9:17 AM PST, or 12:17 PM EST, atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenburg Air Force Base, California. […]
Category Archive: ESA
Featured Image: A surface view of Venus from Venera 9. (Image credit: Roscosmos) When it comes to life […]
Americans are starting to feel the effects of COVID-19, or Corona Virus. School systems across the country are […]
The year 2020 has come and with it the next Mars launch window. As such, several national space […]
Featured Image: A “streak shot” of the launch of Solar Orbiter from Cape Canaveral (Image credit: Next Horizons […]
Featured Image: Solar Orbiter is removed from it’s shipping container in November 2019. (Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett) The […]
TAIYUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, CHINA – On Friday morning, Dec. 20 (local time), China once again successfully launched […]
After a twenty-four hour delay, the CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) was hefted into space from aboard a Soyuz-Fregat launch vehicle at 3:54 a.m. Dec. 18. This launch was accomplished for the European Space Agency (ESA). The launch also saw the launch of Cosmos-Skymed (an Italian Earth-observing satellite) and three cubesats.
KOUROU, FRENCH GUIANA – Citing a software error, The European Space Agency has delayed the launch of the […]