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Arianespace breaks payload mass record on final Ariane 5 launch before Webb
An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Center with the SES 17 and Syracuse 4A communications satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/S. Martin
A European Ariane 5 rocket fired into space Saturday night from French Guiana with a commercial broadband satellite for SES and a French military telecom craft, setting a new payload mass record for geostationary transfer orbit on the final Ariane 5 flight before launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in December.
Ariane 5 sets new record on latest launch
Europe’s Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites, SES-17 and Syracuse-4A, into their planned orbits.
Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket counting down to launch from French Guiana
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the SES 17 and Syracuse 4A communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
Under watchful eye of NASA, teams prep for final Ariane 5 flight before Webb
An Ariane 5 rocket on its launch pad Thursday in Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/JM Guillon
Arianespace is counting down to the blastoff of an Ariane 5 rocket Saturday night from French Guiana, the final flight of Europe’s workhorse launcher before NASA and the European Space Agency entrust it to launch the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope.
Primordial Gravitational Waves Continue to Elude Astronomers
The standard model of cosmology is a remarkably powerful and accurate description of the universe, tracing its evolution from the big bang to its current state, but it is not without mysteries. One of the biggest unsolved questions of the standard model is known as early cosmic inflation.
Arianespace will launch 2 satellites on a Ariane 5 rocket tonight. Here's how to watch it live.
An Ariane 5 rocket will launch satellites for SES and the French military tonight, Oct. 23, and you can watch it live here.
An overview of the fall skies of 2021
There's a lot to look at between now and the December solstice: two eclipses, four meteor showers, Venus reaching its pinnacle in brilliance and a potential bright comet!
Researcher want to 'slice and dice' deadly asteroids with rocket-powered bombs, new paper says
Physicists propose a new plan to "slice and dice" incoming asteroids that could save Earth from a deadly calamity.
Huge hole discovered in Arctic's 'last ice'
A polynya, or rift, opened in the Arctic's oldest, thickest ice in May 2020, new research finds.
NASA thinks US needs nuclear-powered spacecraft to stay ahead of China
The U.S. needs to invest more in nuclear-powered spacecraft to be competitive with nations like China, experts say.
How to spot the 'elusive' planet Mercury in the night sky this month
For the next two and a half weeks, early-morning skywatchers will have an excellent opportunity to spot the so-called "elusive planet" — Mercury.
Musk says Starship may be ready for orbital launch next month, but FAA review continues
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, said Friday the company’s huge new Starship rocket could be ready for its first orbital test launch from South Texas as soon as November, but the schedule comes with two big uncertainties that may push the launch to next year.
The Early Solar System Had a Gap Where the Asteroid Belt is Today
Wind the cosmic clock back a few billion years and our Solar System looked much different than it does today. About 4.5 billion years ago, the young Sun shone much like it does now, though it was a little smaller. Instead of being surrounded by planets, it was ensconced in a swirling disk of gas and dust. That disk is called a protoplanetary disk and it’s where the planets eventually formed.
NASA targets February launch for Artemis 1 mission on its 1st first moon rocket since Apollo
An uncrewed Orion capsule could ride the first Space Launch System megarocket as early as Feb. 12, 2022. But a lot has to go right.
Marvel movies you probably haven’t seen
The FAA held two public hearings this week about its environmental assessment of SpaceX's orbital launch activities in South Texas. People voiced strong opinions, both pro and con.
A Spacecraft Orbiting the Moon Just Captured an Image of Saturn
The hush-hush launches from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility tested advanced hypersonic weapons technology for the U.S. military.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars through Red Planet's summer air after radio blackout (video)
China just launched what is planned to be its longest crewed mission to date, but the next spacecraft in the series is ready to blast off should the Shenzhou 13 astronauts need rescuing.
At Mars, China's Tianwen 1 orbiter and Zhurong rover are back in action after a radio blackout
China's Tianwen 1 orbiter and Zhurong rover are once again active at Mars following a communications blackout caused by the sun interfering with radio signals sent from Earth.
NASA targets February launch for Artemis 1 moon mission
The 74,000-pound Orion spacecraft was lifted inside the Vehicle Assembly Building this week, and mounted to the top of the Space Launch System. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
With NASA’s powerful new 322-foot-tall moon rocket fully stacked at Kennedy Space Center, managers said Friday that Feb. 12 is the soonest the unpiloted Artemis 1 mission could blast off toward lunar orbit, a date that hinges on the outcome of a critical fueling test on the launch pad in January.
