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Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 17.05.18

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Ob Fluggeräte fliegen können, hängt von der Dichte der Atmosphäre ab. Die des Mars ist sehr dünn. Trotzdem will die Nasa dort einen Helikopter fliegen lassen. Sie verbindet damit eine bestimmte Hoffnung.
It’s official. NASA is sending a helicopter drone to Mars as part of the 2020 rover mission.
NASA is adding a Mars helicopter to the agency’s next mission to the Red Planet, Mars 2020.
NASA is adding a Mars helicopter to the agency’s next mission to the Red Planet, Mars 2020.
  MARS 2020 ROVER Experimenteller Hubschrauber für den Mars von Stefan Deiters astronews.com 14. Mai 2018
Watch two astronauts take a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (May 16).
A „lunar library“ created by the nonprofit Arch Mission Foundation will be among the payloads toted to the moon by Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander in 2020, representatives of the two organizations announced today (May 15).

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Spacecraft Mission News (Englisch, German) – 05.04.18

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In zwei Monaten fliegt der deutsche Astronaut Alexander Gerst erneut in den Weltraum. Die Heimatstadt von „Astro-Alex“ will die Mission für viele Aktionen nutzen. Auch eine Liveschalte ins All ist geplant.
Die ersten Experimente für die Horizons-Mission mit dem deutschen ESA-Astronauten Alexander Gerst sind auf dem Weg zur Internationalen Raumstation: Am 2. April 2018 ist um 22.30 Uhr Mitteleuropäischer…
Gestern startete eine Falkon Rakete mit einer Dragon Versorgungskapsel zur ISS. Mit an Bord die Zeitkapsel der DLR. Am 4. April wird sie dann gegen 13 Uhr MESZ bei der ISS ankommen.
Interview mit dem deutschen ESA-Astronauten Alexander Gerst. Alexander Gerst Foto: ESA/NASA Bei seiner Vorbereitung musste Alexander Gerst unter anderem ein Überlebenstraining in Russland
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 – Airbus, in cooperation with IBM, is developing CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN), an AI-based assistant for astronauts for the DLR Space Administration. The technology demonstrator, which is
The final countdown for Alexander Gerst KF5ONO’s second stay in orbit has begun
Köln (ots) – Wenn sich Astronaut Alexander Gerst in wenigen Wochen zum zweiten Mal auf den Weg ins Weltall macht, wird er ein paar ganz besondere Passagiere mit an Bord haben: Maus, Elefant und das Mainzelmännchen „Astro-Mainzel“. Die beiden Helden des ARD-Kinderfernsehens und ihr mutiger…
The European Space Agency portal features the latest news in space exploration, human spaceflight, launchers, telecommunications, navigation, monitoring and space science.
Watch European Space Agency’s Horizons News Conference on Livestream.com. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s last news conference in Europe before his second launch into space. The mission is called Horizons to evoke exploring our Universe, looking further than our planet and broadening…
NASA is about to go on a journey to study the center of Mars.
NASA’s InSight Mars lander, set to launch May 5 at earliest from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, will bring a trio of powerful instruments to measure the wobbles, quakes and heat flow that reveal what’s going on deep inside the Red Planet.
InSight, the next mission to the Red Planet, will use seismology to see into the depths of Mars.
NASA’s InSight spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California to begin final preparations for a launch this May.
Final checkouts are completed here at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to prepare the agency’s Parker Solar Probe for launch.
See the inner workings of the Parker Solar Probe, bound for the closest-ever approach to the sun.

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Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 29.03.18

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China’s Tiangong-1 space lab will likely fall to Earth between March 30 and April 2, according to the latest prediction by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Debris Office in Darmstadt, Germany.
China’s first prototype space station, Tiangong-1, will come crashing back to Earth between March 30 and April 3, give or take a few days, experts say. Here’s a primer on the space lab and its mission.
  The reentry of China’s Tiangong-1’s is being closely monitored by The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Orbital and Debris Reentry Studies (CORDS). Currently, the space station is predicted to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around April 1, 2018, plus or minus 4 days. However, due to the…
Tiangong-1, China’s first space lab, launched in September 2011 and will fall to Earth in 2018 between March 30 and April 2. See photos and images of Tiangong-1’s mission in our full gallery here.
Zu Ostern werden wohl mehrere Feuerbälle die Erde treffen – die Reste der kaputten chinesischen Raumstation Tiangong-1. Eine Weltkarte zeigt, wo das Einschlagrisiko am höchsten ist.
China’s out-of-control Tiangong-1 space lab didn’t just host visiting astronauts. The craft was also outfitted with scientific payloads, such as Earth-observation instrumentation and space environment detectors.
China’s defunct Tiangong-1 space station is careening through low-Earth orbit right now. When it crashes, and if you happen upon a mangled bit of it, please don’t touch it.
It still appears somewhat surreal to me, but it looks like it’s happening again: in June 2018 – if everything goes to plan – I will leave for my second mission in space. Like the first one, it should last around six months, but this time I am asked to serve as commander of the International…
Alexander Gerst wird der erste deutsche Kommandant auf der Raumstation. Den Einsatz übt er im Sternenstädtchen bei Moskau. Ein Besuch vor dem Start in den Himmel.
Wenn alles wie geplant klappt und Alexander Gerst am 6. Juni zu seiner zweiten ISS Mission startet, sind es jetzt noch genau 50 Wochentage bis dahin. (Ich hab die Feiertage zwischendurch einfach ma…
Reden wir über das Essen. Über die Vielfalt, die uns zur Verfügung steht – von Fleisch bis Gemüse, ist alles im Supermarkt oder auf dem Markt zu bekommen. Doch wie sieht das eigentlich im Weltraum aus? Was essen Astronauten wie Alexander Gerst, wenn er im Juni wieder zur Internationalen…
The White House sees a value in preserving and protecting the Apollo moon landing sites for historic, cultural and scientific objectives, but has qualms about hindering commercial initiatives or negotiating international treaties to do so, a new report finds.

