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Aerospace"Hubble" captures an image of Jupiter with an unprecedented detail
The photo of the "Red Planet" published - VIDEO
A new image of Jupiter, the largest Planet in the Solar System, was captured in high definition by NASA's "Hubble" telescope. Taken from the "Wide Field Camera 3" on June 27th but released only on... more
AerospaceA "good morning" from the commander Luca Parmitano
Impressive image from the "Beyond" mission - IMAGE
While the "Beyond" mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) goes on (see AVIONEWS) the commander Luca Parmitano continues to send postcards from space with suggestive images that enchant his 589,000... more
AerospaceThe second SpaceDataHighway satellite launched
On Ariane 5
The EDRS-C satellite, the second node of the SpaceDataHighway network (also known as EDRS, European Data Relay System), has been successfully launched into geostationary orbit at 31° East by an Ariane... more
AerospaceThe Israeli AMOS-17 satellite has reached the space
Successful launch for the Falcon 9 - VIDEO
In the night between August 6 and 7, SpaceX by Elon Musk announced the launch of the Falcon 9 missile with an AMOS-17 satellite from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Israeli company Spacecomm.... more
AerospaceIntelsat 39 and EDRS-C satellites orbited
Third 2019 Ariane 5 flight -VIDEO
The third 2019 flight (105th mission overall) of the Ariane 5 launcher took place successfully during the night of the 6th of August from the Guyana Space Center (CSG) spaceport. The European launcher... more
AerospaceKeplero's dream: the "Lightsail-2" solar sail works
The mission is a success - VIDEO
It will be possible to perform controlled flights in space thanks to solar energy: this is confirmed by the functionality of the "Lightsail-2" solar sail, brought into space on June 25 (see AVIONEWS),... more
AerospaceOn August 6: launch of the EDRS satellite
Assembled to the rocket
On August 6 the EDRS-C satellite will be launched from the European spaceport of Kourou, in French Guyana, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. On July 30, the assembly of the EDRS was carried out, which arises... more
AerospaceAirbus brings a SMILE to ESA
It will study the interaction between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build the European component of the SMILE satellite (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE will be the first joint satellite... more
AerospacePhoto. JUICE starts its journey on Earth
The satellite’s inner structure is ready to be shipped
Airbus Defence and Space has completed the first step in the construction of the inner structure of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE satellite. This is the beginning of its Earthly journey through d... more
AerospaceTelecommunications module ready for Euclid satellite integration
European mission will study dark energy and matter across the Universe
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in Spain has delivered the communicationsmodule for the Euclid satellite to TAS’s Turin plant, where it will be integrated withthe service module. Euclid is a European Space A... more
AerospaceAerospace. Protom-Embraer agreement: new employees in Brazil
Eighty units in the subsidiary Ambra by 2022
Protom's new framework agreement with Embraer, a contract that will see eighty new Protom resources committed by 2022. The first year of activity in Brazil of the Protom Group therefore concludes with... more
AerospaceThe Milky Way's central bar has been reconstructed
First step to find out how it was formed and evolved - VIDEO
Thanks to a research carried out by the University of Barcelona coordinated by the astronomer Friedrich Anders, it was possible to make a 3D reconstruction of the galactic bar of the Milky Way: it was... more
AerospaceA "Near Earth Asteroid" will come closer today
Nasa: space rock nearer than the Moon, larger than the Statue of Liberty - VIDEO
According to NASA, "2019 OD" is a taller asteroid of the Statue of Liberty, with a diameter between 52 and 120 meters, which will speed at 70,000 km/h and it will arrive on the afternoon of July 24th at... more
AerospaceCDP and Leonardo strengthen their collaboration
The agreement includes establishing a Steering Committee
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) and Leonardo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of reinforcing synergies and strengthening activities in support of the national leader in the... more
AerospaceTAS-Telespazio: contract signed with Italian Space Agency (Asi)
For the initial development of an innovative satellite system dubbed Ital-GovSatCom
The Space Alliance between Thales Alenia Space-TAS- (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) and Telespazio (Leonardo 67%, Thales 33%) announced today that it has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI)... more
