Orion

Insights

ESA had a phenomenal 2022! Let’s see what happened…

Dozens of previously hidden jets and outflows from young stars are revealed in this new image of the Cosmic Cliffs from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The Cosmic Cliffs, a region at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, has long intrigued astronomers as a hotbed for star formation. Many details of star formation in NGC 3324 remain hidden at visible-light wavelengths. Webb is perfectly primed to tease out these long-sought-after details since it can detect jets and outflows seen only in the infrared at high resolution.

2022 has been a phenomenal year for ESA! We’ve seen many records being broken together with a lot of “first times” and today we're gonna talk about all of them.

Filippo Zamprogna
05/01/2023

Insights

Let’s discover Orion, NASA’s new spacecraft

Orion capsule in orbit around the Moon. Photo Credits: NASA

NASA’s new spacecraft Orion is gonna bring humanity where we've never been before! Let's dig into it's long history and learn more this capsule.

Filippo Zamprogna
24/12/2022

Missions News Space Agencies

SPLASHDOWN, Orion capsule is back on Earth!

At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day mission to the Moon. Orion will be recovered by NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, U.S. Navy and Department of Defense partners aboard the USS Portland. Nasa via flickr

Artemis I Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5-day mission to the Moon. NASA is now reviewing the data preparing for Artemis II.

Federico Coppola
12/12/2022

Missions News

Orion capsule is just one step far from the Moon

This first high-resolution image, taken on the first day of the Artemis I mission, was captured by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays. The spacecraft was 57,000 miles from Earth when the image was captured, and continues to distance itself from planet Earth as it approaches the Moon and distant retrograde orbit.

On Nov 15, Orion capsule left the Earth on board the SLS rocket. How is the mission going? Let's have a look together!

Federico Coppola
26/11/2022

Launches News

Artemis I is finally flying

Platform 39B of the Kennedy Space Center during the SLS Lift Off

Artemis I is finally flying, let's see how the launch went

Federico Coppola
17/11/2022