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Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 08.03.18

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Expedition 56/57 crew members Alexander Gerst, Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Sergei Prokopev during Routine Ops training in SVMF.
Gerstenmaier: U.S. Leadership in Space is „Ours to Lose“ If Direction Changes Too Many Times, Space Policy Online
„Trump’s hasty decision to impose tariffs on steel imports has stoked talk of a brewing trade war, roiling both the political establishment and the global economic order. The move also prompted E.U. trade chiefs to weigh hitting a broad array of U.S. imports with a 25 percent tax, Reuters reported…

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Spacecraft Mission News (English, German) – 01.03.18

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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 steppe of Kazakhstan after circling the Earth 2,688 times and covering 114.5…
Expedition 54 Commander Alexander Misurkin handed over control of the orbital laboratory today to fellow cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov during a traditional Change of Command ceremony. Misurkin is returning to Earth tomorrow with NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei after 168 days in space.
NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba and Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos undocked from the International Space Station at 6:08 p.m. EST to begin their voyage home to Earth.
At 2:58 p.m. EST, the hatch closed between the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking. Expedition 54 crewmates Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos are scheduled to undock their Soyuz at 6:08 p.m. NASA…
Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, have returned to Earth after months of performing research and spacewalks in low-Earth orbit.
The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft with a Russian-American crew trio on board parachuted to a safe rocket-cushioned landing on the snow-covered steppe of Kazakhstan on February 28, 2018 after a 114.5-million-Kilometer mission circling the Earth 2,688 times over 168 days. Returning aboard Soyuz MS-06 was…
The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft with a Russian-American crew trio on board parachuted to a safe rocket-cushioned landing on the snow-covered steppe of Kazakhstan on February 28, 2018 after a 114.5-million-Kilometer mission circling the Earth 2,688 times over 168 days. Returning aboard Soyuz MS-06 was…
The Ariane 5 rocket that deviated from its expected flight path Jan. 25 and lost contact with ground control was fed the wrong coordinates, according to the independent commission Arianespace tasked last month to find out what caused the close call.
The iconic Great Red Spot of Jupiter — larger than Earth itself — may disappear in the next 20 years.
SpaceX launched two experimental satellites today (Feb. 22) designed to help lay the foundation for Starlink, a network that will consist of thousands of spacecraft providing broadband internet service to people around the world.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a pre-flown first stage successfully delivered to orbit today (Feb. 22) the first two prototypes for the company’s huge satellite-internet constellation, along with a Spanish Earth-observing spacecraft.
The net-equipped boat came up a bit short in its quest to pluck a falling payload fairing — the protective nose cone that surrounds satellites during launch — out of the sky today (Feb. 22), SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket provided a spectacular show to morning commuters across Southern California on Thursday after taking off from Vandenberg Air Force Base with Spain’s PAZ radar satellite and a pair of SpaceX prototype broadband satellites. Falcon 9 streaked into the morning sun as it…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Spanish Paz radar imaging satellite into orbit on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, along with two prototype internet service satellites. See amazing photos of the mission in this slideshow.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg’s SLC-4E at 14:17 UTC on February 22, 2018 with the Spanish PAZ Radar Observation Satellite and a pair of SpaceX prototype satellites for the company’s Starlink broadband constellation. Re-flying Booster 1038, Falcon 9 climbed into sunlight shortly…
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg’s SLC-4E at 14:17 UTC on February 22, 2018 with the Spanish PAZ Radar Observation Satellite and a pair of SpaceX prototype satellites for the company’s Starlink broadband constellation. Re-flying Booster 1038, Falcon 9 climbed into sunlight shortly…
NASA’s vision for lunar exploration includes landing astronauts, from NASA and partners, on the moon by the late 2020s, the agency’s leader said Feb. 20.

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