Aerospace"Beyond" mission: Parmitano in space for 200 days
The world had its eyes glued to the live broadcast - VIDEO
On 20 July, at 6:28 pm, exactly 50 years after the first trip to the Moon, the "Soyuz" spaceship started marking the beginning of the "Beyond" mission. The live broadcast was also screened at the Maxxi,... more
AerospaceMission "Beyond" is running out: on Saturday July 20 at 6:30 pm launch
Live streaming from the Italian Space Agency - VIDEO
On Saturday 20 July at 6:28pm, Italian time, exactly 50 years after "Apollo 11" which brought the first men to the Moon, the mission "Beyond" will start: astronaut Luca Parmitano with the American Andrew... more
AerospaceThe spacecraft that will bring Parmitano on the ISS is rolled out
Rituals and curiosities from the Russian cosmodrome
On July 18 at 4:00 pm, at the Russian Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the roll-out operations of of the Soyuz MS-13 were concluded. Also designated ISS flight 59S, Soyuz is a spaceflight which will... more
AerospaceLeonardo celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing
Looking towards Mars and the future of space exploration
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind". These are the famous words by Neil Armstrong in occasion of the first “walk” on lunar soil on 20 July 1969. One of the greatest scientific and eng... more
Aerospace"Hubble" telescope makes an unexpected discovery around a black hole
Reference models for astronomers are in crisis
On 12 July, a team of researchers from the Earth space observatory discovered an accretion disk around a small black hole: presence generally possible only with supermassive black holes. According to theoretical... more
AerospaceFrance: Macron approves the creation of a "space force"
Space in the future could become a battlefield
The President of France Emmanuel Macron said that the creation of a Space Command within the French Air Force to improve the country's defense capabilities was approved on Saturday 13 July.A day before... more
AerospaceHover test for the American spaceship "Starhopper"
On July 16 another step forward to get to Mars
Tthe first hover test for the prototype of the giant spaceship "Starhopper" by the company "SpaceX" will be in California on July 16. It will coincide with the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11... more
AerospaceOne of these female astronauts will go to the Moon
NASA has promised that this time a woman will set foot on the lunar surface
Twelve Americans walked on the moon 50 years ago, but they were all men. In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. According to NASA, only 49 in 347 Americans who flew into space... more
AerospaceRussia: the Spektr-RG telescope launched
X-ray images to study the universe - VIDEO
The new telescope was successfully launched last Saturday, July 13 at 2.31 pm Italian time, with a "Proton-M" rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhistan into the orbit."Spektr-RG" will have the... more
Aerospace"Cosmic Girl": an airplane as a launch pad for satellites
Positive the Virgin Orbit droptest
California, on July 10th. After several months of preparations, Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit satellite launch company, launched its first major droptest using a modified Boeing 747/400 aircraft... more
AerospaceESA carrier Vega failed launch (2)
The rocket sank two minutes later - VIDEO
The mission of the European carrier Vega ended two minutes after the launch started in the night by the Kourou base in French Guyana (see AVIONEWS). The European Space Agency (ESA) rocket was supposed... more
AerospaceVega VV15 mission failed for anomaly
About two minutes from liftoff of the launcher; inquiry commission set up
Approximately two minutes after the Vega launcher’s liftoff, shortly after ignition of the second stage (Zefiro 23), a launcher anomaly occurred –leading today to the premature end of the mission. Dat... more
AerospaceAirbus to develop CO3D Earth Observation programme for CNES
The next generation in optical satellite constellations
The French Space Agency (CNES) has awarded the CO3D (Constellation Optique 3D) contract to Airbus. Under this agreement, the company will deliver a global high-resolution Digital Surface Model (DSM). ... more
AerospaceRussia sent Meteor-M 2-2 satellite into orbit
Soyuz-2.1b was launched by the Vostochny cosmodrome - VIDEO
Russia has sent the Soyuz-2.1b carrier into orbit transporting the Meteor-M 2-2 meteorological satellite and other 32 small satellites on board. The launch took place this morning at 8:42 am from the Vostochny... more
Aerospace"Rubi", full steam engine for the ISS
It studies the fundamentals of the boiling of fluids
The next supply mission (CRS-18) to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, will transport a special ‘steam engine’ to the International Space Station (ISS). RUBI (Reference mUltiscale Boiling Investigation), a f... more