(From left) Ioannis Daglis, president of the Hellenic Space Center, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, watch as Giorgos Gerapetritis, Greek foreign minister, signs the […]
Deep Space Exploration
Space Foundation releases The Space Report 2023 Q3
Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 that offers information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, has released The Space Report 2023 Q3. Highlights include: Space Workforce Around the Globe […]
NASA to provide coverage of ESA’s ‘Dark Universe’ mission launch
The European Space Agency (ESA) and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 11:11 a.m., EDT, on Saturday, July 1, to launch the Euclid spacecraft. Euclid is an ESA mission with […]
UPDATE 2: ESA’s JUICE moving expeditiously to the Jovian system courtesy of Arianespace + the Ariane 5 launch vehicle — Airbus commentary
On April 14th, 2023, at 09:14 a.m., local time, an Ariane 5 launcher operated by Arianespace successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying the European Space […]
NASA moves forward with new Moon to Mars Program Office and the agency’s head of office
NASA has established the new Moon to Mars Program Office at NASA Headquarters in Washington to carry out the agency’s human exploration activities at the Moon and Mars for the […]
JUICE’s final take-off before lift-off
The Airbus-built JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission) spacecraft took off from Toulouse, France, for the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on board of an Antonov aircraft before the […]
NASA commits to future Artemis Moon rocket production with Boeing
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) stages prime contractor Boeing are in various states of production on core stages for future Artemis missions — together with its twin solid rocket […]