August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
... course, 35 Master’s students developed hypothetical scenarios for a future Moon village. The studio was supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) and experts from...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... of ocean areas, much of which is in the Arctic, monitoring and control is a challenge. Norway has been a member of the European Space Agency (ESA) since 1985 and is a full member of the EU programmes Copernicus and Galileo. The national benefit...
November 2019
Space kaleidoscope - towards a genuine multi-messenger exploration
As NASA, the European Space Agency and the space industry look to return to the Moon and to venture even further, we should be asking: what image of humanity do we want to project onto new space environments? Is it a narrow picture or an inclusive ...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... the size of satellites has decreased over the decades, their number has significantly increased. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), over 2800 satellites were deployed into orbit in 2023, more than in any year before. ESA...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... directions. Other nations may well follow and, like the International Space Station (ISS), this approach could involve collective national initiatives. European Space Agency (ESA) Director General, Jan Woerner, is among those enthusiastic over the...
January 2019
Engineering six-hour solar eclipses with formation flying
Proba-3 is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) precise formation flying space mission in which two satellites... Corona of the Sun) and is developed by a consortium of European institutes and industries. The unprecedented field of view makes it uniquely ...
