Europe’s ATV Johannes Kepler supply ship on its way to Space Station
ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, has been launched into its targeted low orbit by an Ariane 5. The unmanned supply ship is planned…
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ESA extends ExoMars mission contract with Thales Alenia Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a Contract Change Notice to Thales Alenia Space worth 98 million euros for the ExoMars mission to Mars….
Ariane 5’s third launch of 2010
5 August 2010 Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Nilesat-201…
NASA And ESA'S First Joint Mission To Mars Selects Instruments
WASHINGTON — NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have embarked on a joint program to explore Mars in the coming decades and selected the…
Planck unveils the Universe – now and then
ESA PR-15 2010 ESA’s Planck mission has delivered its first all-sky image. It not only provides new insight into the way stars and galaxies form…
Baby stars in the Rosette cloud
Infrared image of the Rosette molecular cloud. Herschel collects the infrared light given out by dust and this image is a three-colour composite made of…
Successful launch for ESAs CryoSat-2 ice satellite
Europe’s first mission dedicated to studying the Earth’s ice was launched today from Kazakhstan. From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to…
Fly us to the Moon…south pole to be precise
31 March 2010 The south polar region of the Moon, with dark craters and high ridges, is a world away from the relatively smooth terrain…
Planck sees tapestry of cold dust
Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESA’s Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to…
High-performance ESA receiver brings satnav indoors
Satellite navigation is having an enormous impact on our daily lives. In practical terms it means the only place left to get lost is indoors,…
Northrop Grumman Provides Microelectronics for ESA Spacecraft Exploring the Universe
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) are flying aboard two state-of-the-art European Space Agency (ESA) space telescopes. The Herschel and Planck spacecraft are studying…
Tooling up ExoMars
ESA and NASA are inviting scientists from across the world to propose instruments for their joint Mars mission, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Scheduled for…
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