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Vega-C rocket launches European forest-monitoring 'Biomass' satellite to orbit (video)
The European Space Agency 's (ESA) Biomass spacecraft lifted off atop a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, ...
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Giant radar ‘umbrella’ launches into space on mission to transform climate science
The European Space Agency (ESA) has blasted its Biomass satellite into space — and it could change everything we know about ...
Sweating Spacecraft May Be the Key To Greener Space Travel
The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University is partnering with Canopy Aerospace to test next-generation ...
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James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of galaxies in a cosmic 'feast' (image)
A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope offers a "visual feast of galaxies," including objects billions of ...
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World’s First Mission To "Weigh" All Of Earth's Forests From Space Launches
“Our idea was to use a very special type of radar to map the world’s forests from space. The goal was to understand how ...
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‘Space Brolly’ satellite to map Earth’s forests in 3D and help combat climate change
In order to understand climate change, the ESA has successfully launched its groundbreaking Biomass satellite from Kourou, ...
Giant ‘space umbrella’ will orbit Earth but it won’t stop the rain – here’s why
A satellite that looks like a giant parasol was launched into orbit today, and will open itself up automatically in space. The ‘space brolly’ was made by the European Space Agency, and blasted off ...
New Zealand to have new regulations for space-related infrastructure by July
New Zealand will have in place by July legislation regulating operators of ground-based space infrastructure, aimed at ...
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OTD In Space - April 29: European 'Spacelab' Launches On Space Shuttle Challenger
On April 29, 1985, the European Space Agency's Spacelab launched on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51B. This was ...