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Europe will commission two rocket launches from Elon Musk's SpaceX after the Ukraine conflict barred access to Russia's Soyuz, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed on Thursday.The launches include the Euclid space telescope and the Hera probe, a follow-up mission to NASA's DART spacecraft which last month succeeded in altering the path of a moonlet in the first test of a future planetary defence system. "The member states have decided that Euclid and Hera are proposed to be launched on Falcon 9," ESA Director General…

An illustration of ESA’s Euclid spacecraft.Illustration: ESAThe European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope could launch on board a Falcon 9 rocket in 2023, a consequence of the space agency halting its cooperation with Russia and canceling its flights aboard Soyuz rockets. The Euclid infrared space telescope was supposed to launch this year from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions imposed against its government has prompted ESA to sever its ties…

The Soyuz MS-22 crew ship approaches the space station above the Mediterranean Sea with three new crew members for a docking to the Rassvet module. Credit: NASA<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory Committee…

By NASA September 21, 2022NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are safely in orbit on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft after launching at 9:54 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time). Credit: NASA TVAfter launching at 9:54 a.m. EDT (6:54 a.m. PDT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time), <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div…

The Soyuz rocket that will launch three new crew members to the space station stands at its Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill IngallsThe Soyuz rocket that will launch the next crew to the International Space Station (ISS) has rolled out to its launch pad and is counting down to its liftoff on Wednesday. Meanwhile, aboard the ISS, the Expedition 67 crew studied telerobotics and fluid physics on Monday while preparing for the upcoming crew arrival and next week’s crew departure.<span…

The Soyuz MS-18 rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying three Expedition 65 crew members to the space station last year. Credit: NASA<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory…

A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are set to blast off to the International Space Station Wednesday on a Russian-operated flight despite soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.NASA's Frank Rubio and Russia's Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin are scheduled to take off from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1354 GMT (7:24pm IST), according to Russian space agency Roscosmos.Rubio will become the first US astronaut to travel to the ISS on a Russian Soyuz…

OneWeb has had to put off launching its satellites aboard Russian Soyuz rockets.Photo: JM GUILLON (AP)After having to cancel launches aboard Russian Soyuz rockets, British satellite company OneWeb has reached a settlement agreement with Arianespace that could see a resumption of the suspended launches. 02:49Guess How Much Crypto's Been Stolen Lately? Part 2Today 10:45AMArianespace announced on Wednesday that it was “supporting OneWeb on its upcoming launches,” but did not disclose the terms of the agreement. OneWeb had…

Russia’s Soyuz rockets had been delivering OneWeb’s satellites to orbit from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.Photo: Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service (AP)British satellite company OneWeb is claiming to have suffered a major financial blow after having to cancel launches aboard Russian Soyuz rockets,and as the Russian space agency refuses to return 36 of the company’s satellites. The turbulent end to the company’s contract caused OneWeb to lose $229 million, as revealed in its annual financial report. The gigantic hit is the…

An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan early Tuesday and went into orbit amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine.A live feed from Russian space agency Roscosmos showed the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Khayyam satellite from the Russia-controlled Baikonur cosmodrome at the scheduled time of 05:52 GMT (11:22am).The Russian mission control confirmed its subsequent entry into orbit.Iran, which has maintained ties with…