This artist’s conception of the core of Cygnus A shows the dusty donut-shaped surroundings, called a torus, and jets launching from its center.
Author: jappe
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3D printing, up, up & away
Technology image of the week: ESA’s award-winning aerospace-quality-plastic 3D printer, designed for use in weightless space -
Installing life support the hands-free way
Last week saw the installation of ESA’s next-generation life-support system on the International Space Station. The new facility recycles carbon dioxide in the air into water that can then be converted into oxygen reducing supplies sent from Earth by half.
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Luna facility brings Moon to Earth
A facility planned for ESA’s Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, will recreate the Moon’s surface on Earth. ESA project manager for strategic planning and future development Andreas Diekmann shares how the three-part lunar analogue facility, known as Luna, will help Europe go farther in space.
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NASA's Marshall Center to Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night Oct. 20
NASA’s Marshall Center will host the 8th annual International Observe the Moon Night celebration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Oct. 20 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. CDT. Members of the public and the Huntsville-area media are invited to attend.
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Uncrewed Japanese Vehicle Delivers Supplies to the Space Station
Viewed from a window inside the cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world,” is the Japanese Exploration Agency’s H-II Transfer Vehicle-7.
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European Space Talks: we need more space!
Space concerns everyone. It contributes to our lives on a daily basis and can help to solve some of humankind’s greatest challenges. Find out more, and how space affects you, with European Space Talks…
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BepiColombo launch live
Watch live launch coverage from 01:15 GMT on 20 October. Launch is scheduled for 01:45 GMT and acquisition of signal is expected around 02:25 GMT -
Watch BepiColombo launch
Watch live as the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury is launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Ellen Ochoa at Work on the Shuttle
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the achievements of astronaut Ellen Ochoa and other Hispanic astronauts and professionals at NASA. Floating upside down and reading a checklist may not be how most of us perform the day’s work, but it was for Ochoa on Space Shuttle Discovery’s STS-96 mission.
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Selfie-cam, go!
Space Science Image of the Week: a monitoring camera on the BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module takes a test image during pre-launch preparations -
Southern California as Seen From Apollo 7
This view of southern California was taken by the Apollo 7 crew during their 18th revolution of the Earth on Oct. 12, 1968.
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To the launch pad!
Find out how our three new space explorers, Bepi, Mio and MTM, have been preparing for their epic adventure to Mercury