Space Hubble Captured a Star-Studded Cosmic Cloud NGC 6530 is a cluster of several thousand stars embedded within the Lagoon Nebula – a gigantic interstellar cloud of gas and dust. It is the nebula that gives this image its distinctive smoky appearance.
Space ESA in Talks to Replace Russian Soyuz Rockets with Elon Musk's SpaceX By now, all talks remain at the stage of exploring the best option. The agency also needs to make sure the interface between the launcher and satellite is suitable.
Space BepiColombo Makes Its Second Mercury Flyby During this flyby, BepiColombo approached the planet from the night side. The next Mercury flyby of BepiColombo is scheduled to take place about one year from now.
Space Solar Orbiter Sends Back Amazing Images of the Sun Solar Orbiter is a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency and NASA that was sent into space in 2020. The mission's task is to study the Sun's activity, its coronal mass ejections, magnetic fields ,and solar wind acceleration mechanisms.
Space SpaceX Launched Crew-4 Astronauts to the ISS Crew-4 is SpaceX's fourth operational human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station for NASA as part of the Commercial Crew Program to support private space transportation companies.
Space ESA Tests the Largest Antenna in Hertz Radio Frequency Test Chamber The European Space Agency is testing the world's largest transponder antenna. Its diameter is 5 meters. The device is designed to calibrate BIOMASS, a forest mapping mission designed to map all of the Earth's forests.
Space BepiColombo Mission Captures First Images of Mercury On the night of October 2, BepiColombo approached the planet at a distance of 199 km and collected data using its sensors. Ten minutes after the fly-by, the spacecraft took a series of images.
