Initial findings from studies of space radiation measurements taken during NASA’s 2022 Artemis I lunar mission were published Sept. 18 in the journal Nature.
NASA must document efforts to address the greater-than-planned mass of the first two modules for its lunar-orbiting human-tended Gateway, says GAO auditors.
Arianespace aims to launch the Sentinel-2C Copernicus satellite on Sept. 3 in what would be the final mission for a Vega rocket before the shift to the Vega C.
Europe is pressing ahead with the second Ariane 6 launch, even as program officials continue to assess an upper-stage glitch during the rocket’s first flight.
Previously a British Army Air Corps officer and test pilot, Peake is a veteran of a Russian Soyuz-launched 186-day mission to the International Space Station.
ESA has given the provisional go-ahead for a mission to fly by the Apophis asteroid in 2029 as part of planetary defense, with NASA also sending Osiris-Apex.
The European Space Agency (ESA) said that launch service provider Arianespace and Italian space company Avio have agreed to the handover of responsibility for Vega C rockets.
NASA was once again forced to postpone an International Space Station spacewalk when lead astronaut Tracy Dyson experienced a water leak in her spacesuit.
The Ariane 6 rocket completed its wet-dress rehearsal test as European space officials work to ready their newest launcher for a July 9 inaugural mission.
