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AsterX 2025 – the fifth edition of the French military space exercise

26 March 2025 Jacek Domański

On 17th March 2025, the fifth edition of the French military space exercise – codenamed AsterX 2025 – began at Centre national d’études spatiales (National Centre for Space Studies – CNES), Toulouse Space Centre. Organised […]

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NASA conducts first investigation on aircraft accident on another planet

6 January 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

We are, obviously, referring to the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, which, on 18th January 2024, made its final, 72nd flight over the surface of the Red Planet. The flight which marked the end of its Martian […]

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The name of the first Polish mission to the International Space Station is… Ignis!

16 December 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

On 2nd December 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Polish Ministry of Development and Technology (Ministerstwo Rozwoju i Technologii – MRiT) and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) announced Ignis to be the official name […]

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Polish astronaut officially assigned for space flight

18 August 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

On 5th August 2024, Axiom Space – a Houston-based US company, involved in the development of astronautical technologies and commercial space tourism – has published a press release disclosing its future space exploration plans and […]

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Rafale fighters to protect Ariane 6 launch

12 July 2024 Jacek Domański

On 9th July 2024, Ariane 6 expendable launch system made its maiden flight from ELA-4 launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch, considered a milestone of the European space […]

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NASA choses SpaceX to deorbit the ISS

5 July 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

Continuous scientific, educational and technological research in low Earth orbit, as well as deep space exploration, have been one of the main goals of NASA for decades. Currently, one of the key outposts of such […]

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41 years since the first US female astronaut flew into space

23 June 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

18th June 2024 marked forty-one years since Sally Kristen Ride flew into space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, thus becoming the first American woman in space. On 16th January 1978, NASA publicly announced names of […]

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63 years since the NASA Mercury-Redstone 3 mission – the story of America’s first astronaut

15 May 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

Tensions, which aroused between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Second World War, led to mutual economic and technological rivalry between both superpowers. Part of their competition was to conquer space by […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

19 April 2021 – first flight of the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity

18 April 2024 Jacek Domański

On 19th April 2021, the autonomous NASA helicopter Ingenuity made its first flight at Wright Brothers Field on Mars. Ingenuity (also nicknamed Ginny) became the first aircraft to perform powered and controlled extra-terrestrial flight. Although […]

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Boeing to produce WGS-12 communications satellite for the US Space Force

23 March 2024 Jacek Domański

The United States Space Forces (USSF) has recently chosen a manufacturer for the twelfth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communications satellite. At the beginning of March 2024, the 439.6 million USD contract was awarded to the […]

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