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#ESA:
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Space Rider drop model ready to glide
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"The first full-size test model of the European Space Agency’s reusable spacecraft Space Rider is complete. .. finalised at the Italian Aerospace Research Centre in Capua, Italy .. will be dropped from a helicopter later this year and glide to a landing to reenact the final approach from orbit"

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Space_Rider/Space_Rider_drop_model_ready_to_glide

22.4.2026

#CIRA #INCAS #Raumfahrt #Raumgleiter #SpaceFlight #SpaceRider #TAS #ThalesAleniaSpace

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116447723254335419

While #ATMOS is moving forward with offering its commercial service, #ESA is moving toward a 2028 test flight of its #SpaceRider vehicle, similar to The Exploration Company’s #Nyx capsule. Other efforts include Orbital Paradigm’s #Kestrel vehicle, Space Cargo Unlimited’s #REV1, Space Forge’s #ForgeStar, and #ArianeGroup’s #SpaceCase service

#SpaceCargo

🇵🇹 The #ASC launch site on the island of #SantaMaria* will initially be used for suborbital flights. Santa Maria is also set to serve as a landing site for a reusable ♻️ spacecraft, #ESA's #SpaceRider https://europeanspaceflight.com/portugals-asc-granted-licence-for-santa-maria-launch-centre

* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=ASC+Spaceport

#spaceport #Portugal

📆 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