Simonetta Cheli welcomes the launch of new IRIDE satellites

Simonetta Cheli, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes, welcomes the second successful launch for IRIDE’s Eaglet…

Italy’s IRIDE Eaglet II satellites with multispectral sensors

This animation shows the satellites in orbit, which are part of IRIDE’s Eaglet II constellation. Each…

ESM 2 crew model stacked over service model

Das kegelförmige Besatzungsmodul wird im Kennedy Space Center auf das darunter liegende Servicemodul gesetzt. Bildquelle: NASA…

Solar arrays installed on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft

Solaranlagen, die am Orion-Raumschiff der NASA für die Artemis II Mission im Operations and Checkout Building…

G2 – Moderate geomagnetic storm watch in effect for April 17 and 18

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a G2 – Moderate geomagnetic storm watch for April…

European engineers came to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to install the four wings on Orion

Orion’s solar arrays were built at Airbus in the Netherlands; the same European engineers came to…

Orion on a roll

In October 2025, the Artemis II Orion – complete with crew module, ESA’s European Service Module,…

Artemis II rollout

Space Launch System, vollständig montiert für Artemis II, im Vehicle Assembly Building, einen Tag vor dem…

At the Edge of Light

A portion of the Moon’s far side is seen along the terminator—the boundary between lunar day…

How to spot the Lyrid meteor shower tonight

The Lyrid meteor shower streaks through the sky Adventure_Photo/Getty Images The Lyrid meteor shower hits its…