June 2015
Beagle 2: discovering the lost Mars lander
... ExoMars mission. The UK is leading the design and building of the Rover for the ExoMars 2018 mission at Airbus Defence and Space, Stevenage. The rover will explore Mars drilling up to 2 metres beneath the soil, exploring...
June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
..., and includes major scientific payloads from the United States. NASA will also provide the launch. Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage, UK, is the prime contractor for this mission that will fly closer to the...
October 2015
Green cosmonautics: an ideal to strive for
... mineral deposits. Plus, environmental concerns have also made designating areas for falling parts difficult. Adeline is an Airbus concept for a partially resuable spacecraft – the main engine has wings to fly home Cost efficiency would...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
... commercial phenomenon in satellite imagery also underway. Companies such as DigitalGlobe, based in the United States, and Europe’s Airbus Defence and Space have been providing Middle East clients with high-resolution satellite imagery for...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
... physical state of an astronaut during an EVA is critical and the bio-monitoring system for MOONWALK, evolved by Airbus DS, consists of a heart rate measurement system that derives information on the different grades and types of stress in function...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... and non-space organisations - the European Space Agency (ESA), the United Nations World Food Programme, Airbus Defence and Space, Local Motors and Made in Space to submit industrial and sustainability challenges that 50 top...
