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Российские приборы на борту BepiColombo готовы исследовать Меркурий

Источник: Компьютерра - Журнал о науке и технологиях BepiColombo перешел к финальной фазе прибытия на Меркурий. 21 июня 2026 года зонд отключил свои маршевые электрореактивные дви...

Japanese Space Agency names arrival date for BepiColombo Mercury mission

Due on November 21, eleven months late - but on time to do science!

Both Hemispheres of 3I/ATLAS Observed Simultaneously by JUICE and Europa Clipper

The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) instruments aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft and NASA’s Europa Clipper made unique obs...

SMILE spacecraft launches to capture first X-ray views of Earth's magnetic shield

A joint European-Chinese spacecraft blasted off into orbit Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant explosions of plasma shot out from the sun slam into Ear...

Smile spacecraft reaches science orbit

The European-Chinese Smile mission reached its designated science orbit on June 20, 2026. The team is now embarking on a two-month campaign to commission the spacecraft, which invo...

Italy's Meloni gives Parmitano Italian flag for Artemis III space mission

Meloni meets ESA astronaut ahead of his 2027 mission, hailing his selection as a pilot as a mark of Italian excellence in space. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni received ast...

Smile lifts off on quest to reveal Earth's invisible shield against the solar wind

The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The launch marks the beginning of an ambitious mission to better understand solar...

Say hello to our little friends

Hayabusa2 and Tianwen-2 get up close and personal with two asteroids.

New spacecraft will watch Earth's shield take the hit as solar storms come roaring in

A joint European-Chinese spacecraft is set to blast off Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant explosions of plasma shot out from the sun slam into Earth'...

Japan's Hayabusa2 makes close flyby of asteroid Torifune

ESA Selects Two New Scout-Class Missions

When it comes to understanding Earth and our changing environment, space is the place. Not only does it give us an overall holistic view of the planet below, but satellite-based im...

Pegasus launch to deploy LINK for months‑long orbit boost of aging Swift

A mission to raise the orbit of NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is poised for launch no earlier than Tuesday, June 30, at 6:23 a.m. EDT (10:23 p.m. UTC+12), from Kwajalein At...

Hayabusa2’s flyby of asteroid Torifune

On Sunday, July 5, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Hayabusa2 probe performed a close flyby of the asteroid Torifune.

ESA selects two new scout-class missions

When it comes to understanding Earth and our changing environment, space is the place. Not only does it give us an overall holistic view of the planet below, but satellite-based im...

Image: Roman Telescope arrives at Kennedy Space Center

In this photo from June 21, 2026, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard NASA's Pegasus barge. After offloading and...

NASA's Psyche Mission Says Goodbye to Mars and Heads for its Metal-Rich Target

Spacecraft often use planets for gravity-assist or "slingshot" maneuvers. NASA's Psyche mission used Mars for that purpose during a May 15th flyby. The flyby accelerated the spacec...

ESA officially adopts ARRAKIHS mission: EU leads the exploration of the low surface brightness universe

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially adopted ARRAKIHS as a scientific mission, confirming the target launch date of 2030. Matthieu Schaller is part of the science team: "...

Italian Luca Parmitano to be first European to join an Artemis mission: NASA

Luca Parmitano, an Italian astronaut, will be the pilot of NASA's Artemis 3 mission, the first European to join one of the program's missions, the U.S. space agency announced Tuesd...

SMILE: European Space Weather Mission Launches

An innovative new mission will probe the mystery of how the Earth’s magnetosphere interacts with the solar wind. The post SMILE: European Space Weather Mission Launches appeared fi...

NASA payload to ride commercial Mars orbiter from rocket biz yet to reach orbit

Aeolus mission promises better Martian weather models, assuming Relativity Space can get its Terran R off the ground

Euclid mission view of Milky Way's heart previews upcoming survey by NASA's Roman

A new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy by Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, overlaps with a region scientists will observe with NASA'...

Italian astronaut to pilot Nasa's upcoming Artemis space mission

Luca Parmitano has become the first European to join one of the Artemis missions.

NASA picks Italian astronaut Parmitano as pilot for Artemis III mission

Parmitano will be the first European astronaut to hold a primary operational role on an Artemis mission. Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano has been selected as pilot for the Artemi...

Japanese space probe, size of a fridge, flies near asteroid in planet defence test

A Japanese space probe performed a fly-by of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday, in a test mission for technology that could help protect the planet from space rocks. The fridge-sized...