Copernicus Sentinel-2C takes to the skies. Credit: ESA Europe’s Vega rocket launched Wednesday from French Guiana, an AFP journalist said, carrying a satellite which will help combat natural disasters. Delayed by a day due to “electrical issues on the ground links”, according to French firm Arianespace, the launch in Kourou finally took place at 10:50
Credit: University of Glasgow New developments on a nearly century-old concept for a “self-eating” rocket engine capable of flight beyond the Earth’s atmosphere could help the U.K. take a bigger bite of the space industry. University of Glasgow engineers have built and fired the first unsupported autophage rocket engine which consumes parts of its own
This image shows an illustration of the constellation Cygnus, Latin for “swan,” in the night sky. The Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, also known as the Veil Nebula, is located near one of the swan’s wings, outlined here in a rectangular box. Credit: NASA A new sounding rocket mission is headed to space to understand how