces that it has acquired a majority stake in Germany based Industrio.ALA is an Italian private company owned by entrepreneurs Fulvio Scannapieco and Vittorio G... more
AerospaceAirbus completes In Orbit Commissioning of CHEOPS
The industry has received confirmation from ESA
Airbus has received confirmation from ESA (European Space Agency) of a successful end to the In Orbit Commissioning (IOC) of CHEOPS after the IOC review. This critical phase was performed by the industry... more
AerospaceRoscosmos: no postponement to the return by the cosmonauts Expedition 62 from ISS
Despite the quarantine taking place in Kazakhstan, landing area
According to the Russian press reports today, the national space agency Roscosmos does not consider it appropriate to postpone the return of the Expedition 62 crew from the International Space Station... more
AerospaceBoeing: statement on support for aerospace manufacturers
And challenges in this sector
Boeing unveiled in a note that: "We appreciate the support of the President and the Administration for the 2.5 million jobs and 17,000 suppliers that Boeing relies on to remain the number one US exporter,... more
AerospaceTelespazio Argentina secures contract in Costa Rica
This agreement strengthens Leonardo's presence in Latin America
Satellite technologies can support the sustainable management of the environment and urban areas more
AerospacePandemic. Russia repatriates technicians from the Kourou cosmodrome
Roscosmos' decision: a plane ready for recovery
The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos has ordered the sending of a charter plane to French Guyana, where in Kourou, the city where the well-known cosmodrome is based, it will pick up its technicians and specialists... more
AerospaceOrion spacecraft for Artemis I mission completes major testing
The tests were conducted in two phases
The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission has successfully completed several months of simulated space environment System level testing in the NASA-owned thermal vacuum chamber at Plum Brook S... more
AerospaceCovid-19. Launches from cosmodrome of Kourou suspended
That one of Vega rocket launcher postponed. Avio's workers on site made safe
The CSG (Centre Spatial Guyanais) and Arianespace have announced yesterday that, following the prescriptions of the French Government aimed to fight the COVID-19 outbreak, the CSG has decided to temporarily... more
AerospaceGlavkosmos to promote commercial space travels
In collaboration with ILS
Glavkosmos and International Launch Services, Inc. (ILS) will promote commercial space travel programs with the use of the Russian manned spacecraft Soyuz, said on Thursday Glavkosmos CEO Dmitry Loskutov,... more
AerospaceExoMars postponed to 2022
Destined to study Mars it is deferred to complete technological and operating checks
Only 18 days of launch window expected in just over four months have proved incompatible with the final test activities on the European probe more
AerospaceLow-quality components on the Proton-M rocket
Roscosmos sets up an investigation commission, and postpones the launch
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has set up a commission to identify those responsible for using low-quality components on the Proton-M launch vehicle, designed to launch heavy loads and the telecommunications... more