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Conflict in Ukraine: Russia suspends the use of Soyuz from Kourou and scores a point
Unsurprisingly, Moscow responded to sanctions imposed by the European Union and European countries. The director of Roscosmos announced the suspension of Soyuz launches from Kourou. A decision that will have…
Hermes: what is it?
Hermès is the name of the program, now abandoned, of a small space shuttle. Small in contrast to the size of the american space shuttle, much larger. Initially, Hermès was…
Themis: what is it?
Themis is a demonstrator reusable stage which should enable Europe to equip itself for the launchers of the future with low-cost and reusable technologies. Concretely, with Themis, the goal is…
Ariane 6: what is it?
Ariane 6 is a family comprising two launchersAriane 62 and Ariane 64, whose development started in 2016. It will be commissioned in the course of 2023, or even 2022, to…
Human spaceflight: ESA puts pressure on political decision-makers
Surprisingly, while Europe knows how to do everything in terms of manned space flight, it still does not have the political will to become autonomous in this area. However, the…
Elon Musk unveils Mechazilla, a launch tower that ‘catch’ the Super Heavy
Never short of ideas or technological innovations, Elon Musk is also considering very seriously using the Starship’s launch tower to recover, or rather “catch” the Super Heavy stage before it…
Elon Musk unveils Mechazilla, a launch tower that “grabs” the Super Heavy upon landing!
Never short of ideas or technological innovations, Elon Musk is also seriously considering using the Starship’s launch tower to recover, or rather “grab” the Super Heavy stage before it lands…
Elon Musk unveils a launch tower that “grabs” the Super Heavy upon his return to Earth!
Never short of ideas or technological innovations, Elon Musk is also seriously considering using the Starship’s launch tower to recover, or rather “grab” the Super Heavy stage before it lands…
SpaceX is studying a daring system to “catch” the Super Heavy!
Never running out of ideas or technological innovations, Elon Musk is also seriously considering using the Starship’s launch tower to recover, or rather “grab” the Super Heavy stage before it…
Hermès or the missed opportunity for Europeans to be autonomous in human space flights
In 1992, the European Space Agency abandoned the Hermès small space shuttle program and put an end to autonomy in terms of manned flights. Thirty years later, while many managers…