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AerospaceItaly, Space. 9.6 million Euros from MIUR to create satellites from very low orbits
To design an engine capable of producing thrust without consuming fuel
A total investment of 9.6 million euros allocated partly by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) for the design and construction of small satellites to be used with control... more
AerospaceDarpa assigns a contract to Airbus DS
To develop small constellation satellite bus for Blackjack program
Airbus Defense and Space (DS) has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a satellite bus in support of the Blackjack program.DARPA describes the Blackjack... more
AerospaceIran: failed to put a satellite into orbit
Launcher problems. Criticism from the United States for the program
Iran tried to put in orbit, yesterday, one of the first two satellites of national production, but after the launch had proceeded for the best the carrier rocket had problems when the third stage was turned... more
AerospaceLast batch of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit
The telecom constellation now fully deployed
The last batch of Iridium NEXT satellites, built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.... more
AerospaceSpaceX: the first Starship prototype is ready
The first launch in the coming months
SpaceX founder Elon Musk showed a pics of Starship spacecraft prototype -via "Twitter"-, which will be tested first on land and then later launched on some sub-orbital test flights at the Boca Chica Village... more
AerospaceRussia: United States asks to continue using Soyuz
Collaboration proposal for a lunar spacecraft
According to the director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin -interviewed on "Rossiya 24"- the US space agency (NASA) would have requested to continue using the spacecraft and Soyuz rockets to transport astronauts... more
AerospaceESA chooses TAS to lead the FLEX mission
Monitoring plant health from Space to evaluate that one of Earth’s ecosystem
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) announced that it has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite mission. FLEX was selected in 2015 as ESA's eighth... more
AerospaceNasa-Roscosmos: at risk collaboration for probe on Venus?
It could be one of the repercussions of the cancellation of Rogozin's visit
One of the first repercussions of the cancellation of the visit in the US of the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin could be the end of Russian-US cooperation for the Venus mission, where a probe should... more
AerospaceThe Chinese probe Chang'e-4 landed on the Moon
Historic landing on the hidden face of the Moon -2 VIDEO
The Chinese probe Chang'e-4 has landed on the hidden face of the Moon this night, making the first "soft" on Moon landing on the unexplored side of our natural satellite, never seen from Earth. Composed... more
AerospaceRoscosmos: criticism for the future visit of Rogozin in the USA
A series of meetings is planned to re-launch the collaboration
There are many criticisms in the United States for the upcoming February visit by the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) director Dmitry Rogozin who will have to meet with his NASA counterpart Jim Bridenstine.... more
AerospaceAustralia kicks off investment strategy in the space sector
After announcement that Asa headquarters will be Adelaide
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Maeci) reports on its website that:Australia has kicked off an important investment strategy in the space sector. South Australia... more
AerospaceSpaceX: Falcon 9 carrier rocket launched
The first GPS III into orbit -VIDEO
On Sunday, December 23rd at 5:51 am PST, SpaceX successfully launched the United States Air Force’s first Global Positioning System III space vehicle (SV) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape C... more
Aerospace"Space Force": it will be established inside the US Air Force
An act will be presented by the Pentagon in February
After the day before yesterday, President Donald Trump signed the act to establish the US Space Command as the first step towards the creation of a sixth armed force dedicated solely to space, some rumors... more
AerospaceExpedition 57: three members back on Earth
After 197-day space mission
Three members of the International Space Station's Expedition 57 crew, including NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor, returned to Earth Thursday, safely landing at 12:02 am EST (11:02 am local time)... more
AerospaceSpaceX: possible new postponement of the launch of the Falcon 9 carrier rocket
After the two cancelled due to technical failure, now the bad weather
After two launches of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrier were cancelled due to last-minute technical problems, today it should "take off" from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, although... more
AerospaceTAS-ESA: contract signed for the Galileo program
