31 October 2016
Swarm constellation helps figure out why satellites lose their GPS signal
... out when they fly over the equator between Africa and South America. Launched in 2013, Swam is an European Space Agency mission to study Earth’s magnetic field. The data gathered will help in gaining new insights into the...
11 November 2016
Beagle 2 Mars probe came close to success
... 13 years later. British-built Beagle 2 was deployed to the surface of Mars on Christmas Day 2003 from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft. A parachute was meant to slow its descent and airbags should have protected it as it touched...
14 August 2019
Protesters block asteroid detection safety work
... that fit the profile of 2006 QV89. Without access to the telescopes in Hawaii, Tholen alerted a colleague at the European Space Agency – Marco Micheli, who was also responsible for ruling out the 2019 strike – but with two...
25 January 2021
Unique six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
... going around TOI-178's central star in the same orbit. However, after using data from the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS satellite, alongside the ground-based ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s VLT and the NGTS and SPECULOOS...
21 November 2018
Jezero Crater chosen as landing site for Mars 2020 mission
... collect rock and soil samples and store them in a cache on the planet's surface. NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are studying future mission concepts to retrieve the samples and return them to Earth, so this landing site...
20 July 2020
Satellite technology supports project to replace soy in livestock feed
... animal feed alternative to soy. DryGro’s pioneering project which is under a programme of and funded by the European Space Agency, is utilising a floating macrophyte commonly known as Lemna or duckweed, and turning it into a high protein animal...
