Space Agency News

NASA:

  • Guiding Orion: Jorge Chong’s Mission to Advance Deep Space Exploration 
    by Sumer Loggins on February 20, 2025 at 9:30 pm

    Jorge Chong is helping shape the future of human spaceflight, one calculation at a time. As a project manager for TRON (Tracking and Ranging via Optical Navigation) and a guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) test engineer in the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division, he is leading efforts to ensure the Orion spacecraft can navigate deep

  • 60 Years Ago: Ranger 8 Moon Photos Aid in Apollo Site Selection 
    by John J. Uri on February 20, 2025 at 8:59 pm

    Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the Moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists believed the Moon had a solid surface that would support astronauts and their landing craft, a few believed a deep layer of dust covered it that would swallow any visitors. Until 1964, no closeup photographs of the

  • 55 Years Ago: Preps for Apollo 13 and 14, Apollo 12 Crew on World Tour
    by John J. Uri on February 20, 2025 at 7:06 pm

    With two months to go before flight, the Apollo 13 prime crew of James Lovell, Thomas Mattingly, Fred Haise, and backups John Young, John Swigert, and Charles Duke continued to train for the 10-day mission planned to land in the Fra Mauro highlands region of the Moon. Engineers continued to prepare the Saturn V rocket

CSA:

  • [Video] Jeremy Hansen excited to see the Artemis II rocket taking shape
    by Canadian Space Agency on February 17, 2025 at 5:17 pm

    CSA astronauts Jeremy Hansen and Jenni Gibbons, along with the rest of their Artemis II crewmates, had the chance to view segments of the SLS rocket, as well as the Orion capsule that will take the prime crew around the Moon. Jeremy shares his excitement live from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

  • Canadian quantum technology tested on the ISS
    by Canadian Space Agency on February 13, 2025 at 5:17 pm

    A Canadian photon detector module that was designed, assembled, and programmed at the University of Waterloo recently launched to the ISS on NASA's SpaceX CRS-31 commercial resupply mission.

  • WildFireSat: Monitoring wildfires from space
    by Canadian Space Agency on February 7, 2025 at 5:17 pm

    WildFireSat is the first government-owned satellite mission set to monitor all active wildfires across Canada on a daily basis. This Canadian mission will consist of a constellation of seven microsatellites that will provide timely, essential data to track fire activity and support fire management efforts.

CNSA:

ESA:

  • Week in images: 17-21 February 2025
    on February 21, 2025 at 2:14 pm

    Week in images: 17-21 February 2025 Discover our week through the lens

  • ESA and Red Cross partnership brings space technology to disaster management
    on February 21, 2025 at 9:20 am

    The European Space Agency (ESA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to harness space technology for humanitarian assistance worldwide. The partnership will combine ESA's space expertise with ICRC's humanitarian reach to develop space-enabled solutions that can help protect and assist communities affected by disasters and conflicts across Europe and beyond.

  • Earth from Space: Tokyo, Japan
    on February 21, 2025 at 9:00 am

    Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar image shows Tokyo and its metropolitan area, the largest urban agglomeration in the world.

JAXA:

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