News Archive / Tagged: European Space Agency
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The European Service Module: A conversation with NASA’s Jim Withrow
Scott JohnsonNovember 12th, 2022During the first Artemis 1 launch attempt, Spaceflight Insider had the opportunity to speak with Jim Withrow, NASA's deputy propulsion functional area manager for the European Service Module.
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‘Ingenuity-class’ drones added to Mars sample return mission
Derek RichardsonJuly 27th, 2022NASA has changed the planned architecture for its Mars Sample Return Program, ditching a fetch rover in favor of two small helicopters.
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James Webb Space Telescope shows universe in unprecedented detail
Theresa CrossJuly 12th, 2022Witness the imaging power of this fully calibrated and operational James Webb Space Telescope! NASA releases the observatory's first science photos.
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Webb telescope’s first full-color photos coming next month
Theresa CrossJune 15th, 2022The first full-color photos from the James Webb Space Telescope are set to be released next month as the space observatory readies for its science mission.
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Crew-4 arrives at International Space Station in Dragon ‘Freedom’
Derek RichardsonApril 28th, 2022Less than 16 hours after launching from Florida, the Crew-4 astronauts arrived at the International Space Station to begin a five-month stay aboard the outpost.
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ExoMars rover now ‘very unlikely’ to launch in 2022
Cullen DesforgesMarch 1st, 2022In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency said its joint robotic ExoMars mission with Russia is unlikely to launch in 2022.
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James Webb Space Telescope sees first light, takes ‘selfie’
Theresa CrossFebruary 12th, 2022Over the last week, the James Webb Space Telescope began detecting its first photons of light as it begins a three-month process to align its mirror segments.
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James Webb Space Telescope reaches final orbital destination
Theresa CrossJanuary 26th, 2022NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final destination after a 30-day trek that began on Christmas Day.
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NASA’s $10B James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed in space
Theresa CrossJanuary 9th, 2022Some two weeks after its Christmas Day launch, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finished unfolding itself into its final configuration.
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The James Webb Space Telescope finally launches into space
Theresa CrossDecember 25th, 2021After 25 years of development, the James Webb Space Telescope has finally launched into space on a mission to look back farther in time than ever before.
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Here’s looking at Euclid: NASA provides crucial parts for ESA dark energy mission
Jim SharkeyJuly 31st, 2019Dark energy and dark matter are two of the biggest mysteries facing modern astronomy. Scheduled to launch in 2022, the European Space Agency's Euclid spacecraft has been designed investigate these invisible phenomena that scientist think make up a majority of our universe. A team of NASA engineers recently delivered crucial components for one on the spacecraft's science instruments.
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From Lunar to LEO, MS-13 trio blasts off toward ISS
Jason RhianJuly 20th, 2019Fifty years is a long time. In the past half-century NASA has gone from launching men to the Moon to being dependent on the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, for access to low-Earth orbit. The latest flight under the agreement took place 50 years to the day NASA achieved what was once believed to be impossible.
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Falcon Eye 1 spacecraft lost in Vega mishap
Cullen DesforgesJuly 10th, 2019It appears a European Space Agency (ESA) rocket has encountered a failure which has resulted in the loss of the Falcon Eye 1 satellite that it had been tasked with sending to orbit.
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Survey shows ‘hundreds of impacts’ on ESA’s Columbus module
Derek RichardsonFebruary 8th, 2019Each ISS module is designed with micrometeoroid debris protection. A recent survey of the Columbus module shows the importance of that shielding.
