Front Page / Titelseite Made for Mercury On 6 March 2018, the BepiColombo engineering model was delivered to ESA’s mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.BepiColombo – ESA’s first mission to Mercury – is based on two spacecraft: the ESA-led Mercury Planetary Orbiter, with 11 experiments and instruments, and the Japanese sp… esa.int BepiColombo … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 15.03.16” »
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Front Page / Titelseite Expedition 56/57 crew members training Expedition 56/57 crew members Alexander Gerst, Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Sergei Prokopev during Routine Ops training in SVMF. esa.int It Is Time To Hit The NASA Reset Button – NASA Watch Gerstenmaier: U.S. Leadership in Space is “Ours to Lose” If Direction Changes Too Many … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 08.03.18” »
Front Page / Titelseite Soyuz Parachutes to Safe Landing on Snow-Covered Kazakh Steppe with U.S.-Russian Crew Trio – Soyuz MS-06 | Spaceflight101 A veteran Cosmonaut and two NASA Astronauts parachuted into the sunrise on Wednesday aboard their Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft after a half-year mission to the International Space Station, touching down on the snow-covered … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 01.03.18” »
In dieser Blogartikelserie gebe ich eine Vorschau von astronomischen Ereignissen und Konstellationen, die ohne Teleskop betrachtet werden können. D.h. es werden nur das bloße Auge oder ein Fernglas benötigt. Bitte beachten: Vom Sonntag, den 25. März 02 Uhr bis zum Sonntag, den 28. Oktober gilt die Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ). Die Uhrzeiten in diesem Artikel versehe … Read More “Astronomie ohne Teleskop: März 2018” »
Front Page / Titelseite Surfing complete Slowed by skimming through the very top of the upper atmosphere, ESA’s ExoMars has lowered itself into a planet-hugging orbit and is about ready to begin sniffing the Red Planet for methane. esa.int NASA’s New Spacesuit Has a Built-In Toilet NASA is developing a spacesuit with a built-in … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 22.02.18” »
Front Page / Titelseite Celebrating a decade of orbital science with ESA’s Columbus Laboratory On this day ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Columbus laboratory was launched into orbit, safely nestled in the mammoth cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis. newatlas.com ISS: ESA feiert zehn Jahre Weltraumlabor Columbus ISS ESA … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 15.02.2018” »
Front Page / Titelseite Successful Falcon Heavy Test Flight: “Starman” Reaches Orbit, 2/3 Rocket Cores Recovered – Falcon Heavy Demo Flight The stakes were high for SpaceX on Tuesday when their triple-core monster rocket leapt off from Florida’s Space Coast on an ambitious shakedown mission that held many unknowns for the California-based company. spaceflight101.com … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 07.02.2018” »
Front Page / Titelseite A Bizarre Failure Scenario Emerges for Ariane 5 Mission Anomaly with SES 14 & Al Yah 3 – Spaceflight101 Europe’s Ariane 5 appears to have gotten away with a black eye on Thursday when its 97th mission veered off course from the onset of the rocket’s climb, but still managed … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 01.02.18” »
In dieser Blogartikelserie gebe ich eine Vorschau von astronomischen Ereignissen und Konstellationen, die ohne Teleskop betrachtet werden können. D.h. es werden nur das bloße Auge oder ein Fernglas benötigt. Verlinkung innerhalb dieser Serie: Vorige Monatsvorschau für den Januar 2018 Alle Artikel dieser Serie Sonnenaufgang und -untergang, Mondsichtbarkeiten Die Sonnenaufgangs- und untergangszeiten sind für Berlin: 01.02.18: … Read More “Astronomie ohne Teleskop: Februar 2018” »
Front Page / Titelseite GAO expects delays in SpaceX and Boeing astronaut flight certification The US won’t be flying humans in space anytime soon. It’s no secret that NASA is pretty far behind schedule when it comes to returning to human spaceflight. Currently it’s working with two contractors, Boeing and SpaceX, for eventual crewed … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 25.01.18” »