ECS-4: conclusion to a success story

One of the first European Communications Satellites (ECS) to cover the whole European continent is being…

Road testing technologies of the future

ESA is offering industry the opportunity to use a van fully equipped to demonstrate the next…

When more data can mean more fun

Tomorrow’s spacecraft will be capable of generating more data than they can transmit to Earth. In…

ESA proposes Johannesburg follow-up, hands over

The European Space Agency recently proposed to representatives of the world’s major satellite Earth observation organizations…

Artist’s impression of Beagle 2 lander

ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, carrying the Beagle 2 lander, was launched on 2 June 2003, arriving…