ESA: Estonia joins ESA family

Estonia took a step further in its relations with ESA by signing the Accession Agreement to the ESA Convention on 4 February 2015, to become the 21st ESA Member State. The signing ceremony took place at the ESA Headquarters in Paris with the participation of Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Anne Sulling, Estonian Minister of … Dowiedz się więcej

Eurockot: One Step Further to the Launches of Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-2B on Rockot

In preparation of the launches of the ESA Copernicus Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-2B satellites on Rockot in 2015 and 2016, the launch adapters for these missions were fit-checked successfully. The Sentinel-2B mechanical and electrical fit-check and launcher separation shock test was conducted in mid-October 2014 at the IABG Test Center in Ottobrunn, Germany. For the actual … Dowiedz się więcej

Lockheed Martin-Built Orion Spacecraft Takes First Steps On Journey To Mars With Successful Test Flight

The Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT]-built Orion spacecraft gently splashed down into the waters of the Pacific Ocean at 11:29 a.m. EST, completing the first test flight of NASA’s deep space exploration capsule. After a successful launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at 7:05 a.m. EST this morning, Orion … Dowiedz się więcej

Lockheed Martin Begins Final Assembly Of NASA’s Next Mars Lander

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has started the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase for NASA’s InSight Mars lander spacecraft. The InSight mission will record the first-ever measurements of the interior of the red planet, giving scientists unprecedented detail into the evolution of Mars and other terrestrial planets. InSight is scheduled to launch in March … Dowiedz się więcej

ESA: Rosetta – Welcome to a comet

Rosetta’s lander Philae is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two CIVA images confirm. One of the lander’s three feet can be seen in the foreground. Source / Author: ESA Photo: ESA