February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... his career, whilst at the helm of Arianespace, he was the artisan of the technical procedures that delivered Ariane 5, Europe’s most successful launcher to date. Here, in conversation with ROOM’s Managing Editor, Clive Simpson, Mr Le Gall offers his...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... system and related technology development. Other countries in Europe are working on their own plans to support competitive... the UK has no time to lose. Other countries in Europe are working on their own plans to support competitive small satellite ...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... space. So we have to see how private actors in Europe can participate in this larger space economy. The third priority is... Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider a mock-up of Europe s Columbus laboratory on the ISS at EAC. During your...
February 2022
Building space-qualified detector chips
...Copernicus. Sentinel-5P tropospheric nitrogen dioxide measurements over Europe, Africa, Middle East, and India from ...detection in the shortwave infrared for the part of Europe’s Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring (CO2M) programme that...
June 2015
The day Philae landed: how a rough touchdown still made history at the Rosetta Mission
... vital ingredients to an already challenging comet landing. Preparations November 12, 2014 will be remembered as the day when Europe made space history… Although the comet landing occurred on 12 November, Philae was switched on in preparation during...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
... submit proposals for experiments. No idea, no matter how outsidethe- box, will be rejected a priori. Unique chance for Europe During the expected 12- to 24-month mission, we hope to provide experimental time to anyone who presents a well-thought-out...
