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Added on the 08/01/2024 11:34:54 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrives at the International Space Station on a voyage chartered by Axiom Space. The team is welcomed with hugs by the seven crew members already aboard the ISS. IMAGES
Final preparations are underway for the launch of the first American spacecraft to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years, under a new partnership between NASA and private industry. United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket was rolling out to the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, preparing for its maiden flight set to blast off on Monday at 2:18 am local time (7:18 GMT). IMAGES
NASA unveils its Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 space mission, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission scheduled for late 2024, will take a crew of four astronauts to the Moon. IMAGES
The European Space Agency's JUICE space probe successfully launched on a mission to discover whether Jupiter's icy moons are capable of hosting extraterrestrial life in their vast, hidden oceans. The rocket was launched from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana and its trajectory is "nominal", i.e. in line with what is expected, according to the teams on site. IMAGES
NASA's Orion space capsule splashes down safely in the Pacific, completing the Artemis-1 mission -- a more than 25-day journey around the Moon with an eye to returning humans there in coming years. IMAGES