July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... the most detailed images of Jupiter and its moons Europa and Io. The spacecraft also deployed the Galileo probe that... mission concepts had been developed for exploring Jupiter’s moon Europa. The unique challenges in the Jupiter system include the...
June 2015
Drone regulation in the European Union amid a thriving market
... Cf. Joint motion for a resolution on the use of armed drones (2014/2567(RSP)), http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/ getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+MOTION+P7-RC-2014- 0201+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN 19: European Parliamentary Research Service, http://epthinktank...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
... there is significant scientific interest in searching for extraterrestrial life: currently this applies only to Mars, Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus, with most stringent constraints for sample return missions from these bodies. This...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
... notable project to secure a continuation of funds for the next year was the Europa Clipper. The bill specifies that NASA must also develop a Europa Lander – a separately launched spacecraft that would lay a foundation for the...
February 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... to a better understanding of the extent of volatile migration across the Solar System. Diverse surface geology on Jovian moon Europa. Linear cracks and ridges crisscross the surface, interrupted by regions of disrupted terrain where the surface ice...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
.... In space terms, the failure of the Europa programme - developed by the European Launcher Development Organisation... European cooperation for the service of peace. Ultimately, the Europa programme was too decentralised, too abstract and too defused,...
