📷 ESA
📆 2025 preview :
• #Moon 🌙 deliveries by #Astrobotic, #IntuitiveMachines and #Firefly Aerospace.
• #SPHEREx will create a map of the universe 🌌
• #ESA's 🇪🇺 #SpaceRider #spaceplane orbital test flight
• #Japan's 🇯🇵 lunar lander and micro-rover
• #Tianwen2 🇨🇳 collects samples from a #NEA ☄️
• #BepiColombo at #Mercury
• #EuropaClipper at #Mars
• #NASA’s #Lucy #asteroid flyby
• #JUICE at #Venus
https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/space-missions-coming-in-2025
• #SierraSpace #DreamChaser test mission to the #ISS https://www.planetary.org/articles/calendar-of-space-events-2025
🇪🇺 #SpaceRider's inaugural flight is currently expected in 📆 2027. This is four years ⌛ after the original Q3 2023 projection, established when the first contracts were signed in December 2020 https://europeanspaceflight.com/beyond-gravity-delivers-key-elements-of-esas-space-rider-vehicle
#SpaceRider funding was initially approved by the #ESA in 📆 2016. Its maiden flight is currently scheduled for the third quarter of 📆 2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Rider
📆 August 2024 Drop 🪂 Test https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-completes-first-drop-test-for-reusable-space-rider-spacecraft
Avio enpresaren arabera, Europako Espazio Agentziaren #SpaceRider ibilgailuaren lehen hegaldi operazionala ez da 2027ra arte gertatuko. #VegaC suziri batek jaurtiko du.
#Crew9 misioaren jaurtiketa irailaren 25era atzeratzen da.
#ESA Space Rider Spacecraft is taking shape 🛰️🚀
https://europeanspaceflight.com/esas-space-rider-spacecraft-reaches-key-milestone/
#europeanspaceflight #spacerider #spaceflight #europe #space