The Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) will equip the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission set for launch in 2018 On-board the James Webb Space…
• Airbus Defence and Space heat shields will keep mission capsule safe as it descends through the Martian atmosphere • Airbus Defence and Space will also build the Mars rover…
Wednesday 9 March, Ariane 5 completed a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre, orbiting the Eutelsat 65 West A telecommunications satellite for operator Eutelsat. The flight…
An Ariane 5 lifted off this morning to deliver telecom satellite Eutelsat-65 West A into its planned transfer orbit. Liftoff of flight VA229 occurred at 05:20 GMT (02:20 local time,…
Airbus Defence and Space’s qualification model of the solar array for the Orion spacecraft operated flawlessly during a deployment test Solar array with bird-like movement enables special task of powering…