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...
04 July 2016
ROOM attends the UK National Astronomy Meeting
... the UKSA it was not all doom and gloom. Dr Katherine Wright, Head of Space Science lightened moods by stating that their membership of the European Space Agency (ESA), was not dependant on the UK’s membership of the EU, therefore projects currently...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
... up to take advantage of this chance to fly their ideas into orbit. David Evans, a mission concept engineer at the European Space Agency, manages ESA’s OPSSAT project. Dave is originally from the UK and was previously the satellite control centre...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
..., the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a process for setting up strategic partnerships with the private sector to facilitate its exploration ambitions - and to foster growth and competitiveness of the European space and non-space industrial base...
07 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission set to launch on 10 February
After months of nerve-wracking simulation training, the European Space Agency’s mission control is counting down the hours to the launch of their Solar Orbiter mission. Scheduled for launch ...
