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...
June 2018
Archaeologist of the future
... Apollo 15 crew who left it there it is part of a universal commemoration to the heroes who have died in the advancement of space exploration. For Begian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, who was commissioned to realise it, the statue is an ode to mankind...
November 2020
Walking on the Moon
... a second rover from the former Soviet Union, followed in January 1973. Significantly, in terms of the history of space exploration, the Lunokhods remained the only teleoperated rovers to be sent to another planetary body until NASA’s Sojourner rover...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... heavy-lift rocket after an independent commission had presented a range of approaches NASA could pursue in human space exploration, including alternatives to the Ares rockets designed for Constellation. One of those alternatives was to design a new...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... start of a new era for space exploration. Increasingly, space missions are being led by commercial entities.... Meanwhile, national governments across the world continue to explore outer space, as demonstrated by China’s lunar sample return mission ...
20 January 2016
Rick Tumlinson Asks and Answers: If Space is So Hard, Why Should We Go there?
An inspirational talk by Rick Tumlinson about the possibilities and potential of space exploration and the importance of breaking boundaries in order to reach new horizons in space. TEDxESA talks more: Geraint “Taff” Morgan Discusses Using Rosetta's...
