15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
..., air, and water for the spacecraft. It will be the first time that NASA has used a European-built system, provided by ESA (European Space Agency) as a critical element to power an American spacecraft. The spacecraft’s first mission will be Artemis...
18 August 2021
New study sheds light on Solar System heavy metal problem
..., researchers in the US and Austria have used a number instruments including the European Southern Observatory VISTA telescope, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory, the ESA’s Planck satellite, and NASA’s Compton Gamma Ray...
28 February 2024
SSSIF consolidates position as Europe's leading NewSpace event
...papers were also presented. SSSIF attendees included 72 panelists from key governmental space agencies, including NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Spanish Space Agency (AEE). The event was also supported by leaders from private business...
07 August 2019
Successful launch of the second SpaceDataHighway satellite
... broadband communication service to the Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS). The SpaceDataHighway is a public–private partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus, with the laser terminals developed by Tesat...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
..., many questions still remain unanswered. How ‘Bepi’ got its name It is in honour of Giuseppe Colombo that the European Space Agency (ESA) decided to name its first mission to Mercury ‘BepiColombo’ (in northern Italy Bepi is short for Giuseppe). The...
August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
... Aerial images of large ML items taken by a high resolution camera over the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. European Space Agency studies Remote sensing of marine litter is in its infancy and there is no doubt it represents a big technological challenge...
