Found: One European Mars Lander, No Longer Intact
Imagery from a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars has located the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Schiaparelli lander. ESA lost contact with the lander two days ago mid-way through its descent to …
ESA's Woerner: "I'm Happy" with ExoMars Even Though Fate of Lander Still Unknown
European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Jan Woerner painted a highly positive picture of ESA’s ExoMars 2016 mission this morning even though the agency still does not know the fate …
Soyuz MS-02 On Its Way to ISS – UPDATE
UPDATE, October 21, 2016: Docking was successful at 5:52 am ET this morning. ORIGINAL STORY, October 19, 2016: Three new crew members for the International Space Station (ISS) lifted off …
Tense Times for ESA ExoMars and NASA Juno Teams
The European Space Agency (ESA) was hoping to announce its first successful landing on Mars today, but the fate of its Schiaparelli lander is unknown at this time. Meanwhile NASA’s …
Trump Would Reinstate White House Space Council – UPDATE
UPDATED October 22, 2016 to reflect the fact that Trump no longer plans to visit Kennedy Space Center next week, as reported by Florida Today. In an op-ed published in …
Antares Soars Back Into Service – UPDATE
UPDATE, October 23, 2016: Cygnus OA-5 was successfully berthed to the ISS this morning as planned. ORIGINAL STORY, October 18, 2016: Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket is back in service after …
GOES-R Launch Delayed Due to Hurricane Matthew Impacts – UPDATE 2
NOAA announced today that the launch of the first of its new generation of weather satellites, GOES-R, will be delayed because of impacts from Hurricane Matthew. The scheduled November 4 …
Antares Ready for Sunday Night Launch, Viewable Along East Coast – UPDATE
UPDATE, October 16, 6:30 pm ET: Orbital ATK has postponed the launch for one day because of a bad ground support cable. The new launch date and time are Monday, …
China Launches Two Crew Members to Tiangong-2 Space Station – UPDATE
UPDATE, October 18, 2016, 3:40 pm EDT: The two astronauts just successfully docked with Tiangong-2. ORIGINAL STORY, October 16, 2016, EDT: Two Chinese astronauts were successfully launched to China’s Tiangong-2 …
China Set to Launch Two-Man Crew to New Tiangong-2 Space Station
Just one day before launch, China finally officially announced the names of the two crew members and launch time for the first mission to its new Tiangong-2 space station. The …