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...
April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... is that we are the most advanced in terms of reusability. We started to develop our reusable technology in 2017 with a European Space Agency programme, and we are now the most advanced. Not all small launchers are reusable, so I think this is ...
13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
...entry demonstrator Wednesday to validate technologies for future robotic exploration probes, winged space planes, and reusable rocket boosters. The European Space Agency’s Intermediate Experimental Vehicle — about the size of a family car — will take...
