October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
The European Space Agency (ESA) has been managing an Earth Observation...) launched in 2002. The largest Earth observing satellite ever built by any space agency, it was an advanced polar-orbiting satellite that provided measurements of the atmosphere...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
.... Photos: K Manick/SJ Gill/NHM About the authors Dr Dayl Martin is a postdoctoral research fellow at the European Space Agency (ESA), and is the curator of ESA’s Exploration Sample Analogue Collection. His research is currently focussed on developing...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... to serve small orbital launchers of below 1000 kg payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO), which the European Space Agency (ESA) often refers to as ‘micro-launchers’. It might also serve manned and unmanned suborbital launchers serving public...
23 March 2018
ESA selects ARIEL to look closely at exoplanets
...candidates for the number one spot, the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the Atmospheric Remote... Günther Hasinger, ESA Director of Science. "ARIEL will allow European scientists to maintain competitiveness in this dynamic field. It will build...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... ISS. Asgardia Module The proposal for a new ISS module was submitted in response to a European Space Agency (ESA) Call for Ideas entitled, ‘Space exploration as a driver for growth and competitiveness: opportunities for the private sector’. As such...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
..., longer and longer stays on our nearest celestial neighbour are hotly anticipated. With this in mind, the European Space Agency (ESA) have set up a prototype oxygen plant at their Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory, housed within their...
