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Sophie Adenot, from cockpit to orbitBack from her mission, the test pilot embodies a technical profession. Her career and the protocols prepared for εpsilon shed light on its demands.
Solar Orbiter: tracing the origin of the solar windSolar Orbiter has linked a magnetic deformation observed in the solar wind to its source on the Sun. The discovery sheds light on magnetic reconnection and space storms.
Flu: preparing for vaccination in LuxembourgPrescription, pharmacy or medical practice: the steps vary depending on the vaccine. The Santé portal also explains the conditions for free vaccination.
On Mars, the rocks of Jezero tell several stories of waterA study based on observations by Perseverance distinguishes at least three episodes of alteration in the Margin Unit. It sheds light on Mars’s ancient environment, without announcing the discovery of life.
Swift: the attempt to rescue it in orbit failed to achieve its goalThe LINK mission ended without raising the observatory’s orbit. NASA has drawn technical lessons from it, while acknowledging that its main objective was not achieved.
Growing food for the Moon: three agencies start with a ground-based demonstratorNASA, the Canadian Space Agency and DLR are preparing joint work on crops in controlled environments. The announcement on 30 September concerns a preparatory step, not a greenhouse already installed on the Moon.
DAVINCI: why NASA is preparing a probe for Venus’s 465°C heatA DAVINCI capsule has withstood 465°C six times in ground tests. NASA wants to understand how Venus evolved and whether it once had liquid water.
Beneath Greenland’s ice, a network of valleys comes into focusA new method infers the buried terrain from subtle deformations in the ice surface. Nearly 2,000 valleys have been mapped, around a third of them newly identified.
James Webb: what IC 348 reveals about the birth of the smallest starsIn IC 348, James Webb has revealed brown dwarfs with masses of two Jupiters and newborn stars. Discover this infrared image, the HH 797 jets and the questions surrounding star formation.