06 October 2017
Volcanic activity gave the early Moon an atmosphere
... patches that cover around 16 percent of the lunar surface. These patches are large basaltic plains known as maria, and they are similar in composition to the rocks found in Hawaii, however the lunar basalts contain significantly...
March 2017
Space is open for business
... for exploration but underpinned by an industrial business plan. Maria van der Hoeven, former Dutch Minister of Education, Culture... plasma applications from space to Earth. He is pictured with Maria van der Hoeven and Jean-Claude Worms. ESA wants to ...
10 December 2018
First far side of the Moon mission underway
... one percent of the far side’s surface is covered by maria, with the rest being littered by craters. One such crater...on the surface, limiting the amount basalts available to create the maria. Why is the farside crust thicker? No-one knows for sure,...
January 2019
Engineering six-hour solar eclipses with formation flying
...modules. The Mission Operation Centre is located at Redu (Belgium) and the ground station antenna is located at Santa-Maria in Azores (Portugal). Being a very advanced In-orbit Technology Demonstration mission with a limited budget and tight schedule...
