Europe’s external commercial experiment-hosting facility is headed for the International Space Station on Saturday morning, hitching…
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The dark dunes of Mars: Moreux crater
Known for its wide swathes of rippling, textured, gently sloping dunes, the Terra Sabaea region on…
Moreux crater on Mars (perspective view)
Moreux crater on Mars (perspective view) Click here for original story, Moreux crater on…
Interference testing
Image: Testing one, two and now, three. Radio frequency testing has begun on the first Orion spacecraft…
3D-printed thrust chamber passes first tests for Vega evolutions
The 3D-printed thrust chamber assembly of the methane-fuelled M10 rocket engine has passed its first series…
M10 thrust chamber hot firing
The 3D-printed thrust chamber assembly of the methane-fuelled M10 rocket engine passed its first series of…
Milky Way’s warp caused by galactic collision, Gaia suggests
Astronomers have pondered for years why our galaxy, the Milky Way, is warped. Data from ESA’s…
The warped galactic disc of the Milky Way wobbles like a spinning top
Data from ESA’s star-observing satellite Gaia shows that the warped galactic disc of the Milky Way…