June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
...atmosphere; and how transient magnetic activity on the Sun drives heliospheric variability. The essential sunshield is placed in ESA’s Large Space Simulator for testing. To achieve this list of goals Solar Orbiter is completely packed with scientific...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... the engine. In 2013, the UK Government announced a £60 million funding commitment via the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and ESA, and in 2015 we received a £20.6 million investment from BAE Systems. Versatile and efficient This unprecedented wave of private...
06 September 2016
Philae's final resting place has been found
...the end of a long, painstaking search,” says Patrick Martin, ESA’s Rosetta Mission Manager. “We were beginning to think that Philae... know where that ground actually is!” says Matt Taylor, ESA’s Rosetta project scientist. "Now that the lander search is...
22 August 2017
Total eclipse wows viewers in the US
...and other Sun-related mysteries. The pioneering space mission from ESA known as Proba-3, is comprised of two small metre-...of the target within one millimetre,” explained Andrea Santovincenzo, ESA System Engineer on the mission. That in itself sounds ...
06 March 2019
Growing food from thin air to feed astronauts
...anywhere protein drew attention from the European Space Agency (ESA). Now signed up to compete a feasibility study ...the planet’s atmosphere,” says Kimmo Isbjörnssund, Manager, ESA Business Incubation Centre Finland. “The pioneering technology of Solar...
15 May 2020
An unexpected meeting could see Solar Orbiter study Comet ATLAS
..., it turns out it might not all be bad news, as ESA’s sun-observing satellite Solar Orbiter, could be in the right place ...comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) on April 20, 2020. Image via NASA/ ESA/ STScI/ D. Jewitt (UCLA) If you've enjoyed reading this article, ...