New tranche for operational phase of its ground segment and security facility
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a new tranche of the framework contract originally signed on October 18 with the European... more
AerospaceFrance’s CSO-1 military observation satellite in orbit
TAS is prime contractor for instruments on it and Europe’s other main satellite systems
The CSO-1 military observation satellite was successfully launched today by Arianespace, using a Soyuz rocket from the Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Developed for the French Ministry for the Armed F... more
AerospaceSoyuz: samples taken by astronauts will be analyzed
To understand when the hole on the spacecraft has been created
After a decrease in atmospheric pressure in the International Space Station due to a tiny hole (about 2 millimeters in diameter) opened in the Soyuz spacecraft on August 30th, which was probably damaged... more
AerospaceUSA: Trump signs the act to reconstitute the Space Command
It will also have the task to defend satellites from physical or cyber attacks
The President of the United States Donald Trump signed yesterday the act that create, or re-create, the Space Command that will be directly dependent on the Pentagon and USAF (US Air Force); a first step... more
AerospaceRoscosmos: in 2 years on the space station in only 3 hours of "flight"
"Short" launches that will reduce costs
The director of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) Dmitry Rogozin announced yesterday that soon the launches to the International Space Station (ISS) with the Soyuz rockets, both with astronauts and... more
AerospaceSpace. 6 hours of extra-vehicular activity to evaluate the damage of the Soyuz
Green light for the return on the Earth of December 20
In preparation for the return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) -on December 20- of the astronauts Sergej Prokopyev, Alexander Gerst and Serena Aunon-Chancellor, was carried out yesterday... more
AerospaceAustralia: 26 million for the launch of the space agency
Investment program of 7.63 billion euros
The Australian Space Agency (ASA) headquarters will be in Adelaide, to announce it was Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaking to journalists at a press conference presenting the project to actively participate... more
AerospaceChina: the landing on the "dark side" of the Moon on 3 January
The Chang e-4 probe will study the materials in the Von Kàrmàn crater
On 3 January, the 1200 kg lander and the 140 kg small rover will gather in the Von Kàrmàn crater, starting the last phase of the Chinese mission to study the "dark side" of the Moon, from where it will b... more
AerospaceTAS: two contracts signed with South Korea
For constellation development of 4 radar satellites for Earth observation
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today that it has signed two contracts with Korea Aerospace Industries, LTD. (KAI) and Hanwha Systems Corporation... more
AerospaceSoyuz: launch of the vector rocket without difficulty
First manned mission after the October 11th accident -VIDEO
The Soyuz-FG carrier rocket was launched this morning by the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the three astronauts (the Russian Oleg Kononenko, the Canadian David Saint-Jacques and the American... more
AerospaceNASA: today announcement of collaboration with companies to return to the Moon
The space agency will be a "customer among many customers"
NASA in a press conference that will be held today in Washington at 2 pm EST -the 8pm In Italy- will announce the partnership with 9 US aerospace companies to be able to return to the Moon in the next... more
AerospaceRussia: there will be in 2025 in orbit the first section of the lunar space station?
Still to design the carrier rocket, the spacecraft and the landing module
In the next three months the director of the Russian space agency (Roscosmos) Dimitry Rogozin should announce what the stages will be and how the lunar program of the Nation will be structured, but in... more
AerospaceMars Insight: successful landing on the "Red Planet"
A piece of Italy with an instrument made with ASI support on board
The site ASI (Italian Space Agency) reports that the seven minutes of terror were repeated and this time, as had already happened 6 years ago with "Curiosity", the liberating signal launched by the rover... more
AerospaceInSight (2): will be used to study the earthquakes and the subsoil of Mars
Last phase of the mission started 7 years ago and cost 850 million dollars
NASA's InSight mission began on May 5th, when the Atlas V carrier rocket was launched from the Vandenberg AFB, carrying the probe destined to land tonight. Italian on the surface of Mars. After seven years... more
AerospaceNASA InSight landing on Mars
The spacecraft will perfom a specific sequence of activities
On Nov. 26, NASA's InSight spacecraft will blaze through the Martian atmosphere and attempt to set a lander gently on the surface of the Red Planet in less time than "it takes to hard-boil an egg", according... more