Tag: Space
“My health space”: 5 questions about your new digital health record
With a slight ignition delay, due to the fifth wave of Covid-19, the device seems to be on track. Olivier Véran must press the button this Thursday, to trigger nothing…
The Webb Space Telescope will open its giant eye for the first time on this Ursa Major star
The James Webb Space Telescope (Nasa) arrived at its destination, at the so-called Lagrange 2 point, on January 24. And he is now almost ready to turn to his very…
China’s space ambitions for the next few years revealed
In its latest white paper on its space activities for the period 2021-2025, China takes stock of some of its civil and scientific missions and programs. Unsurprisingly, it ignores the…
James Webb Space Telescope: international scientific collaboration at its peak
The arrival at the Lagrange L2 point of the James-Webb space telescope is the culmination of an epic launched more than 30 years ago. The new high-performance observatory has brought…
Space travel: this discovery opens the way to hibernation for astronauts
The striped ground squirrel. This little squirrel can do what the best trained astronauts are unable to do. He knows how to maintain his muscle mass for several months. So…
The Webb Space Telescope inserted well into orbit around the L2 point yesterday: what does this mean?
The end of 20 years of waiting and a long journey of 1.5 million kilometers in interplanetary space! The largest space telescope in the history of astronomy will orbit Lagrange…
How does the Webb Space Telescope communicate with Earth, 1.5 million km away?
To communicate with the largest space telescope based 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, there is no magic: antennas! the Deep Space Network NASA today tested the reception of the telescope’s…
Soon a movie studio in space for Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise, who is due to film the scenes of a film directed by Doug Liman on board the International Space Station, will have his own studio in orbit. Called…
Futura is hiring a science journalist
Passionate about science with the pleasure of transmitting and writing? Do you have a solid scientific background and the need to share?…, then you will love working at Futura, within…
The “James-Webb” space telescope has reached its final orbit
The “James-Webb” space telescope, a record-breaking machine, launched by an Ariane rocket on December 25, arrived at its destination on Monday after a first stage. But the telescope will not…