President Donald Trump wants to accelerate the return of American astronauts to the moon, within five years, 47 years after the end of the Apollo missions. Forty-seven years after the Apollo missions , the Americans want to be the next to tread the moon again . The government of Donald Trump announced Tuesday 27th March, 2019 an acceleration of the return of American […]
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule landed on Friday 8th March, 2019 in the Atlantic after six days in space, paving the way for new manned flights from the United States. Mission accomplished for SpaceX’s new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. It landed Friday 8th March, 2019 in the Atlantic after six days in space, a demonstration that paves the way for […]
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SpaceX will try Saturday to send a mannequin to the International Space Station, before sending new Americans into space, which has not happened since 2011. This is a launch that should not be missed. With three years behind the initial schedule, SpaceX will try Saturday 2nd March to send a mannequin to the International Space Station (ISS). From this launch […]
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Two astronauts aboard the Soyuz rocket, which was due to visit the International Space Station (ISS), landed in emergency in Kazakhstan on Thursday US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovitchinin landed in Kazakhstan in emergency after the failure of one of the engines of the Soyuz rocket. They were on board the rocket to take them on […]
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Arianespace successfully launched the 100th Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou base in French Guiana. The European heavy launcher Ariane 5, with a mass of 780 tonnes on take-off, has placed two telecommunications satellites in orbit, Horizons 3e for Intelsat and its partner SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38 for Azercosmos and Intelsat, Arianespace […]
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As it fell to Earth, the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 disintegrated over the Pacific on Monday 2nd April. There was no damage. The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 disintegrated Monday in full flight as it returned to the Earth over the Pacific, after two years of uncontrolled evolution into orbit. US air force confirms #Tiangong1 reentry this morning at ~02:16 CEST over […]
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SPACE: The trajectory of the Chinese space station could end up towards Toulon, Corsica, Perpignan or Lourdes … According to information from the Parisian , debris from the Chinese space station Tiangong-1, launched in 2011, could crash on Earth between the 29th March and the 6th April. According to the European Space Agency, this debris could crash in a […]
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The two telecommunications satellites on board the European Ariane 5 which took off from French Guiana, was put into orbit, not the right place. The two telecommunications satellites on board the European Ariane 5 which took off Thursday from French Guiana, was put into orbit, but not in the right place. Arianespace however hoped a future “repositioning of […]
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Nasa’s radar images have identified the asteroid Florence that passed close to Earth on Friday, September 1st, was equipped with two small moons. Florence, largest asteroid to have approached close to Earth in more than a century, has two small moons, showed radar images from NASA, captured during his visit on the 1st September at […]
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A large meteor crossed the sky of the South West of France on Friday. The passage of this fireball, a phenomenon that is not exceptional, was followed by many observers and led to many reactions on social networks. The passage of a large meteor was particularly noticed in the south of France on Friday night, sparking […]
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