Front Page / Titelseite Goodbye Kepler, hello TESS: Passing the baton in the search for distant planets When NASA first started planning the Kepler mission, no one knew if the universe held any planets outside our solar system. Thousands of exoplanets later, the search enters a new phase. theconversation.com How NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Telescope … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 19.04.18” »
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Front Page / Titelseite A Chinese Space Lab Will Soon Fall From The Sky. Where It Lands, No One Knows Most of the Chinese space lab, the size of a city bus, will burn up in the atmosphere, but some debris may survive re-entry. npr.org Chinesisches Raumlabor Tiangong-1 stürzt ab: Gefahr durch Trümmer eher … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 22.03.18” »
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” »
Front Page / Titelseite SpaceX targeting late January for Falcon Heavy debut – SpaceNews.com SpaceX is now planning to attempt the first launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket around the end of this month, the company’s chief executive said Jan. 4. spacenews.com In Photos: SpaceX’s 1st Falcon Heavy Rocket Readies for Launch SpaceX … Read More “Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 11.01.18” »