Israeli moon landing: "It's a huge success to have come this far."

12. April 2019 Press Release Israeli moon landing: "It's a huge success to have come this far[...] mission Artistic representation of the Beresheet lunar lander. © SpaceIL Bremen, 12. April 2019[...] . The landing of the Israeli space probe "Beresheet" on the moon did not go according to plan, but...

"It will make a significant difference for Germany as a business location whether we have a launch site or not"

location whether we have a launch site or not" Joachim Lang, Director General of the BDI, is convinced[...] its own launch site for micro-launchers   Joachim Lang has been Director General[...] would give Germany a locational advantage. Mr. Lang, when will the first micro-launcher start

Earth Observation: OHB System AG selected for the definition phase of the next optical Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission

and land surface temperature, as well as ocean and land surface colour with high accuracy and reliability[...] . Experts call it the AOLCI instrument, which stands for Advanced Ocean and Land Color Imager[...] . The satellites of the optical mission also carry the thermal instrument ASLSTR...

ExoMars 2016 lifted off from Baikonur

the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli, an entry, descent and landing demonstrator. As a part[...] -Mission.” Meanwhile, Schiaparelli will demonstrate a range of technologies to enable a controlled landing[...] on Mars in preparation for the future mission. After a seven-month cruise, the la...

#DestinationVenus Part 9: What insights can we expect from the new Venus missions?

of the surface of Venus. And that means that we'll be able to pick much better landing spots for future Vega-type[...] landers. Right now we only have fairly low-resolution data, so the safest place to put a lander[...] is the volcanic plains, which are pretty flat. You have to be very careful...

50 years after the first moon landing: Interview with former astronaut Thomas Reiter

23. April 2019 50 years after the first moon landing: Interview with former astronaut Thomas Reiter[...] 20, 1969. Do you remember where you were and how you watched the lunar landing? Thomas Reiter: Indeed[...] then. A human landing on the Moon is an entirely different challenge. Humankind held...

Artemis, the Gateway and the future of humanity in space

on the lunar surface before returning to their lander and making their way back to Earth. It was not until[...] to land the next humans there and usher in a new era of on-site research. In the medium term, a permanent[...] System (SLS) and the Orion capsule with its European-built service module,...

EnMAP: A new superhero for the Earth

. ... agriculture The mission will be able to monitor harvests, improve the mapping of agricultural land, calculate[...] crop losses and future yields and identify potential agricultural land. ... land management Land[...] planning will benefit from EnMAP’s data. In addition, the severity of land...

Destination Venus part 4: What could a mission to Venus look like?

are the conditions that landing systems bound for Venus would have to contend with. And the atmosphere is not easy[...] . These would slow the rate at which the landing probe heats up, thus extending its life. But this would[...] . In the past, probes have landed on the surface and have also...

80-square-meter photo collage by Michael Najjar installed at the OHB event center

event center Artwork featuring the 12 Apollo astronauts paying homage to the first lunar landing roughly[...] an impressive eye-catcher: a lunar landscape measuring 80 square meters extends across the entire sidewall[...] . “The photo collage pays homage to the first lunar landing roughly 50 years...