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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
Gijon (Asturias), Sep 27 (EFE) .- (camera: Eloy Alonso) NASA started an observation mission Monday in Asturias of the asteroids of planet Jupiter from different parts of Spain to obtain information on the origin of organic matter in the solar system.
An Ariane 5 rocket blasts off for its mission to space from Kourou, French Guiana, to study Mercury and explore the origin of our Solar System. The suite of instruments on board the Ariane 5 rocket will have to travel seven years and nine million kilometres to reach its destination. IMAGES
The 2024 solar eclipse begins in the city of Kerrville, Texas, which is in the path of complete totality for the astronomical phenomenon. The maximum extent of the Moon's shadow will land on Mexico's Pacific coast at 11:07 am local time (1807 GMT), then speed northeast across a 15-state swath of the United States and on to Canada, exiting the continent over Newfoundland just under an hour-and-a-half later. The next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won't come around until 2044. 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
United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s brand new Vulcan rocket, carrying NASA’s first Peregrine Lunar Lander by private firm Astrobotic Technology, blasts off successfully for the first time from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. IMAGES