ATV-5: loaded and locked
ESA’s fifth Automated Transfer Vehicle is now scheduled for launch to the International Space Station at 23:44 GMT on 29 July (01:44 CEST 30 July)…
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Probing satellites’ mysterious death tumbling
Down on the ground, death equals stillness – but not in space. Derelict satellites can tumble in unpredictable ways and ESA’s team tasked with developing…
ESA’s weightless plants fly on a Dragon
It is a race against time for ESA’s Gravi-2 experiment following launch last Friday on the Dragon space ferry. Stowed in Dragon’s cargo are lentil…
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station in 2016
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been assigned to a long-duration mission on the International Space Station, it was announced today. The assignment of the French-born…
ESA to certify first Galileo position fixes worldwide
To mark the first anniversary of Galileo’s historic first satnav positioning measurement, ESA plans to award certificates to groups who picked up signals from the…
Galileo works, and works well
The in-orbit validation of Galileo has been achieved: Europe now has the operational nucleus of its own satellite navigation constellation in place – the world’s…
Thales Alenia Space delivers third PCM cargo module to Orbital Sciences Corporation for Cygnus
Thales Alenia Space has delivered its third Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) to Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) for integration in the Cygnus spacecraft that will…
Three ESA Satellites to Study Magnetic Field Launched From Russia
Three European Space Agency satellites designed to study Earth’s magnetic field were launched Friday aboard a Rokot carrier from a space center in northern Russia….
Last command sent to ESA’s Planck space telescope
ESA’s Planck space telescope has been turned off after nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution…
Astrium awarded three new contracts by ESA for Ariane 6 and Ariane 5 ME launchers
€106 million contract for continued development of the Ariane 5 ME €278 million contract for continued development of elements common to the Ariane 5 ME…
European Space Freighter Raises ISS Orbit
MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – Engines of Europe’s ATV space freighter, currently docked with the International Space Station (ISS), were switched on Wednesday evening…
Success of the 1,810th launch of Soyuz
The 1,810th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed on Thursday, 26 September 2013 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 00:58 Moscow time…
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