Space Technology and Space Exploration

SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: report

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Tue, Jun 5^th 2018 |

SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday...

UK to demand EU repayment in Brexit satellite row

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 24^th 2018 |

Britain ramped up a Brexit space row with the EU on Thursday, saying it will demand repayment if it is excluded from the Galileo satellite navigation project.Newspaper reports suggested London could seek £1 billion (...

From ships to satellites: Scotland aims for the sky

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, May 23^rd 2018 |

A shipbuilding hub since the days of the British empire, the Scottish city of Glasgow is now reaching for the stars with a growing space satellite industry.Glasgow bu...

SpaceX rocket blasts off water-tracking satellite duo

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, May 23^rd 2018 |

A SpaceX rocket Tuesday blasted off a duo of sports car-sized satellites built by the US and Germany to reveal changes in sea level rise, ice melt and drought on Eart...

Chinese private firm launches first space rocket

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 17^th 2018 |

A suborbital rocket was launched into space Thursday by a start-up in China's burgeoning commercial aeronautics industry, as private firms snap at the heels of their dominant American rivals.OneSpace, the Beijing-bas...

Nomination

NASA Announces New Director of Johnson Space Center

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Thu, May 17^th 2018 |

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Monday the selection of Mark Geyer as the next director of the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. He'll assume the ...

Angola loses first satellite, plans successor

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Apr 23^rd 2018 |

Angola on Monday confirmed the premature death of its first national telecoms satellite, Angosat-1, which was launched in December and was expected to have a working life of 15 years.The Russian-made Angosat-1 strugg...

Two Americans, one Russian blast off for ISS

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Mar 23^rd 2018 |

Two astronauts, a cosmonaut and a ball set to be used in the forthcoming football World Cup in Russia blasted off Wednesday for a two-day flight to the International Space Station. NASA's Drew Feustel and Richard Ar...

World's biggest rocket soars toward Mars after perfect launch

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Feb 7^th 2018 |

The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, blasted off Tuesday on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying CEO Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla ro...

SpaceX performs first 'static fire' of Falcon Heavy rocket

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jan 25^th 2018 |

SpaceX on Wednesday test-fired its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in a launch pad experiment aimed at giving its main engines a trial workout before blasting ...

Successful first test for the Ariane 6 Vulcain engine

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jan 25^th 2018 |

The Vulcain® 2.1 engine, which will power the main stage of Ariane 6, has completed a successful first test firingThe test was carried out on behalf of ArianeGroup by ...

Europe's space agency braces for Brexit fallout

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Jan 17^th 2018 |

The European Space Agency (ESA) is drawing up contingency plans for projects, commercial deals, and staffing that may be adversely affected by Brexit, senior officials said Wednesday.Programmes throw in flux by Brita...

Russia loses contact with Angolan satellite

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Dec 27^th 2017 |

Russia has lost contact with Angola's first national telecoms satellite launched from the Baikonur space pad, its maker said Wednesday -- a fresh embarrassment for Moscow's once proud space industry.The incident invo...

ArianeGroup becomes a key player in space surveillance for French Joint Space Command

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Dec 20^th 2017 |

ArianeGroup has developed unique expertise in the detection and surveillance of objects in space, with its global &ls...

Two astronauts, cosmonaut return from five-month ISS mission

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Dec 14^th 2017 |

Two astronauts, from the US and Italy, and a Russian cosmonaut on Thursday landed in Kazakhstan after almost five months on the International Space Station, footage f...