This is a composite of three images of the Minos Linea region of Europa. The colour variations reveal different contaminants in the ice. The icy plains - where no features rise above 30m in height - are fractured by many types of curved and straight faults. The surface of Europa has been likened to that of a cracked egg.
Source: Flight International
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
The UK Space Command’s first owned earth observation microsatellite has been launched, providing the inaugural element of a planned space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) constellation.
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
