News Archive / Tagged: ESA

• Antares not the only thing grounded by recent nor’easter

  Jason RhianNovember 19th, 2018

  The planned Nov. 15 flight of the NG-10 mission to the ISS was delayed two days while NASA waited for a powerful storm to pass. The mission wasn't the only thing held back by bad weather however.

• Orion spacecraft hardware & safety procedures readied for Exploration Mission 1

  Jason RhianNovember 8th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Europe's contribution to NASA's Orion spacecraft has arrived in Florida. But that's not the only event relating to Orion that has taken place recently.

• Mars Express observes curious cloud near Red Planet volcano

  Jim SharkeyNovember 2nd, 2018

  A strange cloud formation has been discovered on Mars by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. Where did it come from?

• Orion’s European Service Module makes its debut at Kennedy Space Center

  Joe LatrellOctober 27th, 2018

  NASA's Exploration Mission 1 is just over the horizon, but it wouldn't be able to fly to the Moon without a critical component developed from a surprising source.

• Ariane 5 rocket begins BepiColombo’s journey to Mercury

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 19th, 2018

  Lighting up the skies above the jungles of French Guiana, an Ariane 5 rocket sent a multi-faceted and international mission on its way to the planet Mercury.

• Cassini’s final close orbits of Saturn providing new data on ringed world

  Jim SharkeyOctober 15th, 2018

  More than a year after it concluded its 20 year voyage of discovery, the Cassini mission is still providing details about Saturn.

• NASA tests key system of $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope

  Jason RhianOctober 1st, 2018

  A program some 25 years in the making conducted an important test that should ensure that when the long-delayed mission is sent aloft - it will perform flawlessly. With this milestone complete, the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope edges closer to flight.

• Vega soars into the sky with ESA’s Aeolus wind-monitoring satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 22nd, 2018

  Arianespace successfully sent Europe’s wind-monitoring satellite named Aeolus to orbit on Wednesday, Aug. 22. The France-based firm used the smallest launch vehicle in its catalog, Vega, to carry out the first part of Aeolus's mission underway.

• 4 Galileo navigation satellites sent aloft by Ariane 5

  Heather SmithJuly 25th, 2018

  After a nearly four-month-long mission gap, Arianespace launched an Ariane 5 ES rocket from its South American spaceport in French Guiana to send four Galileo navigation satellites into orbit for Europe’s global navigation satellite system.

• Saturn’s moon Enceladus has conditions that could support microbial life

  Laurel KornfeldJuly 4th, 2018

  Complex organic molecules have been discovered in the plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The data transmitted back to Earth by the Cassini Saturn orbiter, which ended its service above the ringed world on Sept. 16, 2017.

• International Space Station population doubles with arrival of Soyuz MS-09

  Derek RichardsonJune 8th, 2018

  Expedition 56 has three new crew members with the arrival of Soyuz MS-09. The two spent the last two days catching up with the International Space Station before rendezvousing and docking with the 400-metric-ton complex at 9:01 a.m. EDT (13:01 GMT) June 8, 2018.

• Soyuz MS-09 rolled to Baikonur launch pad for Wednesday flight

  Derek RichardsonJune 5th, 2018

  BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan — A Russian Soyuz-FG rocket with the encapsulated Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft sits at Pad 1/5 and is set to launch three new crew members bound for the International Space Station to join Expedition 56.

• ExoMars rover will search for evidence of life on Mars

  Jim SharkeyJune 4th, 2018

  Could the Red Planet be a bastion for life (either now or in the past)? ESA and NASA are preparing to send a mission to find out.

• SpaceFlight Insider heading to Kazakhstan for Soyuz MS-09 launch coverage

  Derek RichardsonJune 1st, 2018

  Next week, three fresh crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station for a six-month stay as members of the Expedition 56/57 crews. A member the SpaceFlight Insider team is expected to be present in Kazakhstan to cover these events.

• Rokot sends Europe’s Sentinel-3B Earth-observing satellite to orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiApril 25th, 2018

  A Russian Rokot booster took to the skies April 25, 2018, on a mission to orbit Sentinel-3B, the latest satellite for Europe’s Copernicus Earth-observation program. Liftoff took place at 1:57 p.m. EDT (17:57 GMT) from Site 133/3 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.