Front Page / Titelseite
China’s Tiangong-1 space lab has been orbiting Earth since September 2011, but it is slated for an uncontrolled re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere in late January or later, officials…
The next year will see space missions headed for Mars, Mercury, the Sun, and more. Asteroid rendezvous, exoplanet discoveries, and a Mars landing await.
NASA’s flying observatory SOFIA, is preparing for its 2018 observing campaign, which will include observations of celestial magnetic fields, star-forming regions, comets, Saturn’s giant…
Watch a time-lapse video of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket going vertical at launch pad 39A this morning. #SpaceX #FalconHeavy https://t.co/6fqapAIetc pic.twitter.com/kyLSUTKEuF -…
Im Oktober 2018 soll die europäisch-japanische Raumsonde BepiColombo zum innersten Planeten unseres Sonnensystems starten. Nach der Ankunft werden Ende 2025 je ein europäischer und…
Airbus BepiColombo Probe to Mercury
From claims of alien life on the International Space Station to the discovery of titanium snow on an alien planet, there were some strange space stories that made headlines in 2017….
International Spacestation (ISS) /
Internationale Raumstation
After a Russian cargo ship departed the International Space Station Thursday, the Expedition 54 crew is wrapping up the final work week of 2017 orbiting Earth and conducting science. The…
For astronauts in space, the Earth is always an amazing sight and the year 2017 offered dazzling (and sometimes frightening) views of our home planet from space. From hurricanes and…
Kann man von der ISS aus eigentlich das Silvesterfeuerwerk erkennen?
Astronauts on the International Space Station have New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) off, so how will they ring in the New Year, and how will it compare to their year-end traditions on Earth?
Russia’s Progress MS-06 cargo spacecraft closed out a mission of over six months on Thursday, departing the International Space Station after a 194-day stay and firing its main engine to…
Personal Radiation Shielding for Interplanetary Missions (PERSEO): Today the crew performed an initial checkout of a radiation shielding garment for the Italian Space Agency (ASI) PERSEO…
Solar System / Sonnensystem
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has given the world a belated Christmas gift: a stunning view of Saturn’s Enceladus moon silhouetted against the planet’s glistening rings. The photo, which NASA…
Beyond Solar System / Milchstraße & Kosmos
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In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, a firestorm of star birth is lighting up one end of the dwarf galaxy Kiso 5639.
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E.T. has nothing to do with the bizarre dimming events of the mysterious object known as Tabby’s star, a new study reports.
Technology / Technologie
Russland hat ein neues Kosmodrom eröffnet, aber bei einem Raketenstart im November irrtümlich die Koordinaten des alten Weltraumbahnhofs Baikonur verwendet. Die Raumfahrtbehörde…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch Zuma, a top-secret U.S. government satellite, between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. EDT Friday (Jan. 5; 0100 to 0300 GMT Jan. 6) from NASA’s…
GLASSBORO, New Jersey – Angola’s new satellite is communicating normally with ground teams again after losing contact shortly following launch. Moscow-based Energia, manufacturer of…
World / Welt
Orbital Launch Activity 2017 – Summary Taking the lead on its own for the first time since 2003, the United States conducted 29 orbital space launches from its own territory using six…
BROOMFIELD, Colo. — As commercial suborbital vehicles capable of carrying both payloads and people prepare to enter service, NASA officials say they’re willing to consider allowing…
IG report: United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, and ULA subcontractor Aerojet Rocketdyne „did not perform adequate quality assurance management of the EELV program.“ Updated Dec. 28 with Aerojet…
A new year is bringing a new astronaut-themed attraction to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The all-new Astronaut Training Experience (ATX), opening in full in…
NEW ORLEANS -Despite President Trump’s declared intention to send human explorers to the moon before Mars, astronomers and planetary scientists remained wary. While some expressed their…
Science / Wissenschaft
NASA astronauts successfully sequenced the DNA of microbes found aboard the International Space Station, marking the first time unknown organisms…
Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) is out. #SpaceX #BepiColombo #ESA #NASASofia #NASA #Merkur #Mercury #FalconHeavy
History / Geschichte
You can start each day of the new year with a little spaceflight history, thanks to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). JPL, the agency’s hub for robotic planetary exploration missions,…
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