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This week, our #JUICE spacecraft swung by the Moon and Planet Earth en route to Jupiter. This combined fly-by, in fact an unprecedented ‘Lunar Earth Gravity Assist (LEGA)’ maneuver, decelerated the spacecraft and directed it towards Venus for a 2025 fly-by. Two more of such maneuvers will follow before JUICE will reach Jupiter in 2031. There are often many years between the successful launch of a Spacecraft and the moment it actually reaches its destination (in this case, Jupiter and its Icy Moons). Highlights like these are a regular reminder of the amazing missions we plan and execute, and the immense work that is behind not only the spacecraft itself, but also in actually getting it to its destination safely. For those interested in more detail, I recommend the European Space Agency - ESA Rocket Science blog at https://lnkd.in/gdiZKTzz Airbus Defence and Space

Moon landing live: US spacecraft successfully lands on moon https://lnkd.in/ex-hZwRY

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Update #2 on Peregrine Mission One:We continue to gather data and report our best assessment of what we see. The team believes that the likely cause of the unstable sun-pointing is a propulsion anomaly that, if proven true, threatens the ability of the spacecraft to soft land on the Moon. As the team fights to troubleshoot the issue, the spacecraft battery is reaching operationally low levels.

One of the most interesting manoeuvre performed in space (the one I preferred most): gravity assists or flyby. Using a Planet or a Moon, with this manoeuvre you can increase the speed of the spacecraft/ satellite and also change the trajectory, conserving fuel and reaching distant Planet in a shorter period of time. In these days Juice will perform it using our Planet and our Moon in order to reach Jupiter! #ESA #JUICE https://lnkd.in/dEYZ7syr

What is the role of universities in driving space techs & programs? Here it is… Europa assembled with pieces from universities🌟.

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RP NPR: Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense After a nasty computer glitch five months ago, Voyager 1 is once again able to communicate with Earth in a way that mission operators can understand. Technology Read more on NPR https://n.pr/49RgjpU

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🇺🇸🚀 Virgin Galactic's financial results: - Q4 GAAP EPS: -$0.26, beats by $0.04. - Revenue: $2.81 million (+223.0% YoY growth), lost by $0.16 million. Additional details: - Revenue of $3 million, up from $1 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, driven by commercial spaceflight and membership contributions from future astronauts. - Six human spaceflights were successfully completed in six months in 2023. - The Galactic 06 mission was completed in January 2024. - The Delta-class spacecraft are on track for ground and flight testing in 2025 and commercial launch in 2026. #SPCE #Report #ElectronicTechnology #Aerospace #Defense