June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
... associate space with the latest and greatest technology. This is sometimes true, because operating a complex robotic mission in a very challenging environment millions of kilometres away is not easy. However, these challenges also produce a paradox...
January 2019
Space for Art – Love letter to Earth
... further from our home planet. Both the idea and the reality of human missions to space impact us in a far deeper way than robotic missions alone ever will. As individuals we have the power to accept this Earthrise truth and...
09 March 2016
Components of ExoMars 2016 come together in preparation of launch next week
...mission to Mars. ExoMars 2016 is one part of ESA’s robotic mission to hunt for signs of life on the Red Planet. Two missions ...the other is planned with a launch date of 2018. This latter mission includes a rover that will carry a drill and a suite of ...
20 October 2017
NASA Psyche mission to use laser communication
... at a large aperture ground telescope at Palomar Mountain Observatory in California, near San Diego. "Having our robotic mission test technology that we hope will help us eventually communicate with people in deep space is excellent integration...
