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A European push to the Moon
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The European Space Agency is playing a vital role in humankind’s return to the Moon. In a few months NASA will launch Artemis I from the Kennedy Space Center. The uncrewed mission will carry NASA’s Orion spacecraft incorporating ESA’s European Service Module (ESM-1), built and tested by Airbus Bremen, in Germany, with the help of 10 European nations. ESM-1’s main engine and 32 thrusters will propel Orion into orbit around the Moon and return it to Earth.
Watch live: briefings for next Space Station mission
Learn the latest about the launch of Crew-3 to the International Space Station during two virtual briefings this Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 October live on ESA Web TV Two.
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XVII: What is the “SETI-Paradox” Hypothesis?
Welcome back to our Fermi Paradox series, where we take a look at possible resolutions to Enrico Fermi’s famous question, “Where Is Everybody?” Today, we examine the possibility that we haven’t heard from any aliens is because no one is transmitting!
William Shatner's space launch on Blue Origin's New Shepard: When to watch and what to know
Here's everything you need to know about Blue Origin's launch of William Shatner and his crew on the New Shepard spacecraft on Oct. 12, 2021.
SETI Institute, Unistellar and Planetary Society partner to host World Space Week events for girls
The SETI Institute has partnered with Unistellar and The Planetary Society to host virtual World Space Week events that aim to inspire the next generation of female space explorers.
William Shatner's age will make him the oldest person to fly in space with Blue Origin launch
Now 90 years old, William Shatner will soon be the oldest person who's ever flown to space.
Soyuz arrives at space station for out-of-this-world film shoot
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United Arab Emirates to launch bold asteroid mission in 2028
The United Arab Emirates aims to launch its second interplanetary mission in 2028, an ambitious mission to the asteroid belt that will conclude with a landing on a space rock.
Don't Postpone Joy: Why We Stargaze
Why do you stargaze? Amateur astronomer Jennifer Willis explores reconnection via the night sky.
William Shatner eager to see 'vastness of space' when he launches with Blue Origin
The original "Star Trek" captain, William Shatner, is contemplating the "vastness of space" ahead of his real-life journey to the final frontier on Oct. 12.
Launch of Italian radar satellite shifts from Arianespace to SpaceX
File photo of a Falcon 9 launch. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography
The Italian Space Agency says it has booked a launch with SpaceX as soon as November for a COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar remote sensing satellite, shifting the spacecraft from a European Vega C rocket to a Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral.
Filming 'Among the Stars' with Disney Plus meant a 2-year journey for astronaut Chris Cassidy. Here's what he learned.
The NASA veteran chats about filming a crucial repair mission to the International Space Station
Everything you need for astrophotography camping
Our guide to astrophotography camping will help you plan an outdoors trip, so you can capture the night skies away from light-filled cities.
1,000 days on the moon! China's Chang'e 4 lunar far side mission hits big milestone
A Chinese lander and rover are still up and running more than 1,000 Earth days after they made a historic first-ever landing on the far side of the moon.
New spin on space research
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The ESA-owned Short Arm Human Centrifuge has been upgraded, installed and inaugurated at the Olympic Sport Centre Planica facility near Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Soon to be home to ESA bedrest studies, this recently enhanced clinical research centre will help further scientists’ knowledge of human physiology in space.
Arid Meteor Outburst in the Works This Week?
The new Arid meteor shower may be making itself known in early October 2021.
There’s Enough Sunlight Getting Through Venus’ Clouds to Support High-Altitude Life
Carl Sagan once famously, and sarcastically, observed that, since we couldn’t see what was going on on the surface of Venus, there must be dinosaurs living there. Once humans started landing probes on the planet’s surface, any illusion of a lush tropical world was quickly dispelled. Venus was a hellscape of extraordinary temperatures and pressures that would make it utterly inhospitable to anything resembling Earth life.
NASA Spacecraft Takes a Picture of Jupiter … From the Moon
You know the feeling …. seeing Jupiter through your own telescope. If it gives you the chills — like it does for me — then you’ll know how the team for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter felt when they turned their spacecraft around – yes, the orbiter that’s been faithfully circling and looking down at the Moon since 2008 – and saw the giant planet Jupiter with their camera. If you zoom in on the picture, you can even see Jupiter’s Galilean moons.
Live coverage: Soyuz docks at space station with Russian film crew
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Russian actress, director set for Tuesday launch to space station
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