IDEFIX: a special name for a unique little explorer
On June 20, 2023, JAXA, DLR, and CNES signed a collaboration agreement on the MMX Mission rover, naming it IDEFIX, the little dog in Asterix comics
Giancarlo Albertinazzi
Space Ambassador, Terranaut, Future Spacepolitan, Writer of Becoming Spacepolitans Blog
Prometheus gift to Europe? A successful hot static fire!
The reusable engine made by ArianeGroup for ESA, Prometheus, successfully passed a hot firing test on June 22, 2023, at the test facility in Vernon
First Solar Energy Beamed from Space: Lights on Caltech’s SSPD-1
On June 01, 2023, Caltech announced that its Space Solar Power prototype had demonstrated wireless energy transfer in space and to the ground, for the first time.
NASA PACE, a new view of the ocean from space
In early April 2023, NASA declared the PACE spacecraft as fully assembled and ready to advance to launch in January 2024, on board a SpaceX's Falcon 9
Transporter-8: Hope and Hi-tech delivered in Space
The 239th Falcon 9 rocket launch took place on the 12th of June 2023, enabling the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission to become a success
