Companies with small satellites are set to benefit from a new end-to-end space transportation service offering additional in-orbit flexibility proposed by D-Orbit and supported through ESA’s Boost! programme.
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ExoMars orbiter continues hunt for key signs of life on Mars
The ESA-Roscosmos Trace Gas Orbiter has set new upper limits on how much methane, ethane, ethylene and phosphine is in the martian atmosphere – four so-called ‘biomarker’ gases that are potential signs of life.
ESA Highlights 2020: interactive format now available!
ESA Highlights 2020: interactive format now available!
Blue Origin to launch its 1st astronaut flight with Jeff Bezos and crew of 3 today
Blue Origin will launch its founder Jeff Bezos, his brother and both the oldest and youngest people to fly in space in a historic spaceflight today (July 20).
Live coverage: Blue Origin set to launch its first crew flight to edge of space
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket and crew capsule from West Texas carrying company founder Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk, and Oliver Daemen on a 10-minute flight to suborbital space. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
SpaceX test fires massive Super Heavy booster for Starship for 1st time (video)
SpaceX fired up the massive booster rocket for its new Starship spacecraft for the first time Monday night (July 19).
Good News! NASA Announces they have Fixed Hubble!
Update: Hubble took its first picture since it went into safe mode on June 13th! More info here.
Volcanic Activity on Venus Could Explain Phosphine
Ever since the announcement last September that astronomers found evidence of phosphine in the clouds of Venus, the planet has been getting a lot of attention. It’s not surprising. Phosphine is a potential biosignature: On Earth, it is produced by microbial life. Might a similar biological process be taking place in the skies of our sister planet? It’s a tantalizing prospect, and is definitely worth examining closely, but it’s too early to be sure. Microbes aren’t the only way to get phosphine. A new paper published on July 12th in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science suggests that volcanism might instead be to blame for the strange chemistry in the Venusian cloud tops.
See the first photos from the Hubble Space Telescope after a major computer malfunction
After more than a month offline in orbit, the famed Hubble Space Telescope is back in action and snapping photos of the cosmos.
Bezos and excited crewmates eager for blastoff Tuesday
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Here's how Blue Origin trained Jeff Bezos and his crew for an 11-minute launch into space
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and three crewmates received 14 hours of training over the last two days for their launch into space on July 20.
Where can we find a fifth force of nature?
We know of four fundamental forces of nature, with no signs of a fifth. But dark matter and dark energy make up over 90% of all the contents of the universe. So the question remains: could there be a fifth force hiding in the “dark sector” of our universe?
Perseid meteor shower 2021: When, where & how to see it
The Perseid meteor shower burst into light this July and will escalate into August as Earth passes through the long trail left by Comet Swift-Tuttle. This month, though, the moon may interfere with the show. Here's how and when to see the Perseids.
Hubble telescope revived after a grueling month of darkness. Here's what went wrong.
After more than a month in safe mode, the Hubble Space Telescope is back online. A wonky power regulator circuit may be to blame.
The search for alien life
Here's a look at where the hunt for aliens has been and where it's headed.
Boeing crew capsule mounted on Atlas 5 rocket for unpiloted test flight
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft emerges from the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing facility early Saturday. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now
Boeing second Starliner crew ferry spacecraft rolled out of its factory early Saturday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for mounting on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket set for liftoff July 30 on a redo of a problem-plagued unpiloted test flight in 2019.
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos says crew will not wear spacesuits during historic launch
The first Blue Origin crew will not wear spacesuits during their 11-minute journey to space and back Tuesday (July 20), according to founder and flight crew member Jeff Bezos.
Space station cargo ship named after first Asian American astronaut
The first Asian American to reach space, Ellison Onizuka, who made the ultimate sacrifice in pursuit of NASA's goals, is the namesake for Northrop Grumman's next cargo spacecraft set to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.
Event Horizon Telescope Reveals Curious Jet Structure from Black Hole
Observations of the nearest radio galaxy, Centaurus A, provide the highest-resolution look at the long jets shooting from the galaxy’s supermassive black hole.
'Mercury 13' pilot Wally Funk will carry 60 years of history to space on Blue Origin flight
When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos offered her a seat on the first crewed flight of his space tourism enterprise Blue Origin, it was an invitation aviator Wally Funk had waited six decades to receive.
A powerful jet emerges from a black hole in unprecedented detail in new images
New images obtained by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) reveal a powerful jet ejected from a supermassive black hole in unprecedented detail.
