04 May 2017
GLEX 2017 Technical Programme
... Objective and Infrastructure of Space Exploration Space Laboratory, Space Station and Space Exploration Lunar Exploration Exploration of Near Earth Asteroids Mars Exploration Exploration of Other Destination Entering into Space and New Energy and...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... project is a € 4.5 million European Union Horizon 2020 project (reference number 636501) supported via the COMPET-07-2014 - Space exploration - Life support sub-programme. It had its official kick-off in March of 2015 and will continue until...
March 2017
Rosetta – outstanding climax to pioneering mission
... procedures, hiring and training the newcomers in the flight control team. Never before in the history of space exploration had a space probe reached a comet and tried to orbit around it. The flight dynamics and overall flight operations challenges...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
... missions have been led mostly by NASA in the US, by Roscosmos in Russia and by JAXA in Japan. Europe is a main actor in space exploration but has lacked the goal of claiming part of the samples brought back by these missions. Sample return...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
..., the lunar vicinity is a key area for the development of an affordable and sustainable space economy that would completely transform the current landscape of space exploration [2]. High-speed lunar rover Current rover designs are not suited for...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... the ISS and low Earth orbit (LEO) operations, and is actively developing collaborative programmes related to deep space exploration missions. EAC is Neutral Buoyancy Facility hall includes a water tank, mock-ups, and scuba diving equipment...
