Beyond Gravity provided key products for Europe’s Euclid space telescope — the space observatory is controlled by a computer and protected by thermal insulation from Beyond Gravity. The Euclid telescope […]
Space Telescope
Northrop Grumman Wins Collier Trophy for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope industry team, led by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has won the prestigious National Aeronautic Association (NAA) Robert J. Collier Trophy for revolutionizing the field […]
Ball Aerospace integrates the opto-mechanical assembly for the Roman Space Telescope
Ball Aerospace has successfully completed the alignment and integration of the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) opto-mechanical assembly for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — the company has moved into […]
Stunning, star-filled portrait of the Pillars of Creation captured by Webb
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape – the iconic Pillars of Creation – where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas […]
Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) is now operational in Australia
Australia Defense Command, in collaboration with the United States Space Force (USSF), have achieved Initial Operational Capability to provide enhanced, space domain awareness (SDA). As announced at the 2012 Australia-United […]
Webb inspects the heart of the Phantom Galaxy
New images of the spectacular Phantom Galaxy, M74, showcase the power of space observatories working together in multiple wavelengths. In this case, data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope […]
DART Team Confirms Orbit of Targeted Asteroid
Using some of the world’s most powerful telescopes, the DART investigation team last month completed a six-night observation campaign to confirm earlier calculations of the orbit of Dimorphos—DART’s asteroid target—around […]
Swedish Space Minister Ekström’s feet remain on the ground even when visiting Linköping’s Beyond Gravity
Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) is Sweden’s largest industrial space company with sites in Gothenburg (ca. 240 employees) and Linköping (ca. 160 employees). In Linköping the company is expanding its production […]
50 years have passed for NASA’s Copernicus satellite which set the bar for space astronomy
At 6:28 a.m. EDT, on August 21, 1972, NASA’s Copernicus satellite, the heaviest and most complex space telescope of its time, lit up the sky as it ascended into orbit […]
NASA has awarded the Launch Services Contract for the Roman Space Telescope to SpaceX
NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch service for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope […]