The James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), has made a groundbreaking discovery. Scientists using the telescope have found water and other important molecules within the inner regions of a protoplanetary disk located around a star. What makes this finding even more remarkable […]

Ireland’s First Satellite Launches to Study Gamma Ray Explosions On December 1, 2023, a significant milestone was achieved in Ireland’s space exploration journey as the country’s first satellite, EIRSAT-1, successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. Built by a team of students at University College Dublin under the guidance of the European […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that the long-awaited maiden flight of the Ariane 6 rocket is scheduled to take place between June 15 and July 31, 2024. This exciting news comes after a successful hot-fire test of the Vulcain 2.1 core stage engine, which took place on November 23. The test involved a […]

Six years of hard work and dedication came to fruition on January 12, 2023, as the Educational Irish Research Satellite, EIRSAT-1, successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This historic event marked Ireland’s first satellite, a remarkable achievement for the country. The development of EIRSAT-1 was led by students from University College Dublin […]

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has provided us with a breathtaking view of the tropical island of Tutuila, the largest in the American Samoa archipelago. Situated in the South Pacific Ocean, this stunning image allows us to zoom in and explore the island at its full 10 m resolution. American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of […]

Blue Origin, the aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, is making significant progress towards achieving major milestones with its New Glenn rocket. As 2023 comes to a close, there has been a noticeable increase in activity at Blue Origin’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral facilities, with sightings of various components of […]

In a recent interview, Laurent Brouard, the Project Manager at Airbus Defence and Space, provided insights into the construction and workings of the Euclid payload module (PLM). This module is an important component of the Euclid telescope, which will be sent into space to map the dark matter and dark energy of the Universe. The […]

In a busy week for space launches, SpaceX has once again demonstrated its impressive launch cadence with two Falcon 9 missions. Meanwhile, Roscosmos successfully launched the Progress MS-25 resupply capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), and China also had three consecutive launches. The week began with Roscosmos launching the Progress MS-25 capsule using a […]

In a groundbreaking test, the Ariane 6 rocket underwent a full firing of its core stage engine, simulating what would happen during an actual launch into space. The test took place on November 23, 2023, at the launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. The test began with the opening of the Ariane 6 mobile building’s […]

When Jean-Charles Cuillandre first laid eyes on the full-color images captured by ESA’s Euclid space telescope, he was left speechless. As an astronomer specializing in wide-field imaging, Cuillandre was involved in the selection of celestial targets for Euclid’s ‘Early Release Observations’ and was responsible for processing the data. Even though he expected the images to […]