An international research team using ESA’s Optical Ground Station in the Canary Islands has set a…
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Virtual rocket launches will probe atmospheric effects
A rocket launch is a very special event, touching all layers of the atmosphere. As part…
Proba-2’s espresso-cup microcamera snaps Hurricane Isaac
An experimental camera smaller than an espresso cup on ESA’s Proba-2 microsatellite caught this view of…
Space bugs for blood testing – and more
Thanks to ideas of putting swarms of tiny robot bugs to work on a future space…
Proba-1 microsat snaps Olympic neighbourhood
This Olympics has been watched from all over the world – and beyond. Benefiting from a…
ESA’s Clean Space targets orbital debris and greener environment
Next year’s Hollywood film Gravity features George Clooney stranded in orbit by cascading space junk. The…
A decade of future visions from ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team
Ion beams to clean up space debris, exotic metamaterials, fluid-like spacecraft made up of many tiny…
Running on empty
When you consider the cost of launching a satellite, it’s small wonder that ESA is looking…
ESA tests self-steering rover in ‘Mars’ desert
ESA assembled a top engineering team, then challenged them to devise a way for rovers to…
Smooth moves: how space animates Hollywood
If you’ve been to see Wrath of the Titans, then you’ve watched it in action. A…